Mandates:

1. Development of biotechnological innovations especially for diagnostic
   tools, vaccines and biological materials.

2. Immunology and Immunopathology of infectious diseases

3. Immunology of HIV/AIDS

4. Specialized services in immunology and immunodiagnoses, e.g tissues typing, HIV/AIDS

5. Quality assessment in clinical histopathology.

6. Vaccine and drug trials in animal models

7. In vitro cultivation of malaria and leishmania parasites for experimental purposes.

8. Colonization of mosquitoes and sandflies for experimantation.

9. Formulation of biosafety guidelines.

10. Co-ordination of experimental research and managemnet of animal houses.