In 2025, our Center established the Orchid Biotechnology Core Laboratory, integrating core orchid biotechnology technologies and platforms to support gene function analysis, molecular breeding, and line development. The laboratory serves as a central hub linking fundamental research with applied breeding.
Establishment of an Orchid Biotechnology Core Laboratory
Establishment of a Plant Tissue Culture and Transformation Core Laboratory
Since 2022, our Center has established the Plant Tissue Culture and Transformation Core Laboratory as a key facility for plant gene function studies. Beginning in 2024, we have progressively planned and implemented facility upgrades to further optimize and strengthen the laboratory. These improvements support our teams in conducting plant tissue culture, as well as stable and transient transformation experiments, thereby enhancing overall capacity for plant gene function characterization and translational research.
Green house and test field for genetiy modified crops
Our Center has established dedicated closed (A1) and semi-closed (A2) greenhouses for genetically improved crops, together with an integrated set of containment facilities including an isolation greenhouse, isolation screenhouse, and isolated test fields (both paddy and upland) to form a continuous experimental pipeline from indoor cultivation to field evaluation.
These containment facilities have obtained renewed, nationally recognized compliance certification from the competent authority and remain within the valid licensing period. They provide Center researchers with a stable, fully compliant, and high-standard testing environment, supporting high-quality technology development and strengthening overall research capacity.
National Germplasm Center for Genetiy Improved Crops
In cooperation with Academia Sinica this Center has established a National Germplasm Center for Genetically Improved Crops: for storage, propagation and distribution of seeds of genetically improved crops, providing long-term preservation of important genetically improved crops for national and international research projects.
Establishment of a Cellular Microscopy and Imaging Core Facility
Our Center has established an Olympus FV3000 confocal microscope and a Zeiss M2 upright fluorescence microscope, and has launched a shared “Cell Microscopy and Imaging Core Laboratory” platform to support the Center’s research needs and enhance overall research quality and capacity.
Establishment of a Genomics and Proteomics Core Facility
NCHU has established core laboratories for Crop Functional Genomics, Bioenergy and Metabolomics, Nucleic Acid Analysis, and Proteomic Mass Spectrometry Analysis. These core laboratories provide comprehensive support for our Center members to conduct advanced genomics and proteomics research and analyses, strengthening the quality and overall capacity of our research outputs.
Establishment of Metabolomics and Animal Experimentation Core Facilities
NCHU has established a “Proteomics and Metabolomics Mass Spectrometry Analysis” Core Laboratory, as well as an “Experimental Animals” Core Laboratory within the Veterinary Medical Research Center. Together, these facilities provide metabolomics analysis and animal experiment services to support research needs across the Center.
