Taiwan targets biotechnology

Plant cell walls as targets for biotechnology.

Plants are the sources of major food, feed, and fiber products that are used globally. This past year has seen advances in our understanding of the enzymes that modify wall architecture, the cloning of the first cellulose synthase gene, and revisions to the lignin biosynthetic pathway. These discoveries have facilitated the development of new strategies to alter cell wall properties in transgen...

TQM measurement model for the biotechnology industry in Taiwan

Due to the importance of the growth of biotechnology in Taiwan, the question of how the operation performance of the industry can be upgraded to sustain its competitive advantages has become an important question for Taiwanese biotechnology insiders. Recently, a growing number of organizations have implemented TQM in order to give them a competitive advantage [Chan, T. H., & Quazi, H. A. (2002)...

Critical success factors influencing the transformation of the agricultural biotechnology industry in Taiwan

The study uses the fuzzy Delphi and FAnP (fuzzy analysis network process) methods to integrate the views of experts from enterprises and academia regarding the future direction of the agricultural biotechnology industry in Taiwan, in order to extract the critical success factors influencing its transformation. This study compares the differences in the “cross-domain” and “non-cross-domain” crit...

Biotechnology and Social Aspect

microbial biotechnology

KennethN. Timmis (Editor-in-Chief), Environmental Microbiology Laboratory, Helmholtz Center for Infection Research, Inhoffenstrasse 7, D-38124 Braunschweig, Germany. Tel.: +49 531 6181 4000; Fax: +49 531 6181 4199; e-mail: [email protected] Juan L. Ramos, Estación Experimental del Zaidín – CSIC, C/ Prof. Albareda, 1, E-18008Granada, Spain. Tel.: +34 958 181 608; Fax: +34 958 135 740; e-mail:...