Ostrsetzer-Biran Oren

Prof. Oren Ostersetzer-Biran

Plant Phenotypic Response

Plant & Environmental Sciences

Personal Information

Research Interests

The main aims of our research are designed to investigate the nature of nuclear-organellar interactions, which link mitochondrial genome status and expression and plant phenotypic response.

Dissertation Topics

Group II introns splicing in plants organelles: Regulation of organellar gene expression
The roles of various RNA-binding cofactors in the splicing of organellar transcripts
Establishment of an in vitro splicing system for plant organellar group II introns
The establishment of Mitochondrial Mutant Libraries (MML’s) in plants
Insights into the composition and assembly of plant mitochondria respiratory complexes
Environmental effects on plant mitochondria biogenesis