Track Categories
The track category is the heading under which your abstract will be reviewed and later published in the conference printed matters if accepted. During the submission process, you will be asked to select one track category for your abstract.
Biotechnology is the alteration of biological organisms or its constituents, via genetic engineering, to develop useful, commercial goods such as pest resistance crops, new microbial strains, or innovative medications. Biotechnology is the application of biology to resolve issues and generate valuable products. Biotechnology has worked to boost the nutritional value of our food source, enable adaptability within the food supply chain, provide prospects for medical advances, eliminate or reduce waste products, and lower infectious infection risks.
Plant biotechnology is the application of scientific techniques and technologies to modify plants for various purposes. This field encompasses a broad range of research areas and applications, including the development of genetically modified (GM) crops, plant breeding, and the use of biotechnology to improve plant productivity, disease resistance, and stress tolerance.
Currently, it is important to address that the global challenges such as food security, climate change, and sustainable agriculture are rapidly diminishing. Researchers are using biotechnology tools to develop crops that are more resistant to drought, heat, and other environmental stresses, as well as crops that can grow on marginal lands or with limited resources. These efforts have the potential to improve the livelihoods of millions of people around the world and ensure the long-term sustainability of our food systems.
Animal Biotechnology is a field of biotechnology wherein molecular biology approaches have been used to alter an animal’s genome in order to enhance its adaptability for industrial, agricultural, or therapeutic purposes. Animal Biotechnology has boosted animal productivity by increasing growth, fertility, and carcass characteristics, enhancing nutrition and feed consumption, improving food safety and quality, strengthening health and welfare, and reducing waste through more effective resource utilisation. Animal Biotechnology is concerned with the production of transgenic organisms that produce more milk or meat while also being disease resistant. Also, it involves in vitro fertilization of eggs and embryo transfer to a female animal's womb for subsequent growth.
Food Biotechnology is the application of technology to alter the genetic material of food sources. Plants, animals, and microbes are the sources of our food. Food Biotechnology helps in the development of new species of plants and animals, particularly those that humans consume. Production, nutrition, and marketing features are all desirable in these novel species. Food Biotechnology is concerned with the manufacture, quality management, preservation, packaging, research, innovation, and development of food products.
Medical Biotechnology has benefited from genetic engineering in the large-scale production of hormones, antibiotics, blood serum proteins, and other therapeutic products. Medical Biotechnology is a field of medicine that studies and then manufactures pharmaceutical and diagnostic products using living cells and cell components. These products aid in the treatment and prevention of many diseases. Medical Biotechnology is focused on disease diagnosis, large-scale manufacturing of medicines and hormones like insulin and interferon, vaccines against chicken pox, rabies, polio, and other diseases, as well as growth hormones like bovine.
Environmental Biotechnology is biotechnology that is used to investigate and apply to the natural habitat. Environmental Biotechnology research examines the interconnections between microbes and their surroundings using physical, biological, and chemical principles. Environmental Biotechnology can also refer to the attempt to commercialize and exploit biological processes. This technique helps in the conservation and restoration of environmental quality. Environmental Biotechnology encompasses the use of biological agents including bacteria, fungi, and viruses to detoxify waste and industrial effluents, treat sewage water, and manage plant pests and diseases.
Marine Biotechnology is also known as Blue Biotechnology. Marine Biotechnology is the use of biotechnology, cellular and molecular biology, and bioinformatics to produce products from the marine environment. Marine Biotechnology is critical to realizing the value of marine bioresources, which have been mostly unexplored until now. This resource could be used to develop new products, as well as to reduce global food, health, and energy issues. Marine Biotechnology research includes marine habitats, pharmacological drugs, enzymes, chemical products, etc. It also addresses aquaculture, seafood safety, bioremediation, biofuels, and other topics.
