Author: Stephan

XLIX Reunión Anual 2026 SBBMCh

It is my great pleasure to attend the XLIX Annual Meeting of the Chilean Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology in La Serena, Chile, which will be held on the 5th to 8th of...

X Encuentro Científico UTalca

I am going to attend the X Encuentro Científica at the University of Talca, Chile, which will be held on the 23rd to 25th of September.  Looking forward to catch up with longtime friends...

Sabbatical in Santiago de Chile

After 15 academic courses at the UPM, I took the chance to apply for a Senior Mobility Fellowship of the “Ministerio de Educación, Formación Profesional y Deportes” to spend four months in Santiago de...

I am very happy that I was able to contribute to this work and that it has found its way into Frontiers in Microbiology. Wastewater irrigation, despite its appeal in water-scarce regions, poses serious...

Comparative analysis of habitat-adapted symbionts

We are pleased to present our recent study on the comparative molecular analysis of two habitat-adapted fungal symbionts that enhance salt stress tolerance in Arabidopsis thalina plants. This publication marks Silvia’s debut as the...

Adrían our rising star

Very proud of our former Illuminati , who will present his PhD work in the Rising Stars webinar series of MPMI on July 29th. Get your tickets here Rising Stars of IS-MPMI, it is...

Congratulations Marta

Last week, our undergraduate student, defended her Bachelor thesis in Biotechnology with outstanding success. The entire lab is very proud of her, but without doubt Estefi is most proud as she directly supervised the...

Junior seminar Estefi

This Wednesday 10th of June 2026, our student Estefanía smashed it with a phenomenal presentation on her PhD project in the Junior Seminar series of the CBGP. Another obligatory step towards the defence of...

PCE Top viewed article 2025

It is time to celebrate. Our paper on the molecular basis of Serendipita indica-mediated plant growth promotion (see corresponding blog) has been awarded with the Plant, Cell & Environment .A big shout out the...

New Preprint on As tolerance enhancing fungus

Incredibly happy to see this project finally set fruits.  We had to go through quite some headaches to eventually understand and explain the observed phenotype.   Rodríguez-Dobreva E. et al. 2026 SSRN SynopsisArsenic (As) contamination...