Focus on Agriculture and Food Science

Genomics has had profound impact in the pharmaceutical and biotech sectors. Agro, Food and Nutraceutical sectors are increasingly adopting genomics for enhancing quality and productivity of priority research areas. Technologies and applications such as Microarrays, miRNAs, Genotyping, SNPs, Genome Wide Association Studies are being increasingly used in cutting-edge research in the above areas.

• Detecting animal health status, breeding conditions and meat quality using microarrays
• Using microarrays as a tool for prognosis/diagnosis and QC of milk and dairy production
• Using aCGH for complementing transcriptome analysis
• Analyzing roles of Quantitative Trait Loci (QTLs) in controlling gene expression, storage of compound accumulation and seed traits
• Determining the molecular basis of biodiversity in seeds
• Improving performance of functional foods using probiotic and prebiotic strategies