Author: Stephan

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...

New Chapter on ABA analytics is out

Happy to see that our book chapter on quantitative and qualitative ABA analysis techniques is finally out.  Another notch in the swagger stick   Rodríguez-Dobreva, E. et al. 2026 Synopsis Global agricultural productivity is...

New preprint on Seed Microbiota

Very happy that we were invited to participate in this very nice piece of work directed by the group of Natalia González Benítez and Carmen Molina from the Rey Juan Carlos University in Madrid....

17th SEBP Phytohormones Symposium 2026

On Monday and Tuesday, our lab will actively participate in the 17th Phytohormones Symposium 2026 of the SEBP which will be held at the Universidad Miguel Hernández in Elche, Alicante between the 2nd and...

Welcome Elisa and Marta

Over the past few days, we welcomed two new members to our laboratory, . Elisa is a PhD student from the Biotechnology, Ecology and Sustainability (BES) Unit at the University of Parma, where she...

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...