Agriculture

We use the techniques of protein chemistry, molecular genetics, biophysics and cell biology. Centered on membrane proteins, we investigate both their fundamental properties and their applications in biotechnology.

We study carbohydrate and protein functions using organic synthesis and protein engineering. We aim to design and modify therapeutic and biotechnological systems, uncover biological mechanisms, and develop new tools for synthetic and chemical biology.

We study the development of plant roots and their relationships with microbes. Our aim is to engineer transkingdom signalling between plants and bacteria to enhance plant growth.

We study biomolecular systems, focusing on antibacterial resistance and oxygenase regulation. We specialize in iron and zinc-dependent metallo-enzymes, contributing to antibiotic research and gene regulation.

We investigate the behaviour of the metabolic systems of plants in order to devise metabolic engineering strategies that will improve the productivity and quality of crop plants. We use both computational and experimental approaches to achieve this.

We investigate the signalling mechanisms that link oxygen availability to plant growth and development, to understand adaptations to oxygen fluctuations throughout evolution and to design novel biotechnological strategies.