CORDIS Archive

Browse Biotechnology projects implemented under Fourth RTD Framework Programme, under the following workprogramme sub-divisions:

• Cell factories
• Biological components of cell factories
• Microbial factories
• Animal cell biology
• Biochemical engineering components of cell factories
• Fermentation technology
• Biotransformation
• Downstream processing
• Integrated cell factories

• Genome analysis
• Sequencing
• Arabidopsis genome
• B. subtilis genome
• Yeast genome
• Other small genomes
• Function search
• Resource consortia
• Function-driven analytical network
• Heterologous expression network
• New methods for genome analysis
• In silico comparative analysis

• Plant and animal biotechnology
• Plant molecular and cellular biology
• Molecular genetic maps
• Development and morphogenesis
• Resistance to stress and pathogens
• Metabolisms
• Gene expression
• Animal physiopathology
• Genome mapping and improvement of animal farm selection
• Animal models
• Somatic gene therapy

• Cell communication in neurosciences
• Development of the nervous system
• Regeneration of the nervous system
• Degeneration and apoptosis in the nervous system
• Management of the information by the nervous cells
• Cell to cell communication in the nervous system

• Immunology and transdisease vaccinology
• Immunology and immunotechnology
• Transdisease vaccinology

• Structural biology
• Structure-function relationships
• Three-dimensional structural determination
• Improvement of techniques
• Biomolecules with the desired functions
• Interface of structural biology with electronics
• Signal tranduction
• Improvement of experimental tools
• Research of new applications

• Prenormative research, biodiversity and social acceptance
• Prenormative research: in vitro alternatives to animal experiments
• In vitro tests for developmental pharmaco-toxicology
• In vitro tests for neuro-pharmaco-toxicology
• In vitro tests for immuno-pharmaco-toxicology
• Cell cultures for the development of in vitro tests
• Prenormative research: biosafety
• Microbial ecology
• Biofertilizers
• Biopesticides
• Vaccines
• Plants
• Fish
• Prenormative research: biotechnology for the environment
• Biodiversity
• Plants
• Animals
• Microorganisms
• Social acceptance

• Infrastructures
• Information infrastructures
• Information resources on molecular sequences and structures
• Taxonomic information and storage databases
• A European network of bioinformatics nodes
• Horizontal information resources: literature, directories, databases
• Genetic archives and stock centres
• Genetic archives
• Stock centres
• Assessment of infrastructures

• Horizontal activities
• ELSA: ethical, legal and social aspects
• Public perception
• Socio-economic impacts

For information on BIOTECH 1 projects, go to the CORDIS RTD-Projects database and select BIOTECH 1 on the Programme acronym list, and proceed with the search.

For information on Biotechnology research launched under the Fifth RTD Framework Programme (1998-2002) visit the Quality of Life website.

Click here to access exploitable BIOTECH 2 research results, or browse the CORDIS RTD-Results database for all RTD research outputs.