Biotechnologies are involved in many business sectors: agricultural, food, pharmaceutical, cosmetic, chemical and environmental, and occupy an important place in the concerns of the engineer AgroParisTech. The possibility of genetically transforming these living organisms by genetic engineering offers immense potential for producing biomolecules with high added value.

Microorganisms are often used in industrial processes to produce or transform biomolecules on contract by fermentation, in wastewater treatment plants to recover waste, or even in food as probiotics. The emergence of disciplinary fields such as green chemistry constitutes a change in the possibilities of controlling and enhancing plant biomass in the context of agricultural production, both to meet our energy needs and to develop new materials or to improve human well-being. Animal cells are increasingly used in human health in the design, production, and evaluation of active molecules and drugs. They constitute privileged models for the study of mechanisms They constitute privileged models for the study of molecular mechanisms associated with cell function / dysfunction.

The objective of the Dominante BIOTECH is to give students the knowledge and skills at the molecular and cellular level, to exploit the potentialities of living organisms in processes ranging from the laboratory scale to the industrial scale while integrating the constraints in upstream and downstream and by promoting innovation.