本課程將針對植物範疇之基因組分析、基因調控與基因轉殖研究，探討當前植物生物技術學領域相關之問題與解決問題的研究策略。本課程擬涵蓋下列主題，採用最新文獻，進行最近發展趨勢之綜合討論。
GENOME EVENTS
1. MICRO RNAS
2. TELOMERES
3. MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY
GENE REGULATION
4. ORGAN-SPECIFIC GENES
5. PROTEIN-PROTEIN INTERACTION
6. NETWORKS OF TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS
7. PROTEASOME PROTEOLYSIS
SIGNAL PERCEPTION AND TRANSDUCTION
8. AUXIN TRANSPORTER AND SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION
9. ETHYLENE MUTANTS INVOLVED IN SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION PATHWAY
10. ABA SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION
11. SIGNAL CIRCUITRY
MOLECULAR RESPONSE TO STRESS
12. ABIOTIC STRESS
13. BIOTIC STRESS
14. HEAVY METAL TOLERANCE AND PHYTOREMEDIATION
GM TECHNOLOGY
15. MARKER-FREE TECHNOLOGY
16. ALL-NATIVE DNA TRANSFORMATION
17. MOLECULAR FARMING
18. CHEMICAL BIOTECHNOLOGY / METABOLIC ENGINEERING