Research Area
Botany
- Plant adaptation mechanisms to environmental stressors
- Phytohormone signaling networks and cross-talk
- Root architecture and nutrient acquisition strategies
- C4 and CAM photosynthesis engineering for crop improvement
- Plant-pollinator interactions and coevolution
- Seed dormancy and germination biology
- Plant secondary metabolites and medicinal properties
- Plant defense mechanisms against pathogens and herbivores
- Phytoremediation for environmental cleanup
- Molecular basis of plant domestication
Ecology
- Community assembly and succession dynamics
- Trophic cascades and ecosystem stability
- Biogeochemical cycling in changing environments
- Landscape ecology and habitat fragmentation
- Ecological resilience and tipping points
- Rewilding and ecosystem restoration
- Urban ecology and human-modified habitats
- Fire ecology and forest management
- Macroecology and biogeography
- Ecological modeling and predictive frameworks
Genetics/Genomics
- Structural and functional genomics
- Epigenetic regulation and inheritance
- Population and conservation genetics
- Quantitative trait locus mapping
- Gene editing technologies and applications
- Genetic basis of adaptation and speciation
- Evolutionary genomics and phylogenetics
- Genomic medicine and personalized health
- Gene-environment interactions
- Mobile genetic elements and genome evolution
Molecular/Cell Biology
- Membrane trafficking and organelle dynamics
- Protein folding, quality control, and degradation
- Signal transduction pathways and integration
- Cell motility and cytoskeletal dynamics
- Nuclear organization and chromatin structure
- Non-coding RNAs and gene regulation
- Cellular metabolism and bioenergetics
- Cell cycle regulation and checkpoints
- Extracellular matrix interactions
- Cellular stress responses and homeostasis
Physiology
- Integrative organ system function
- Comparative animal physiology
- Exercise physiology and adaptation
- Circadian rhythms and biological clocks
- Endocrine system regulation and disruption
- Sensory biology and perception
- Thermoregulation across diverse organisms
- Cardiovascular and respiratory physiology
- Osmoregulation and ion transport
- Metabolic adaptation to environmental challenges
taxonomy and biodiversity
- DNA barcoding and metabarcoding
- Integrative taxonomy and species delimitation
- Biodiversity hotspots and conservation priorities
- Cryptic species complexes and hidden diversity
- Functional diversity and ecosystem processes
- Biodiversity informatics and databases
- Molecular phylogenetics and systematic biology
- Paleobiology and historical biodiversity patterns
- Biocultural diversity and traditional knowledge
- Microbial diversity and metagenomics