Research in Plant Molecular Biology, Biochemistry and Physiology

• Programmed cell death in plants
• Molecular analysis of genetic variation in rust fungi
• Molecular and physiological analysis of host/pathogen interfaces
• Production of transgenic plants to investigate the regulation of oxygen availability in legume root nodules
• The effects of salt stress on oxygen diffusion and nitrogen fixation in legume roots
• The biogenesis of plant mitochondria and their role in plant growth and stress response
• Production of transgenic plants with altered levels of mitochondrial proteins
• Targeting and synthesis of a novel group of lipid anchored plasma-membrane proteins
• Anion efflux channels in roots and aluminium tolerance
• Ion channels in symbiotic interfaces
• Control of plant aquaporins
• Ion channels and salt tolerance
• The role of ion channels in plant clocks
• Eco-physiology of plants in the context of salinity and flooding tolerance, and host/parasite interactions