Author: Stephan

Bye bye Adri

Hasta siempre, Adri! A very important phase in the life of our Illuminati is finally coming to a close. After being molded in the fires of the #PollmannLab @CBGP_Madrid for so many years, our...

IAM triggers ABA biosynthesis and signalling

We are very happy that our most recent work got eventually published in New Phytologist. Our study investigates the molecular mechanism behind the observation that IAM, a precursor to the growth hormone auxin, inhibits...

Adrián in Canal UNED

Adrían participated in a Podcast emitted on the 16th of November in Canal UNED. The topic is ‘Nuestras decisiones económicas como sociedad y la biotecnología’. Find the link here: Podcast  The podcast is in...

Back from another trip to Chile

From to . After giving a keynote lecture at the Opening Symposium in March 2023, I am very grateful that I was again invited over to Chile to close the Anillo Project of my...

#SemanaDeLaCiencia

Like in previous years, the @CBGP_Madrid participates in the activities related with the celebrated between the 4th and the 14th in Madrid. On Tuesday 4th of November, our lab members Adrián González Ortega-Villaizán and...

Bienvenidos Meli

We warmly welcome in our lab. Meli is an ERASMUS+ student from Türkiye, who joined one of our research projects in the beginning of September. Together with Estefi, he will work until February on...

15th Anniversary at CBGP

Officially celebrating my 15th anniversary at the @CBGP_Madrid today. How time flies! I want to use this special occasion to extend my thanks to everybody who walked part of the way with me, including Bachelor and...

New preprint on IAM triggering ABA signalling

In this work we ask the question as to whether we can use natural variation as a tools to identify novel components of IAM-mediated primary roots growth inhibition. Through the close collaboration with the...

2025 IS-MPMI Congress Cologne

As the last scientific activity of our lab before the summer break, Estefi represented us masterly at the “2025 IS-MPMI Congress” which was held in Cologne, Germany between the 13th and 17th of July....

Congratulations Oumaima

Today, our visiting student from Morocco, defended her Master’s degree thesis with great success in her home University in Tangier. Unfortunately, we were not able to support her personally, but we were keeping fingers...