, INDUSTRY AND HEALTH CARE .
1 . BIO-INFORMATICS
1.1 . DATA CAPTURE TECHNIQUES ( PARTICULARLY ADVANCED INSTRUMENTATION AND MEASUREMENT , AUTOMATED READING ) .
1.2 . DATA BANKS .
1.3 . COMPUTER MODELLING OF BIOLOGICAL STRUCTURES , SYSTEMS AND PROCESSES .
1.4 . SOPHISTICATED COMPUTER SOFTWARE FOR THE HUMAN INTERFACE WITH COMPUTERIZED FACILITIES RELATING TO THE LIFE SCIENCES AND BIOTECHNOLOGY .
2 . COLLECTIONS OF BIOTIC MATERIALS
2.1 . ORGANIZED COLLECTIONS OF ANIMAL AND PLANT CELLS , HYBRIDOMAS , MICROORGANISMS , THEIR VIRUSES , AND ALL OTHER FORMS OF BIOTIC MATERIAL OF POTENTIAL USE AND RELEVANCE TO BIOTECHNOLOGY .
2.2 . DEVELOPMENT OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUES FOR ENHANCING THE QUALITY AND USEFULNESS OF SUCH COLLECTIONS .
2.3 . DEVELOPMENT OF TECHNIQUES FOR THE IDENTIFICATION , CHARACTERIZATION , CONSERVATION AND RESUSCITATION OF THE MATERIALS HELD IN SUCH COLLECTIONS .
IMPLEMENTATION
THROUGH TRAINING ACTIONS AND COST-SHARED CONTRACTS WITH APPROPRIATE INSTITUTIONS , WITH PROVISION AS NECESSARY FOR WORKSHOPS AND MEETINGS .
SUBPROGRAMME 2 :
BASIC BIOTECHNOLOGY
( A ) RESEARCH AND TRAINING
CONTENT
PRECOMPETITIVE RESEARCH AND RESEARCH THROUGH TRAINING IN AREAS OF BASIC BIOTECHNOLOGY WHERE TECHNICAL AND SCIENTIFIC BOTTLENECKS PREVENT THE APPLICATIONS OF MODERN GENETIC AND BIOCHEMICAL METHODS TO AGRICULTURE AND INDUSTRY .
1 . ENZYME ENGINEERING
1.1 . DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION OF BIOREACTORS ( AND PARTICULARLY THOSE WHICH ARE MULTIENZYMATIC , MULTIPHASIC OR COFACTOR REQUIRING ) FOR INDUSTRIAL AND MEDICAL APPLICATIONS , DEPOLLUTION AND DETOXIFICATION .
1.2 . MODIFICATIONS OF ENZYME PROPERTIES , PROTEIN DESIGN , SYNTHESIS OF ARTIFICIAL ENZYMES AND DEVELOPMENT OF NEW METHODS ( INCLUDING , FOR EXAMPLE , FILTRATION , CENTRIFUGATION AND REVERSE OSMOSIS ) FOR LARGE-SCALE AND HIGHLY SELECTIVE SEPARATION OF PROTEINS AND OTHER SUBSTANCES WITH INDUSTRIAL OR AGRICULTURAL VALUE .
2 . GENETIC ENGINEERING
2.1 . IMPROVEMENT OF SOIL-MICROORGANISMS ( PARTICULARLY RHIZOBIUM , BACTERIA OF THE RHIZOSPHERE OF GRAMINACEAE , MYCORHIZA ) AND OF CULTIVATED PLANTS IMPORTANT FOR EUROPEAN AGRICULTURE .
2.2 . EXPLOITATION OF PLANT PRODUCTS ( PARTICULARLY LIGNO-CELLULOSE ) .
2.3 . APPLICATIONS TO ANIMAL HUSBANDRY ( PARTICULARLY THE PRODUCTION OF VACCINES AND HORMONES AND GENE TRANSFER IN ANIMALS ) .
2.4 . PRODUCTION OF VACCINES , PROTEINS AND HORMONES FOR HUMAN MEDICINE .
3 . PHYSIOLOGY AND GENETICS OF SPECIES IMPORTANT TO INDUSTRY AND TO AGRICULTURE
3.1 . STUDY OF POORLY UNDERSTOOD BASIC FUNCTIONS IN MICROORGANISMS ( PARTICULARLY CHEMO-AUTOTROPHS , METHANOTROPHS , MYCORHIZA ) WHICH APPEAR TO BE PROMISING FOR FUTURE INDUSTRIAL USE .
3.2 . ANALYSIS OF FACTORS GOVERNING THE YIELD AND STABILITY OF MICROORGANISMS DURING INDUSTRIAL EXPLOITATION OR IN RELATION TO SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIPS WITH HIGHER PLANTS .
3.3 . IDENTIFICATION OF FACTORS AND MECHANISMS GOVERNING IMPORTANT PROPERTIES IN CULTIVATED PLANTS ( PARTICULARLY IN TRITICUM , VICIA , BRASSICA ) .
4 . TECHNOLOGY OF CELLS AND TISSUES CULTURED IN VITRO
4.1 . ANALYSIS OF FACTORS GOVERNING YIELD AND STABILITY DURING CONTINUOUS CULTIVATION OR IN MIXED POPULATIONS .
4.2 . CONTROL OF THE DIFFERENTIATION OF PLANT CELLS AND OF THEIR REGENERATION IN ENTIRE PLANTS .
4.3 . METHODOLOGY OF ANIMAL CELL