Plant Biochemistry & Physiology

Carbohydrates: import, breakdown, catabolism, energy metabolism, synthesis & function (starch, sugars, fructans, cell wall components incl. glycoproteins)
Clockwork & its interactions with metabolism & growth
Compartmentalization of metabolism
Interaction & regulation of metabolism with cellular processes (cell cycle, cytokinesis, cell expansion, secretion, developmental programming, plastid-nucleus signaling, differentiation)
Lipid metabolism
Long distance transport of metabolites & macromolecules
Metabolism, development & growth of storage organs
Metabolomics
Nitrogen & sulphur metabolism & regulation
Nutrients (esp. P, K, Mg, Ca, Fe, minor nutrients): uptake, transport, function
Photosynthesis: light reactions, dark reactions, physiology, ecophysiology
Plant ion channels & membrane & calcium signaling
Protein regulation: protein turnover, modification & allosteric regulation
Protein structure & function: enzymes, properties & engineering
Protein structure & function: protein machines
Protein synthesis & proteolysis
Regulation & integration of metabolism with developmental & growth processes
Regulation & integration of metabolism with responses to biotic & abiotic challenge
Secondary metabolism: pathways, regulation & function, ecology
Water relations (esp. movement, turgor regulation, stomata)