The Biotechnology Research Center (BRC) was established to contribute to national research priorities across several emerging fields in Biotech. The BRC is utilizing recent advances in molecular, cellular and digital technologies to develop the human expertise and biotech sovereignty of the emirates. The BRC is addressing unmet needs in advanced biorobotics, in environmental applications such as new desalination and agricultural technologies, and it aims to enable better healthcare outcomes through molecular and genomic strategies, and AI enhanced bioinformatics and biomedicine

The BRC is part of the Technology Innovation Institute (TII), a UAE-based research facility that aims to lead global advances in artificial intelligence and digital science, autonomous robotics, quantum computing, cryptography and quantum communications, directed energy, alternative and renewable energy, transport, secure communication, smart devices, advanced materials, propulsion and space technologies, and biotechnology fields.

We belong to the Abu Dhabi Government’s Advanced Technology Research Council (ATRC), which oversees technology research in the emirate.