Research is at the core of CorpoGen interests. As an academic private non-profit research institute, is officially recognized by the Colombian National Administrative Department for Science, Technology and Innovation (Colciencias) as one of the leading biotechnology centers for scientific research and development in the country. It consists of multidisciplinary research groups of biologists, microbiologists, chemists, and bioinformaticians studying basic genomic and biochemical aspects of human and animal pathogens, and by metagenomics, exploring the microbial biodiversity of neotropical ecosystems. CorpoGen has strong collaborations with academic groups and private enterprises in the country and abroad. It works actively in research, training of human resources and development of biotechnological products such as molecular biology kits and offering scientific services to the local scientific community and to industry.