-> Understanding how non-coding RNAs contribute to cell maintenance and disease development with a primary aim of defining new targets for disease intervention.

-> Creating novel bioimaging and delivery systems for gene medicine (e.g. siRNA, miRNA mimics, antimiRs) with a specific focus on inflammation, cancer, influenza, and regeneration of damaged tissue (tissue engineering).

-> Designing and constructing functionalized self-assembled DNA and RNA nanostructures capable of complex biosensing, coupled with controlled action e.g. drug release, enzyme activation, and receptor signaling.