Research on IPMB is focused on plant genome, plant pathogenes (including viruses, phytoplasmas, bacteria, and viroids), and study of photosynthesis.

• Research on diseases caused by viruses, phytoplasmas and bacteria. Focus on diseases of brassicas, legumes, small fruits and fruit trees that are difficult to diagnose.
• Development of molecular diagnostics, including those based on microarrays.
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• Structure and function of photosynthetic membrane pigment-protein complexes.
• Physiology, carbon discrimination and gas exchange in C3 and C4 plant metabolism.
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• Research on plant nucleases, their function and potential utilization in medicine as an anti-cancer agents.
• Analysis of viroid evolution and pathogenesis
• Functional genomics of hop, analysis of plant transcriptional factors in relation to metabolome regulation and analysis of mechanisms of gene silencing in relation to viroid propagation and pathogenesis.
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• Study of plant genome organisation at the chromosomal, subchromosomal and molecular levels.
• Structural and functional analysis of repetitive DNA, and their impact on genome organization and evolution
• Development of novel approaches for efficient mapping of complex plant genomes.
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