Integrated study of the simple eukaryotes and plant models, with regard to molecular mechanisms, starting from genetics to genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics and metabolomics.
Integrated study of the organelles (mitochondrion and chloroplast), with regard to their involvement in the molecular response to different contaminants, in eukaryote model systems such as S. cerevisiae and A. thalianaand in crop species.
Integrated study of plant-soil system, with regard to interplay between biotic and abiotic components (nutrients, metabolites, microbial populations).
Risk assessment, ecotoxicological impact, and trophic transfer of engineered nanomaterials (ENMs), including nanoplastics.
Biotechnological approaches focused to the development of sustainable agricultural fertilization, including nanotechnological tools.
Effects and application of biochar and metal or ENMs on eukaryotic model organisms and crop plants and in integrated plant-soil systems.
Reutilization of residual biomasses form agri-food industry for sustainable solution development.