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Population
and community ecology: Using the theory of density dependent habitat
selection to understand community organization and to measure interaction
coefficients and their relative importance. The relationship between
productivity and species diversity. |
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Developmental
Biology, Drosophila oogenesis, DNA damage checkpoint, RNA localization |
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Directed evolution. |
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Plant
molecular biology: Water-stress and salt-stress regulated genes.
Molecular, biochemical and physiological studies of ASR1, a stress -
regulated DNA-binding protein. Bioenergetics. |
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Microbiology:
Bacterial metabolism and regulation; Acetohydroxy acid synthase. Mosquito
bacterial biocontrol; Bacillus thuringiensis var. israelensis |
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Mechanism
of synapse formation, Molecular and cellular dynamics in live synaptic
connections, Synaptic distribution in neuronal networks |
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Muscle contraction,
Sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) membranes, Regulation of intracellularcalcium
concentration, Active ion transport, Protein Phosphorylation, Ryanodine
receptor/Ca2+ release channel, VDAC/Porin. |
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Behavioral
and Community Ecology; Behaviors related to predation. Conservation of
reptile species and habitats. Mathematical Models for behavioral studies. |
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Enzyme
structure, function, mechanism and specificity. Thiamin
pyrophosphate and Pyridoxal dependent enzymes. Acetohydroxy acid synthase.
Dynamics of metabolic pathways. |
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Biochemistry:
Protein Translocation in Bacteria and Archaea. Membrane Biogenesis,
Protein Export, Applied uses of Archaea. |
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Biophysics:
Control of the bacterial cell cycle. Membrane dynamics in bacteria.
Fluorescent probes. Bacterial polysaccharides. Microbial biosensors. |
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Biochemistry:
Signal transduction regulated biochemical functions. Regulation of signal
transduction pathways, associated with growth factors and oncogene protein
products. |
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Bioinformatics |
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Neurobiology
of Animal Behavior. Neuronal Plasticity: Specific factors that regulate
dendritic branching patterns of neurons; Molecular, cellular and
behavioral effects of neurotoxins. |
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Genomics, Biodiversity studies, Genetic and epigenetic impact of
genome duplication |
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Larval
ecology of coral reef fish; Evolutionary ecology of coral reef fish |
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Neurophysiology:
Mechanisms of rhythmic activity in small neuronal networks;
Neuromodulation of neuronal networks; Real time coupling of biological
neurons with computer models of neurons and synapses. |
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Structural
studies of cells and organelles by 3D electron microscopy |
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Mitochondrial genetics: mtDNA
human variation; functional analysis of subunits of NADH Ubiquinone
Oxidoreductase. |
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Biological and
horticultural aspects of rare and wild fruit trees as new crops for desert
areas. Biology of cacti. Post - harvest physiology and development of
fruits. Salinity tolerance and effects in crop plants. |
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Evolutionary
Ecology and community structure and function. Genetic structure of insect
populations: local adaptations and trophic interaction strength.
Ecological Modeling – developing individual based models. |
Physiological
ecology. Animal - environment energy and water exchange, thermoregulation
and osmoregulation in desert animals. Avian respiration and thermo- and
osmoregulation and their roles in long-distance flight. |
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Molecular
biology and genetics of yeast and its relevance to biomedical research.
Targeted endonucleases. |
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Comparative
and applied endocrinology: Regulation of sex-differentiation, reproduction
and growth in marine and freshwater invertebrates, Crustacean biology,
Desert Aquaculture. |
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Encoding and processing of information in the brain |
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Structural Biology, Protein
Crystallography, Structure-function relationships of biological
macromolecules |
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Molecular
Genetics of the parasitic protozoan Leishmania. The stress
response and stage differentiation in Leishmania. Oxygen radicals and gene
regulation in chloroplasts. Molecular genetics of red algae. |
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Regulatory
events in plant development processes in response to internal and external
signals. |
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Plant conservation biology, reintroduction.
Ecological genetics. Plant population ecology. Natural selection in plant
populations. Introduction and domestication of wild plants |
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Plant structure and
development. Biomechanics of Typha leaves. Seed dispersal mechanisms. |
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Conformational
transitions underlying energy transduction in voltage-dependent K+
channels. |
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Control of flowering time
in ornamental plants. Genetic engineering in ornamental plants.
Introduction of the wild Lilium candidum as a cut flower. Research in
roses |
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Bacterial
physiology: cell division, aging, chromosome and plasmids segregation,
growth and morphogenesis. Mosquito biocontrol: ecology and molecular
biology. |
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Toxins |
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Tissue
Type Differentiation and Organ Formation in Plants |
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Community
Ecology: patterns of species diversity and community structure; the role
of habitat distribution and arrangement in community organization;
species-area relationship. Landscape Ecology: effects of the physical
environment on the organization of communities. |
Retired
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