Introducing the roots in salt team:
Our former lab members include:
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Enthusiastically leading the “Roots in Salt” dream team.
I would like to understand how tomato plants respond to salinity and which gene regulatory networks regulate these responses at molecular and cellular level.
I aim to investigate how chloroplasts contribute to the perception of and the adaptation to changing environments, and how this helps plants to tolerate abiotic stresses.
My research interest is understanding how the root system architecture is affected in response to salt and the role of phytohormones in this process.
I am investigating the molecular and physiological basis for root elongation at warm temperatures.
Using my expertise in molecular biology, microscopy, and cell biology to help the lab move forward.
My main research interest is understanding how plants adjust their root growth and development to adapt to the ever-changing soil environments.
Why is there such a significant difference on salt tolerance between Arabidopsis and S. parvula?
The aim of my project will be to investigate this putative sensor and study its downstream signaling pathway.
I am interested in the cellular changes that enable the adaptation of plants to their enviroment.
My aim is to understand how salt-induced changes in cytoskeleton and cell wall structure are perceived in plants.
I will use a chemical genetics approach to find small molecules that reduce the response of Arabidopsis to high sodium soil content and identify the target proteins, which explain the intracellular response to salt stress.
I am part of the VICI team where we aim to identify new salt sensing and signaling pathways in the root and shoot of Arabidopsis. Using transcriptomic approaches, we will build salt gene regulatory networks and see how perturbations in these networks affect plant development.
Silvia Bugallo Alfageme (PhD candidate)
Lettuce is one of the most important leafy crops. While its morphological response to salt stress has been previously been studied, little is known on the molecular mechanisms underlying salt tolerance in this species.
My current work involves molecular biology, plant physiology and plant phenotyping.
I want to understand how lateral roots develop under salt stress.
I am -with great enthusiasm- characterizing and studying how potato plant roots grow and develop from True Potato Seeds.
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