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Light-energy conversion and bioenergetics of photosynthetic organisms; structure, function and biosynthesis of bacteriorhodopsin, halorhodopsin and other retinal proteins; X-ray crystallography of halophilic proteins and of the fatty acid synthetase complex from yeast; expression of membrane proteins in yeast; signal transduction chains of sensory processes in phototaxis and chemotaxis of archaea and eubacteria; characterization of the proteins involved and molecular integration of stimuli; genomic, transcriptomic and proteomic analysis of halophilic archaea and bacteria; photomodulated conformation in azobenzene peptides.