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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

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

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

Cassava is one of the major food sources, especially in subsaharan Africa. In our group we are identifying genes and processes involved in the specification of storage root cell types. Read more here about the involvement of a class-III HD-ZIP transcription factor that we have found.

Posted on December 12th, 2023

Identification of MeC3HDZ1/MeCNA as a potential regulator of cassava storage root development

Xylem formation relies of precise translational regulation of certain transcripts by thermospermine. Here we describe an easy quantitative method to measure translational efficiency.

Posted on December 13th, 2023

Quantification of xylem-specific thermospermine-dependent translation of SACL transcripts with dual luciferase reporter system

Our postdoc Victoria Gastaldi has just been awarded a Marie Curie Fellowship to extend her stay in the lab. Congratulations, and good luck!!

Posted on February 15th, 2024

Horizon Europe-MSCA-PF "DELLAsFixGenome"

Congratulations, Yaiza! A new PhD achieved in our group. Thanks also to the Committee members: Elena Baena, Cristina Martínez and Javier Brumós.

Posted on March 4th, 2024

Characterization of URI1 in Arabidopsis thaliana and its role in stress responses

APR

26

Journal Club

Anselm, Carlos, Enrique

MAY

03

Lab Meeting

Pavel

MAY

10

Lab Meeting

Damiano

MAY

15

Department Seminar

Cynthia

APR

19

Seminar at IHSM, Málaga

Miguel will speak about


"Origin and evolution of gibberellin signaling"

APR

22

IBMCP Seminar

SPATHERM speaker: Jan De Vries


"Inferring the dynamic stress response networks of the earliest land plants"

APR

24

Online CRAG Seminar Series

"New perspectives from Junior researchers"

Antonio will speak about


"Analysis of shoot stem cells activity under abiotic stress conditions"

Gene transcription requires the concerted action of several protein complexes that facilitate the progression of RNA pol II. We have found that the Paf1 complex influences nucleosome accessibility through monoubiquitination of histone 2B.

Posted on January 31st, 2024

The plant POLYMERASE-ASSOCIATED FACTOR1 complex links transcription and H2B monoubiquitination genome wide

The study of hormone action requires the development of biosensors that allow fast and quantitative analysis of hormone levels. Here we describe new gibberellin biosensors that work well in plant protoplasts, in collaboration with Matías Zurbriggen (CEPLAS, Germany).

Posted on April 5th, 2024

Ratiometric gibberellin biosensors for the analysis of signaling dynamics and metabolism in plant protoplasts

Gibberellins regulate transcription through DELLA proteins. Here we show that one of the mechanisms relies on the ability of DELLAs to stabilize trancriptional complexes via their interaction with Mediator.

Posted on May 6th, 2024

DELLA proteins recruit the Mediator complex subunit MED15 to coactivate transcription in land plants

MAY

17

Lab Meeting

Victoria

MAY

24

Lab Meeting

Clara

MAY

31

Journal Club

Asier, Ceci, Clara

JUN

07

Lab Meeting

Silvia

JUN

21

Lab Meeting

Joan, Estefanía

JUN

28

Lab Meeting

Alba

JUL

05

XVII Spanish Plant Biology Meeting - Castellón

JUL

10

Department Seminar

Alabadi Lab

MAY

10

Seminar at U. of Helsinki

Javier Agustí will speak about


"Adjusting the girth: the role of PIN3 in weight-induced secondary growth in plants"



Our lab takes part on the Spanish network "EvoDevo SigNet". The kick-off meeting has taken place in Miraflores de la Sierra (Madrid) on April 11-12th.

Posted on April 12th, 2024

Spanish Network on the "Evolution of regulatory mechanisms in development and plant signaling"

SUMOylation is a critical modification that modulates the activity of proteins in all eukaryotes. In collaboration with Ari Sadanandom's group we have connected here the evolution of the SUMO system with developmental innovations in plants.

Posted on June 26th, 2024

Charting the evolutionary path of the SUMO modification system in plants reveals molecular hardwiring of development to stress adaptation