Plant vascular development: mechanisms and environmental regulation

Agustí J, Blázquez MA.

Cell Mol Life Sci. (2020) 77, 3711-3728.

SOBIR1/EVR prevents precocious initiation of fiber differentiation during wood development through a mechanism involving BP and ERECTA

Milhinhos A, Vera-Sirera F, Blanco-Touriñán N, Marí-Carmona C, Carrió-Seguí A, Forment J, Champion C, Thamm A, Urbez C, Prescott H, Agustí J

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA (2019)  116, 18710-18716.

Conservation of thermospermine synthase activity in vascular and non-vascular plants

Solé-Gil A, Hernández-García J, López-Gresa MP, Blázquez MA, Agustí J

Front. Plant Sci. (2019) 10, 663.

Identification and expression analyses of new potential regulators of xylem development and cambium activity in cassava (Manihot esculenta).

Siebers T, Catarino B, Agusti J

Planta (2017) 245, 539-548.

Strigolactone signaling is required for auxin-dependent stimulation of secondary growth in plants.

Agusti J, Herold S, Schwarz M, Sanchez P, Ljung K, Dun EA, Brewer PB, Beveridge CA, Sieberer T, Sehr EM, Greb T

Proc Natl Acad Sci USA (2011) 108, 20242-20247.

Characterization of transcriptome remodelling during cambium formation identifies MOL1 and RUL1 as opposing regulators of secondary growth.

Agusti J, Lichtenberger R, Schwarz M, Nehlin L, Greb T

PLoS Genet (2011) 7, e1001312.

Comparative transcriptional survey between laser-microdissected cells from laminar abscission zone and petiolar cortical tissue during ethylene-promoted abscission in citrus leaves.

Agusti J, Merelo P, Cercós M, Tadeo FR, Talón M.

BMC Plant Biol (2009) 9:127

Javier Agustí

I am an Agronomical Engineer with an interest in plant development. In particular, I try to understand the mechanisms that control secondary growth, using a diverse array of plant species, like Arabidopsis, cassava or Marchantia.

- 2016 to present / Group Leader, Ramón y Cajal contract / IBMCP, Valencia, Spain.

- 2013 to 2016 / Lecturer and group leader / University of Oxford, UK.

- 2008 to 2013 / Postdoc at the Greb Lab / Gregor Mendel Institute, Vienna, Austria.

- 2002 to 2007 / PhD candidate at the Talón Lab / IVIA, Valencia, Spain.

- 1996 to 2001 / Agronomical Engineering / Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Spain

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jagusti@ibmcp.upv.es

Tel: +34 963 878 659