Metabolomics and metabolic pathway regulation （Xiaomin Yu, Yuefeng Guan, Renyi Liu, and Yuan Yu)

Tea research (Xiaomin Yu,  Renyi Liu, Yuan Yu)

Fruit development and ripening (Shuang Wu, Chizuko Yamamuro, Peitao Lv, and Yuan Yu)

Cell signaling and cell biology (Tongda Xu, Xu Chen, Shingo Nagawa, Masahik Frutani, and Xiaoyue Zhu)

Developmental biology and cell fate determination (Shuang Wu, Tongda Xu, Fangjie Zhu, Xu Chen, Ryushiro Kasahara,  Masahik Frutani, and Shingo Nagawa).

Plant transformation technology (Shikui Song)

Crop traits (Yuefeng Guan, Xu Chen, Shuang Wu, and Shikui Song).