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Environmental Biotechnology

In response to growing pressure on air, water and land resources, global attention has turned its focus on finding new technologies to sustain and manage the environment. Biotechnology is an essential tool in this aspect, because it provides new approaches to understanding, monitoring, preserving, and restoring the environment.

Renewable Energy

Research projects on producing renewable energy from agricultural and olive mill waste

Medicinal Plants

Despite the influence of modern medicine, traditional herbal medicine has always been practiced in the Arab-Islamic world, rooted in ancient Arabic-Islamic medicine. In the Middle Ages, Arab herbalists, pharmacologists, chemists, and physicians adapted the ancient medicinal practices of Mesopotamia, Greece, Rome, Persia, and India. Medical innovations introduced by Arab physicians included: the discovery of the immune system, the introduction of microbiological science, and the separation of medicine from pharmacological science.

Genetic Diseases and Bioinformatics

The increasingly large amounts of biological data, generated as a result of the Human Genome Project and other recently sequenced genomes, not to mention several ongoing sequencing projects, has led to a dramatic expansion in the discipline of bioinformatics.

Community Services

From Lab and Research Services to Education...

Collaborations

Most of the institute`s research activity involves joint research projects carried out in collaboration with researchers from local and international research institutes.

Water-Energy Nexus 2015

Water-Energy Nexus: Leading Technologies for Water Treatment and Energy Production מים ואנרגיה - טכנולוגיות מובילות לטיפול במים והפקת אנרגיה