License for registration of scientific and technological activities No. 470/DK-KHCN issued by the Department of Science and Environment of Ho Chi Minh City on December 28, 2023

The Applied Biotechnology Insitute (ABI) was established in 2021 as a private research institute. ABI aims to bring the scientific solution from the academy to the private sectors as well as bring the new prototyes to market, especially in agriculture and biomedical field. By more than 3 years old, we are proud to be the partner with several biggest private groups in Viet Nam. On fundamental researches, ABI has already gotten about a several funds from private sectors and NPO in last 3 years, and published about 10 manuscripts in scientific journals as well as 2 useful solution patents and 2 books. The ABI is also the nest of high education researches of several universitites with 4 MSc. and 2 PhD graduted from the researches in our institute as well as the on going 5 PhD candidates and 10 MSc students.

ABI has several connects to other institutes and organizations. By official documents, we are the partner of The Association of Agricultural Technology in Southeast Asia (AATSEA) - Thailand, Biotechnology Center of Da Nang City - Viet Nam, Institute of Edible Fungi, Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences – China. The insitute also has several personal connects to several labs in over the world, especially in mycology.

Facilities

• The culture stock collections.
• the fungorium.
• the general lab.

The culture stock collection is maintaining more than 1000 strains and cultivars of fungi, incuding mushrooms and mirco-fungi. Several plant cultivars and plant pathogenic bacteria were also storaged in our collections. This division was equipped with class II clean cabinets, cool incubators, -80oC storage and freeze drier. The fungorium (ABI Herbarium) is partner of VNM Herbarium (Viet Nam National Museum) and keeping more than 10000 fungal specimens in which many are type species of Viet Nam. . It also conducted several researches about taxonomy and ecology. This division is equipped with DIC flourescent Microscope, low-humidity storage room, and ecological equipments. The general lab is equipped as basic molecular laboratory and physiology laboratory with a PCR, a realtime PCR, growth chambers, a colorimeter, a UV VIS spectrophometer, a vacuum evaporator, a motorized tensile presser. Besides, the institute has the mushroom cultivations testing room which can control CO2/O2, light photon intensity, temperature and humidity.