The Forest Biotechnology Laboratory (FBL) of the Faculty of Forestry, Universiti Putra Malaysia, was set-up in August 2009 for education and research purposes. Research disciplines include molecular biology, genomics and tissue culture. At present, FBL is actively conducting research on Aquilaria malaccensis (karas) and its precious product, gaharu (agarwood). In addition, we are also open to any study that uses biotechnology tools in plants, trees and wildlife of the forests. We believe through proper and innovative R&D, new findings will be discovered and can be used to improve the forestry sector in the country.
Research topics that are currently being investigated include genes controlling synthesis of gaharu, karas genomics, transcriptional profiling, chemical profiling of gaharu compounds, inoculum development and inoculating methods, molecular markers, and tissue cultures.
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Dr. Rozi Mohamed
E-mail: rozimohd@putra.upm.edu.my
Tel: 03-8946 7192 (O), 03-8943 2514 (F)
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