The primary objective of this research is to investigate the roles of molecular chaperones in irradiance-stress responses of plants using microalgae as a model organism.
1 To investigate the role of heat shock protein 70A and 70E during the response of C. reinhardtii to irradiance stress.
2 To investigate the role of chloroplast stromal chaperone ClpC (HSP100 protein family) in plant response to irradiance stress using C. reinhardtii as a model organism.
3 To investigate the role of CPN60 (HSP60) during the response of C. reinhardtii to irradiance stress.
