Focus Areas of Research Team

Grapevine molecular biology and biotechnology
Dr John Moore Prof Melané Vivier Dr Philip Young	Functional genomics; grapevine field-omics; grapevine abiotic and biotic stress biology; cell wall profiling

Wine microbiology and molecular biology
Prof Florian Bauer	Yeast molecular and cellular biology
Dr Benoit Divol	Microbial interactions and spoilage – impact of microorganisms on wine properties
Prof Maret du Toit	Molecular biology of wine lactic acid bacteria and interaction with wine yeasts
Dr Evodia Setati	Vineyard and Wine Microbiome Research, population and microbial interactions. Click here for more information on Microbial Diversity

Analytical chemistry Advanced chemical-analytical techniques in viticulture, oenology and biotechnology
Dr Hélène Nieuwoudt	Focus on non-destructive infrared spectroscopic analytical techniques and data processing, wine sensory profiling,sensometrics, consumer perception
Prof Antonio Ferreira	Flavour chemistry focus on the chemical definition to wine quality. Metabolomics
Dr Astrid Buica	Sample preparation and liquid chromatography for grape and wine analyses