National level laboratory with outstanding research strength and quality
The State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology (SKLA) of CUHK, aims to build a World Class International Research Center in China with missions to uplift China’s agricultural technology, trending scientific knowledge, increase agricultural productivity, safeguard national food security and sustainable agriculture, and improve people’s nutrition, through basic science research. By combining the strength of modern biotechnology and the traditional wisdom of breeders and farmers, we pledge to serve the society by generating new knowledge, producing novel technological platforms, products, and training high caliber technologists，and thereby boosting technical reserves and agricultural productivity in China and beyond.