Research Focus

Research Focus:

Photosynthetic carbon fixation is the most sustainable approach to capture carbon dioxide on Earth. Plants, cyanobacteria, and algae utilize photoenergy to convert atmospheric CO2 to various organic compounds supporting their growth and producing food. The mechanisms involved in photosynthesis and carbon fixation vary among species, influencing their carbon assimilation rates, metabolite synthesis, and ultimately determining their growth and productivity. However, the diversity of these mechanisms and the related regulatory components are not fully understood and rarely applied to increase agricultural yield.

We aim to enhance photoproduction by

1. Discovering mechanisms or regulators across diverse species that can enhance carbon fixation, plant growth and yield through genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics, molecular biology, biochemical studies, and AI supports.
2. Introducing new-to-nature pathways or re-designing native mechanisms to increase carbon fixation and metabolite syntheses in cyanobacteria and crop plants.