Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Biotechnology, biofuels, biocatalysts, fermentation, food microbiology

Microbial Ecology

Interactions of microorganisms with the environment, and their roles in natural communities

Microbe-Host Interactions

Roles of microbes in disease, beneficial symbiosis, pathogenesis, parasitology, and immunology

Bioinformatics and -omics

Elucidating biological phenomena by analyzing nucleic acid and protein sequences from microbes and microbial communities

Microbial Physiology

Diversity of metabolic and energy-generating pathways.

Molecular Microbiology

Molecular approaches to studying microbial structures, cell biology, gene regulation, genomic stability, development, etc.