Diffractive Optical Elements and Planar Optics.

Photonic Devices.

Novel Laser Configurations.

The cross-talk between the immune and nervous systems – autoimmunity as a mechanism of tissue repair: Molecular, cellular, physiological and behavioral aspects.

Immunological aspects of neuronal loss in neurodegenerative and mental disorders (Alzheimer’s, ALS, Huntingdon, Glaucoma).

Spinal cord injury and repair

Development of vaccination for neurodegenerative disorders.

Neurogenesis (stem cells) and inflammation in the CNS.

Crystal structure and solution studies of DNA oligomers.

Structural and biochemical studies of proteins involved in transcriptional regulation.

Autoimmune T cells and tissue maintenance in the nervous system

Autoimmunity to hsp60 and the development of subunit vaccines against infectious diseases.

Regulation of immune inflammation by small carbohydrate molecules

Autoimmunity to p53 and the development of systemic lupus erythematosus

Autoimmune diabetes: Pathogenesis and immune therapy.

Applications of IL-6 Chimera and Interferon-beta in neurology, hematopoiesis, and oncology.

Interleukin-6 Chimera, a superactivator of the gp130 receptor system: role in nerve myelination, neuroprotection and in the development of neuro-glial cells from embryonic tissues and stem cells.

Transdifferentiation of neural crest cell derived melanoma into myelinating Schwann cell. Genes controlling cell growth, differentiation, melanogenesis and synthesis of myelin proteins.

Research on cognitive characteristics of non academically oriented math students.

Design of curriculum materials as a research based activity

Long-term design of a new curriculum for grades 10, 11 and 12 for non-academically oriented students.

Molecular mechanisms controlling the expression of p53 in normal cells and its deregulation in cancer cells

Organometallic chemistry and catalysis

Multi-level computational methods, scientific computation.

Quantification of atoms, groups and molecules electronegati using metal substituted bacteriochlorophylls and application to chemical reactivity.

Resolving the forces which drive membrane protein assembly.

The mechenism behind generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) by illuminating novel bacteriochlorophyll derivatives and their application in photodynamic therapy (PDT) of tumors.