Fields of expertise
Functional Genomics: isolation, cloning and sequencing of genes, study of gene expression and regulation, promoter’s isolation and study of their function, construction of cDNA library, genomic libraries, macroarrays, protein-protein interaction, etc..
Plant tissue culture: regeneration and micro propagation.
Genetic engineering: genetic transformation of plants and bacteria.
Development of a TILLING mutant population in durum wheat.
Development of QTLs in wheat.
Construction of recombinant strains.
Production of bio-insecticides by fermentation (from 2-liters bioreactors to 1 m3).
Formulation of bio-insecticides, fungicides and bactericides.
Test for insect toxicity.
Extraction of bio-molecules from plants.
Test of activity against phytopathogenic fungi and bacteria.
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