The Khalifa University Center of Excellence in Biotechnology (BTC) was established on 2 June 2015 to develop the university’s capabilities in training and research to respond to three of the six priority areas under the four pillars of the UAE 2021 vision. Without a local effort in genome research, the targets set and the vision to develop a knowledge economy in bioscience and competencies in laboratory diagnostic practice is highly problematic. Since its foundation, BTC has developed competencies in genomics (Theme 1) and bioinformatics (Theme 2) in collaboration with a plethora of external stakeholders.