Industrial Biotechnology involves the use of microbes, plants, and enzymes to manufacture energy, consumer products, and chemical products. Engaging with nature to optimise and enhance the existing biological processes that can be employed in production is the goal of Industrial Biotechnology. Industrial Biotechnology is one of the most promising new technologies to reduce pollution, conserve resources, improve efficacy, and lower costs. Industrial Biotechnology is concerned with the industrial production of a variety of valuable organic products, like citric acid, acetic acid, glycerine, acetone, and even antibiotics like mitomycin, penicillin, and streptomycin, using microbes, particularly fungi and bacteria.
The study of molecular biology, which includes molecular synthesis, modification, processes, and interactions, aims to comprehend the molecular underpinnings of biological activity within and between cells. Molecular biology is the study of the chemical and physical makeup of biological macromolecules. In order to effectively target new medications, identify diseases, and comprehend cell physiology, it is essential to understand the structures, functions, and internal controls that exist within each individual cell. This is where molecular biology plays a crucial role.
Totipotent progenitor cells with the ability to differentiate into multiple cell types are what are known as stem cells. Human stem cells are unique cells that can differentiate into a variety of different cell types. This could include both brain and muscle cells. In specific circumstances, they can also repair injured tissues. A number of cancers and non-cancerous diseases may one day be successfully treated because to the work being done in the fast growing field of stem cell technology, which brings together doctors, geneticists, and cell biologists
The scientific study of biological viruses is known as virology. The scientific field of virology focuses on understanding the biology of viruses and viral diseases, including viral transmission, metabolism, biology, molecular genetics, habitat, and clinical aspects. It is a branch of microbiology that focuses on how virus are found, structured, classified, and evolved. It also examines how they infect and use host cells for reproduction, how they interact with the physiology and immunity of the host, how they cause disease, how to isolate and culture them, and how to use them in research and therapy.
The production of specialized chemicals, reagents, and biotherapeutics by fusing the entirety of living matter or its constituent parts with nutrients is known as bioprocess technology. The procedures are the foundation for turning life science findings into practical industrial products. Substrates and media, production volume, biocatalysts, purification, downstream processing, and final processing are a few of the stages connected to the bioprocess technology. The use of bioprocess technology in the creation of numerous next-generation biopharmaceutical products has gained popularity in the bioprocess technology market during the past few years.
Bioinformatics is an interdisciplinary subject that is connected to genetics and genomics that uses computer technology for collecting, storing, analysing, interpreting, modelling, and visualization and disseminating biological information and data, like DNA, RNA, and amino acid sequences, or information about those structures. Bioinformatics is integrated with biology, mathematics, statistics, physics, chemistry, computer science, and information engineering to analyse biological information. Various fields of biotechnology rely on bioinformatics, including genome sequencing, gene identification, gene function assessment, protein structure prediction, organism identification, phylogeny, vaccine design, drug design and development, recognition of gene and genome variability, protein structure, functions and folding.
The combination of biology and Nanotechnology is known as Nanobiology, Bio nanotechnology, and Nanobiotechnology for use in the production of biosynthetic and environmentally friendly technology for the production of innovative materials at the nanometre scale, in the size range of 1 nm to 100 nm. Nanobiotechnology is a discipline of science that focuses on the distinctive Physico-chemical, and biological features of nanotechnology, as well as their applications in fields like agriculture and medicine. Bionanotechnology aims to focus on developing novel diagnostic tools, biomedical tools, drug delivery devices, and immunology and treatment of disorders such as Parkinson's, cancer, chronic inflammations, Alzheimer's diseases, and other microbial infections.
The current rise in Biotechnology-driven research and innovation is remarkable in various disciplines of science and medicine. Biotechnologists are at the vanguard of constant development and innovation, whether it's in biochemical technology, creating bioprinting more approachable, or producing energy from bioresources. Despite the fact that the reach of biotechnology and its related sectors has expanded dramatically after COVID-19, it may be one of the major industries to monitor in the ensuing years. The improvement in information technology like AI and machine learning improves the scope of biotechnology to speed up product development.