Molecular origins of biological lubrication Hydration lubrication: a new paradigm

Surface-forces-measurement techniques at angstrom surface separations; polymers as molecular lubricants

Polymers, Complex Fluids, and Interfaces - Experimental studies of the behavior of confined simple and polymeric fluids.

Transcription regulation of the hepatitis B virus. To understand how overlapping promoters are autonomously functional.

The molecular basis of virus-host cell interaction. How HBV modifies cell behavior.

The activation and the role of c-Abl-p73 signaling axis in response to DNA damage and cancer.

modulation of Hippo signaling by c-Abl; the role of Yap1 and TAZ transcription coactivators in cell proliferation and in apoptosis

proteasomes as a target in cancer therapy

proteasome composition, dynamics, function and regulation and various conditions.

proteasomal degradation of intrinsically disordered proteins (IUP or IDP). the concept of degradation by default

Signaling mechanisms of axonal guidance cues

Mechanisms of axonal degeneration

Attosecond Physics

Strong field light matter interactions

Cellular Biophysics

Manipulation of atoms and molecules by laser fields, laser cooling, atom lithography.

Laser control of molecular orientation.

Atomic and molecular wave packets, ultra-fast optical phenomena.

Semiconductor-sensitized nanoporous solar cells and semiconductor film deposition

Physics of electron's spin

Quantum phase transitions: General transport studies and mesoscopics of the metal-insulator, superconductor-insulator and other transitions.

Scanning tunneling experiments at ultra-low temperatures

Fractional and integer quantum Hall effect and related phenomena.

Experiments on materials at ultra low-temperatures.

Probabilistically Checkable Proofs

Hardness of Approximation

Coping with NP-hard combinatorial optimization problems, algorithms, computational complexity, random walks, algorithmic game theory.