Biotechnology comprises a uniquely wide range of individual disciplines. Applying science and technology to living organisms paves the way to innumerable products for use in industry, agriculture and healthcare. Highly qualified specialists with backgrounds in chemistry, physics, process technology, computer science and microbiology forma top-class network, working in such fields as the development of diagnostic and therapeutic technologies, the identification of disease mechanisms and the production of medication. Brunel is also effectively networked within the network of professionals who focus on innovations in biotechnology who are also creating new solutions to global crisis’ in food and energy.