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The circadian clock regulates rhythmic gene expression in plants, but its cell-type specificity was unclear. In collaboration with the Xie and Zhai labs, here we use time-resolved single-nucleus RNA-seq in Arabidopsis to reveal cell-specific rhythms and identify ABF1 as a novel clock regulator.

Posted on May 5th, 2025

48-Hour and 24-Hour Time-lapse Single-nucleus Transcriptomics Reveal Cell-type specific Circadian Rhythms in Arabidopsis

Today we celebrate the Sabater Prize which has been awarded to Jorge and Noel, two former PhD students in the Plasticity Lab, by the Spanish Society of Plant Biology. Well deserved, we are very proud of you.

Posted on June 4th, 2025

SEBP's Sabater Prize to Jorge Hernández-García and Noel Blanco-Touriñán for their achievements in plant biology research

Congratulations!! Laura Hernández-Villa has defended her PhD Thesis today, with Vicent Arbona, Mª Dolores Gómez and Francisco Marco as members of the PhD Committee. Check out more pictures here.

Posted on May 22nd, 2025

Characterisation of PDRG1 in Arabidopsis thaliana and the role of R2T/PFDL complex in cell differentiation

Another round of applause for Noel, who has been recognized with this year's Young Scientist Award by the Federation of European Societies of Plant Biology (FESPB). He received the prize today and gave a plenary talk in Budapest (Hungary).

Posted on June 25th, 2025

FESPB Young Scientist Award to Noel Blanco-Touriñán for his achievements during his PhD and postdoctoral stages

Plants stop growing if they need to defend themselves. This trade-off has been classically explained in terms of energy demand. But we have found evidence that suggests that the arrest is beneficial for preventing mutations in the stem cells, which could be transferred to the progeny.  

Posted on July 1st, 2025

Growth arrest is a DNA damage protection strategy in Arabidopsis

In apple trees, flowering is regulated by temperature and gibberellins. Here we have found molecular evidence that links temperature with the stability of apple DELLA proteins, following a clue already uncovered in the lab a few years ago. This work is a collaboration with Fernando Andrés' lab -now a colleague recruited by IBMCP.

Posted on September 21st, 2025

Apple DELLA is degraded under warm temperature conditions in Nicotiana benthamiana leaves through a COP1‐dependent mechanism

Our colleague Miguel Blázquez has been awarded CSIC's Margarita Salas Medal. This distinction recognizes his trajectory as PhD Thesis supervisor and the mentoring of postdocs and junior colleagues. The ceremony will be broadcasted via Youtube on Oct 8th at 18 h.

Posted on October 6th, 2025

III Margarita Salas Medal for excellent supervision of junior researchers

Environmental regulation of plant vascular networks

Brassinosteroids are plant hormones that promote growth. However, recent evidence -reviewed here- indicates that they do not act uniformly across all tissues, but as modular, local regulators.

Posted on November 18th, 2025

Specificity of brassinosteroid perception and its integration at signaling crossroads in vascular development.

Almost every aspect of plant development is regulated by environmental signals. Here we have analyzed current literature describing the molecular mechanisms that allow acclimation through changes in vasculature's patterning and differentiation.

Posted on November 1st, 2025

Bruno

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Damiano

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Andrea Esgueva

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In a multinational collaboration led by Ykä Helariutta (U of Helsinki), we have found that thermospermine promotes translation through the interaction with ribosomes, but only if their 25S ribosomal RNA is methylated. This is the first mechanistic model that explains the involvement of this polyamine in the regulation of xylem differentiation.

Posted on February 16th, 2026

Recruitment of bifunctional regulator thermospermine to methylated ribosomes directs xylem fate

Chaperones are key machines that help fold, activate, and turnover proteins. Here we review the activity of a group of proteins that act as co-chaperones of the famous HSP70 and HSP90 chaperones in plants.

Posted on April 25th, 2026

TPR domain-containing co-chaperones of HSP70 and HSP90 in plants

Plants integrate light and temperature information to better adjust their growth. We have found that the genetic circuit that allows this integration was already present during land colonization by plants. Despite this conservation, the actual processes regulated by that circuit have diverged in the different lineages.

Posted on May 5th, 2026

Conserved regulatory core and lineage-specific diversification of light–temperature integration in plants

Evolutionary Strategies in Plant Biotechnology. From natural selection to synthetic innovation

IV Ochoa Conference

Botanic Garden of Valencia

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Silvia Jurado

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Pavel Brito

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Alba Lloret

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Ane Umerez

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Estefanía Vidaurre

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Eva Gómez

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Clara Segarra

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Today, IBMCP has been recognized as a Severo Ochoa Center of Excellence, accompanied by a budget of 4.5 M € for the 2026-2030 term. Congratulations to our colleagues for this collective effort.

Posted on May 7th, 2026

Centros de Excelencia Severo Ochoa (Agencia Estatal de Investigación)