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BTI research focus areas

BTI drives advances in fundamental and applied research toward the development of key-enabling biotechnological approaches for a sustainable bioeconomy. BTI research prioritizes the development of solutions for:

Lab equipment

Biomanufacturing

Water in front of bridge

Bioremediation and resource recovery

Computation biology

Computational biology

Person doing research in the lab

Industrial biotechnology and bioprocessing

Rendering of 3-d protein

Microbial physiology and systems biology

3d rendered medically accurate illustration of amino acids

Protein engineering and design

Tanksin BRC

Synthetic biology

BioTechnology Institute

Gortner Laboratory
1479 Gortner Avenue
Suite 140
St. Paul, MN 55108

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  • One Stop
  • MyU: For Students, Faculty, and Staff
  • About
    • About BTI
    • Research faculty
    • Our history
    • Contact us
  • Research
    • BTI research focus areas
    • International collaboration
  • Training
    • Biotechnology training
  • News
  • Seminars and events
    • Seminars
    • 2025 Central US Synthetic Biology Workshop
    • 2025 BTI-University of Tokyo Joint Symposium
    • 2nd North America – Japan Enzyme Technology Symposium
  • Biotechnology Resource Center