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Check out here a description of some of the research lines in our lab, in plain language, thanks to the dissemination effort of Alejandro Rodríguez, a UPV Biotechnology student
Posted on November 4th, 2022
Wall of Science - Chapter 2
We welcome Yuliia Maklyuk and Yaroslav Ivanovych, two new postdocs from Ukraine, funded by Universitat Politècnica de València and Generalitat Valenciana.
Posted on November 27th, 2022
UPV with Ukraine
A new collaborative work with Javier Botto's lab (IFEVA, U Buenos Aires) to decipher new interactions in the regulation of shade avoidance in plants. You can read the details here.
Posted on February 4th, 2023
PICLN modulates alternative splicing and light/temperature responses in plants
DELLA proteins regulate spore germination and reproductive development in Physcomitrium patens
Ever wondered about the functions of DELLA in moss? What is conserved and what not? You can now get all the answers here, thanks to our collaboration with Juliet Coates (U of Birmingham, UK) and Stefan Rensing (U of Freiburg, Germany).
Posted on January 22nd, 2023
BBX24 interacts with JAZ3 to promote growth by reducing DELLA activity in shade avoidance
Plants adapt to functuating temperatures in part through promoting alternative splicing. In collaboration with Marcelo Yanovsky's lab (Instituto Leloir, Buenos Aires, Argentina), we have found part of the mechanism. Read more here.
Posted on January 31st, 2023
DELLA functions evolved by rewiring of associated transcriptional networks
SEP
22
Lab Meeting
Paula
OCT
20
Lab Meeting
Anselm
OCT
25
Department Seminar
Anselm
How do natural populations of plants adapt to water limitation? Here we show that they tend to be smaller: not only they lose less water in absolute values, but they are more efficient in water usage. Nice collaboration led by Carlos de Ollas and Aurelio Gómez-Cadenas at UJI.
Posted on July 10th, 2023
Plant size directly correlates with water use efficiency in Arabidopsis
NOV
15
Department Seminar
Miguel - Brumós - Maca
Plant hormones very often exert different functions in different organs, tissues or cell types. Here we review the basic mechanisms by which this spatial regulation is imposed and discuss several examples.
Posted on July 4th, 2023
Spatial regulation of plant hormone action
We have been awarded three grants in the latest national AEI call. Antonio will lead a study on the characterization of meristem responses under drought stress; David the participation of chaperone-like proteins during heat stress; and Miguel the evolution of light and temperature sensing in land plants.
Posted on July 17th, 2023
ThirstyCells, PFD-LIKEITHOT, LISPEVOL
Spatial regulation of thermomorphogenesis in plants
We start SPATHERM, a joint effort to study organ- and cell-type specific temperature responses in plants, funded by the PROMETEO program of Generalitat Valenciana. The team includes Maite Sanmartín, Cristina Úrbez, José León, Javier Agustí, David Alabadí and Miguel Blázquez, all at IBMCP. Postdoc applications accepted!!
Posted on July 1st, 2023
Big hurray for Anna Solé-Gil, the new doctor from our group. She has just defended her Thesis with nice work on Marchantia and other species, and with Selena Giménez, Sandy Hetherington and Isabel Monte in the PhD Committee.
Posted on July 28th, 2023
Origin and evolution of the C3HDZ-ACL5-SACL regulatory module in land plants
Nitrate is absolutely necessary for plant productivity but it also causes lodging, with associated fruit losses. In collaboration with Jorge Casal's lab in Instituto Leloir (Argentina), we have found a mechanism for this excessive shoot growth. Read about it here.
Posted on September 20th, 2023
PIF4 enhances the expression of SAUR genes to promote growth in response to nitrate
Plants and microorganisms have a long-standing relationship. Here we review recent work that identifies how certain mechanisms for the recognition of microorganisms by plants were already present when plants colonized the land.
Posted on September 12th, 2023
Plant-pathogen interactions: The need to evolve to stay the same
SEP
29
Lab Meeting
Bruno
OCT
06
Journal Club
Asier-Laura-Pavel
OCT
26
Utrecht University
Miguel will speak about:
"Evolution of multisensory perception in plants"
OCT
27
Lab Meeting
Jaime
NOV
03
Lab Meeting
Carlos 2.05
NOV
10
Lab Meeting
Maca
NOV
17
Journal Club
Bruno-Santiago-Paula
NOV
24
Lab Meeting
Joan 2.05
DEC
01
Lab Meeting
TFMs
DEC
15
Lab Meeting
TFMs
JAN
12
Journal Club
Anselm-Alberto-Joaquín
NOV
15
Department Seminar
Antonio