Jeollanam-do, a top province in biomaterial production, has been pursuing material discovery, production, and technology development since the early 2000s based on the primary sector of the industry.

MARC has the grounds for turning resources and materials into part of a high-value industry by securing scientific evidence by promoting everything from resource discovery to basic materials research.

MARC is developing not only basic materials technologies such as resource differentiation, resource standardization, and biomarker compound identification technologies but also related application technology.

By evaluating the physiological activity of resources, MARC is discovering materials that show the health functions of the gut, liver, stomach, skin, blood circulation, and microbiome and is developing ways to utilize such materials.