Research Interests:

The main aims of our research are designed to investigate the nature of nuclear-organellar interactions, which link mitochondrial genome status and expression and plant phenotypic response.

Dissertation Topics

1. Group II introns splicing in plants organelles: Regulation of organellar gene expression
2. The roles of various RNA-binding cofactors in the splicing of organellar transcripts
3. Establishment of an in vitro splicing system for plant organellar group II introns
4. The establishment of Mitochondrial Mutant Libraries (MML’s) in plants
5. Insights into the composition and assembly of plant mitochondria respiratory complexes
6. Environmental effects on plant mitochondria biogenesis