Biotechnology is a science that covers all of the methods which are used with the aim to bring about changes in the existing genetic construct of organism in the desired direction or to obtain a new organism using all or part of the animals, plants or microorganisms.

Although major steps have been saved in the field of Biotechnology within the last 30-40 years, biotechnology applications are based on very old times. First, the ancient Egyptians used fermentation. When people produced the first yogurt, cheese, wine in thousands of years ago, they were not even aware that took the first steps in the biotechnology field. However, rapidly evolving gene technology has provided the most important developments in biotechnology in the second half of the 20th century. Understanding the features of DNA molecule which is the genetic material of all living things and the transfer of certain DNA sequences (genes) from an alive to another alive have pioneered to enter a new era.

Depending on developments in recombinant DNA technology, in recent years, the determination of nucleotide sequences that make up the sum of genomes precisely and especially the human genome, some other types are to be published throughout the world on the internet have directed studies to the functional analysis besides the structural analysis of genome. Biotechnology today shows its effect in every sphere of life directly or indirectly. Biotechnology is used in all fields from food to clothing, paper to energy, from space technology to the health.

While Biotechnology is taking in a wide range from traditional products up to high-technology products, it comes to many people's mind when saying 'Biotechnology', unfortunately, only Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO) comes recently. Unfortunately, concern created by GMO and argument about GMO are sometimes caused the abduction of important opportunities that provide biotechnology. In fact, in biotechnology activities, controversial issues such as GMOs pose a small percentage.

Biotechnology offers many opportunities for us environmentally friendly and sustainable alternative solutions. The production of new drugs and reliable vaccines, to obtain higher quality and economical products in agriculture, the elimination of allergenic effects of food can be removed, and to increase the feed value, to reduce environmental pollution, detection of harmful microorganisms in food, to distinguish cancer cells from normal cells, detection of the disease occurring in living organisms, the production of various enzymes in laboratory conditions, quality control, recognition of plant and animal diseases and the protection of genetic resources are just a few of these applications.

In parallel with the studies on the development of biotechnology, Cukurova University Biotechnology Research and Application Center which was found on August 16, 2009 in the official newspaper will provide an important contribution ultimately the development of regions and countries and with infrastructure owners increase the extent, level and speed of biotechnological studies which are made thereafter in our university and our country.

Building efforts of the 'Biotechnology Research and Application Center' in Cukurova University began with the project of 'Infrastructure Development of Agricultural Biotechnology in Cukurova University ' which was presented to SPO in 2006. The project in question was supported by SPO between 2007-2010.

Cukurova University Biotechnology Research and Application Center has been founded in the official gazette numbered 27 321 and dated 16 August 2009. Service building of our center was completed in 2009 and began service in 2010.

The activities of our central areas are summarized below:

a) Product development, production, processing and evaluation of products and food safety and health research and development activities related to biotechnology in different fields, especially support to those made,

b) realize the production of improved products, vegetable seed production, breeding in animal production, make the breeding of microorganisms in food industry,

c) to carry out researches that are aimed at developing environment-friendly production methods, production inputs, crop processing technologies and are aimed at protecting and using gene pools at animals, plants microorganism;

d)to make occupational communities and similar institutions utilize opportunities in center with official and private institutions, to provide guidance and facility services,

e) to promote training students and lecturer that will make applications and researches about biotechnology at university

f) to develop and carry out application projects and collaborative scientific researches in the field of biotechnology, to ensure the necessary coordination in collaborative researches;

g) to cooperate with regional, national and international organizations to join research and development activities in biotechnology,

h) to encourage researches and applications in this field, to organize seminars, courses, congress, and like other scientific activities with the aim of announcing conducted researches and if required, to award certificate related these researches,

i) to carry out publication operations in order to enlighten and inform the public;

j) to carry out researches about industry organizations related to biotechnology and to conduct projects that are aimed at solving their problems, to promote product development activities and to carry out other studies according to foundation aims of center and principles and methods of Higher Education Law.