This exciting field uses the latest breakthroughs in modern molecular biology, engineering and chemistry to solve basic problems in marine biology; to improve the production of medical, chemical, food, and energy resources from the ocean; and to develop new products and industries based on more efficient use of the ocean’s resources. Research and training in Marine Biotechnology at MSI are focused in three inter-related areas: (1) the development of new methods and approaches from molecular and cellular biology to investigate the basic mechanisms controlling life in the oceans and its responses to environmental change; (2) the development of new industries, resources and products from the oceans; and (3) the use of marine organisms as models for biomedical research.