Research areas

• Molecular Evolution and Phylogenesis of Plants

• Population Genetics and Genomics

• Plant Biotechnology and Genomics with special emphasis on genome mapping, QTL inheritance, induced genetic variation and genetic improvement of underutlised crops

• Technology development including new molecular marker systems (eg., B-SAP markers), methodological approaches and optimising existing protocols (e.g., SSAP),

Research objects

• Magnoliophyta (eg., Pisum sativum, Lolium sp., Hordeum vulgare, Avena strigosa and others)

• Conipherophyta (Pinus sylvestris, P. mugo, P. uliginosa, P. uncinata, Pinus x rhaetica, P. cembra, P. pumila)

• Hepathophyta (Pellia sp., Aneura sp., Sphagnum sp.)

• Animals (Mollusks: Dreissena polymorpha, Leeches: 12 species from Glossiphoniidae, Haementeriinae, Theromizinae, Piscicolinae, Erpobdellinae)

• Bacteria (Mycobacterium tuberculosis)

Techniques

• Bioinformatics and Genomics

• Classical, Quantitative and Molecular Genetics methods

• Cytogenetics

• In vitro cultures from somatic tissues and haploid techniques

• Basic and advanced statistics (data mining and multidimensional procedures)