Scientific and technical expertise at IBMP
Although the primary mission of IBMP is the pursuit of fundamental research in different areas of plant biology, the excellence developed in this domain gives rise to general as well as highly specialized competences that are likely to be useful in addressing particular technological and/or societal challenges. The links in the following list of research topics developed at IBMP lead to documents identifying a number of challenges that could be addressed through the specific competence available in this group.
Research Topics
- RNA biology
- RNA degradation
- Mechanisms of small RNA biogenesis and action
- Role of ubiquitin in cellular regulation
- The Agrobacterium plast genes
- Role of spindle assembly factors in mitosis regulation and genome maintenance
- Gibberellin regulation of plant development
- Epigenetic mechanisms in signaling of plant development
- Maintenance and expression of plant mitochondrial genome
- Function of PPR proteins
- Metabolism and trafficking of RNAs within the plant cell
- Macromolecular trafficking and intercellular communication in plants
- Interactions between pararetroviruses and their hosts
- Viral counter-defense to RNA silencing and systemic movement
- Structural and molecular basis of virus-‐host interactions
Platforms
- BioImage & Bioinformatics
- Metabolomics
- P3P
- Analysis of genic expression
- Imaging Facility
