title: Editorial: Biotechnology Journal in Asia - the first official AFOB special issue.
abstract: The first AFOB special issue of Biotechnology Journal is edited by Prof. Tai Hyun Park and Prof. George G. Q. Chen. The eleven articles are representative of the diverse nature of biotechnology today, covering topics such as microfluidic devices, high-throughput analysis, biosensors, bio-imaging, tissue engineering, vaccination, gene delivery, gene expression, and cell-free protein synthesis.
authors.affiliation: President of Advanced Institutes of Convergence Technology (AICT), Professor of School of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea. thpark@snu.ac.kr.
authors.forename: Tai Hyun
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: George Guo-Qiang
authors.initials: GG
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D001208:Asia; D057005:Bioengineering; D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000379:methods*; D001709:Biotechnology / Q000379:methods* / Q000458:organization & administration