The unit aims to:
- Conducting research and studies in the fields related to tropical plants, environmental physiology, microbiology, cell biology, molecular and genomics biology.
- Assisting the scientific activity (postgraduate studies and research) of the faculty and university by training young researchers on molecular and genomic biology methods in various studies, environmental physiology and tropical plant studies.
- Serving the local community through the applications of research results related to the study of tropical plants and their extracts and medicinal effects, as well as studies of cell biology and molecular biology.
- Using the latest biological technologies and methods to raise the production efficiency of some strains of tropical plants.
- Using the latest agricultural techniques and methods in the process of producing some strains of plants that are resistant to difficult climatic conditions.
- Attracting research projects, whether local or international, interested in studying agricultural or medical tropical plants and their extracts, environmental physiology, microbiology studies, and molecular and genomic biology studies, while providing the necessary scientific studies and research for them.
- Scientific cooperation between the unit and research centers, universities and authorities, whether local or international, to implement the protocols concluded with Aswan University and Faculty of Science, with the possibility of concluding cooperation protocols with various authorities through the university.