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Biotechnology, along with information technology and nanotechnology, are essential for innovative development of modern economy. Currently there is a growing need for organizations that can provide scientific support to major biotechnology projects and coordinate research activities, as well as to work out programs for the scientific and technological development of the biotechnology industry. The Federal Research Centre "Fundamentals of Biotechnology" of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Research Center of Biotechnology RAS) plays a role of such center of competence. It was established on the December 31, 2014 after reorganization of Bach Institute of Biochemistry RAS via inclusion of Winogradsky Institute of Microbiology RAS and the Center of Bioengineering RAS.