The Nagoya University Bioscience and Biotechnology Center (NUBBC) was established in 2003, reorganizing the Bioscience Center. The NUBBC cooperates with the Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences and the Graduate School of Sciences in research and educational activities, especially in the Department of Bioengineering Sciences and the Division of Biological Sciences under a joint program. The primary purpose of the NUBBC is to study at biochemical and molecular biological levels the biological functions in higher plants and animals. Bioresource of rice mutant lines and of freshwater fish stocks is another important area of study.