Research

	Improvement of plant stress tolerance and yield using modified transcription factors and signaling networks
	Understanding the roles of single/low copy plant specific Arabidopsis genes in plant biology and using such genes in applied crop biotechnology
	Determination of molecular mechanisms for transfer of Agrobacterium chromosomal DNA fragments to plants during transformation
	Improvement and development of novel regulatory plant DNA sequences such as promoters, terminators, UTRs, introns, and tags for applied research and biotechnology
	Splicing coupled with read-through transcription (SCRET) and its role in protein diversity in eukaryotes
	Isolation and characterization of plant proteins toxic to pathogenic or symbiotic bacteria