by Maria Fiala und Maria Bürgermeister

Austria is not necessarily among those countries regarded as leading locations in the global biotechnology industry. However, the country has made continuing efforts to improve its position in one of the most important technologies and industries of the future. A cornerstone of these activities is GEN-AU – the Austrian Genome Research Program. The program, financed and organised by the Federal Ministry for Education, Science and Culture, covers a widespread variety of research activities. GEN-AU’s focus is medical biotechnology, but there are also projects in agricultural and animal genomics. Several programs targeting the improved networking and organisation of biotechnological research round out the GEN-AU plan.

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