Focus Areas of Research Team
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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 |