Gram-positive (MRSA) and Gram-negative (Neisseria) cocci, Mycoplasma, Chlamydia and Brucella
Intestinal bacteria and gastrointestinal infection, food microbiology, probiotics and their roles in human health, bacteriophages and their importance compared to antibiotics and pathogenic bacteria
Molecular epidemiology, pathogenesis and mechanisms of antibiotic resistance in anaerobic bacteria, including Clostridium difficile, Bacteroides fragilis group, Provetella; Acinetobacter baumannii complex, Stenotrophomonas maltophilia and Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Bordetella pertussis, Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and Legionella pneumophila
Reproductive immunology, cancer immunology/immunotherapy
Tumor immunology, immunology of infectious diseases, structure and function of antibodies Production, characterization and epitope mapping of monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) and use of MAbs for diagnosis and therapy; immune nutrition and nutrigenomics: study on the impacts of micronutrients on the immune system and relevant genes expression
Allergy, allergen purification, paraclinical tests in allergy including skin prick test and spirometry; immunological disorders (diagnosis)
Immune pathogenesis and virus-host interactions, immune response to HBV, monoclonal and recombinant antibodies
Antigen antibody engineering, production of recombinant chimeric and humanized monoclonal antibodies