This research sub-unit is dedicated to investigate innovations in food ingredients, processing or packaging and apply them onto food products. One of the highlights is pursuing research on investigating the possible applications of native, natural, Indonesian ingredients onto foods. This research unit works hand-in-hand with the Food Quality Profiling sub-cluster, where various foods are investigated for relevant quality parameters to identify areas of improvement, and to investigate potential for innovations.

This research sub-unit is dedicated to explore the food components other than nutrients which provide human health benefits and to investigate gene–diet interactions to help food selection for optimal health or reduced risk of chronic diseases. One of the research focus is to investigate the antimicrobial and antioxidant properties of local fermented and non-fermented foods in Indonesia.

This research sub-unit is dedicated to profile relevant quality parameters associated with food products including: sensory evaluation, nutrition profiling, safety assessment, and shelf-life determination. The results found through the activities of this sub-cluster are used to support and start investigations of the other sub-clusters.

This research sub-unit is dedicated to investigate the association among nutrition, eating behavior, and lifestyle and their impacts on health and wellbeing. The research focus includes food choice and food consumption, dietary intake assessment, physical activity assessment, nutritional assessment, nutrient profiling, product development, and intervention strategies to promote health and wellbeing.

This research sub-unit is dedicated to investigating the performance of alternative processing technologies with their respective fossil baseline. In part, the research focuses on exploring native organisms that can be used in commercial products and investigating the possibility of applying these biological sources for production processes with the potential of providing economic, environmental, and social benefits. In addition, the research aims to cover promising, recent, and novel research trends in the production of biomaterials, biochemicals, and biofuels that support long-term economic growth while minimizing the impact on society and the environment.

This research sub-unit is dedicated to exploring Indonesia’s rich natural resources to find and employ enzymes and microbes to produce food and healthcare products. The research primarily focuses on food fermentation technologies that utilize the growth and metabolic activity of microorganisms to transform food materials and food ingredients. Moreover, the research also studies the application and incorporation of beneficial microorganisms to produce functional food and supplements such as probiotics, prebiotics, and various healthcare products.

This research sub-unit is dedicated to addressing and tackling environmental problems caused by human activities using biological resources. The research mainly investigates bioremediation technologies and waste management technologies using plants and microbes for developing effective processes for eliminating various pollutants from wastewater, converting solid waste to value-added products and material.

This research unit focuses on how to understand data and molecular mechanisms of health and disease by combining structural data and modeling to predict new information and to rationalize drug design. Structural bioinformatics focuses on analysis and prediction of three-dimensional structure of biological macromolecules and elucidation of structure-function relationship as well as identification of important binding interactions.

This research unit focuses on research related to genome sequencing and structure of genes. The studies within this research topic also discuss all aspects connected to the cell and proteins. This fundamental research will hopefully bring insight into determining when and where genes are turned on or off in various types of cells and tissues, which may benefit in providing detailed information regarding gene activities and expression in cells.

Metabolomics research is utilized to discover, characterize and validate intra- and inter-cellular, dynamic molecular changes in a multitude of applications. It also focuses on studying metabolite diversity in organisms related to their biotic and abiotic factors, their function for interaction among organisms, and their benefit for human welfare. The focuses within this research unit are divided into plant metabolomics and nutri metabolomic.

Intelligent systems are technologically advanced machines that perceive and respond to the world around them. This research unit focuses on establishing systems and tools that can be utilized in biomedical and life science areas. Studies within this research unit are expected to provide knowledge and products that can be used on a daily basis to facilitate human beings effectively.

Cancer epigenetics is the study of epigenetic modifications to the DNA of cancer cells that do not involve a change in the nucleotide sequence, but instead involve a change in the way the genetic code is expressed. This research unit evaluates the gene activities in cancer cases and the effect of medication on the cancer structure. It is expected that the studies under this unit can bring insight in the development of cancer medication.

Biostatistics and Big Data have important roles in the process of analysis in the area of biology and life sciences. This research unit focuses on analysis, modeling and prediction processes. The studies in this research unit are expected to provide significant merits, especially in decision making

Evolution and diversity result from the interactions between organisms and their environments and the consequences of these interactions over long periods of time. This research unit focuses on the roles of biodiversity in maintaining healthy ecosystems and thereby sustaining ecosystem services to the ever-growing human population.