Synthetic Biogly, Plant physiology and molecular biology;
Molecular and physiological analysis of CO2 concentrating mechanisms (CCMs) in cyanobacteria and microalgae; Phylogentic analysis; Transplant of CCM components into crop plants to improve yield and water-use efficiency.
Exploiting CCM components to engineer crop plants with greater productivity under semi-arid conditions;
Construction and analysis of mutants;
CO2 sensing in cyanobacteria;
Regulation of gene expression;
Proteomic identification of protein complexes;
Photosynthetic enzyme analysis;
Ion transport mechanisms;
electron microscopy and structural anlysis of carboxysomes.