We study how plants sense and coordinate the use of sulfur and nitrogen, and how those regulatory networks translate into growth and yield in the field.
Current projects
FONDECYT Regular · Nº 1230833
The TaNLP5 regulatory network under sulfur deficiency in wheat
We test whether the transcription factor TaNLP5 controls the sulfur-deficiency response in wheat roots, identify its target genes, and measure how its overexpression affects sulfur use efficiency and grain yield.
- Overexpressor lines + RNA-seq
- Direct target genes by combining RNA-seq and DAP-seq
- Two-year field trial with overexpressor lines
iBio · Millennium Institute
Millennium Institute for Integrative Biology
We are part of iBio, which studies how environmental perturbations (nitrogen, light, temperature) and biological interactions control plants and fungi, including time-dependent genetic programs.
Research lines
Sulfur × nitrogen
Gene networks that coordinate the assimilation of both nutrients: NLPs, SLIM1, LSU genes and microRNAs.
TaNLP5 · SLIM1 · LSU
Heat stress
Transcriptomic and physiological responses of wheat and rapeseed to rising temperatures.
wheat · rapeseed
Systems biology
Regulatory networks inferred from thousands of transcriptomes and multi-omics analyses.
GENIE3 · WGCNA · DAP-seq
