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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
We are very happy that our most recent work got eventually published in Plant Physiology and Biochemistry. Our study investigates ionic buffering and plant transporters regulation during the interaction of Arabidopsis thaliana and Serendipita...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
On Thursday, 10th of July, we celebrated the PhD defense of our team member Francis Onejeme. Since his incorporation in our group in 2022, it was not always a smooth and easy journey, but...
I had a great time at the #pbe2025 Meeting of the FESPB in Budapest, Hungary. I highly appreciate that I was invited to participate as session chair and to act as featured speaker. It...
Yesterday, April 11th, our former PhD student Adrián González Ortega-Villaizán defended his doctoral project in a wonderful fashion. You really nailed it! On behalf of the entire lab, I want to take the chance...
We just settled our travel plans for this summer conference season. Estefi will travel to the 20th Congress on Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions that will be held in Cologne, Germany, between the 13-17th of July....
Strawberries are water-demanding plants. They require consistent moisture to thrive, especially during the fruiting period. Hence, the current climate change scenario poses significant threats to strawberry production, impacting various aspects of growth, yield, and...
Next month, our lab will actively participate in the PlantACT! Conference which will be held at the “Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería Agronómica Alimentaria y de Biosistemas” of the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid between...
Since the beginning of February, we have two new members in the lab at the CBGP. On the one hand, we are super excited to welcome , who joined our recently funded research project...
We thought that someone would possibly be interested to get an oral explanation of the key findings of our work. Thus, we generated deep dive one-on-one narratives of the main findings of the papers...
On behalf of our entire research team, I am super happy and proud to see our latest work finally published in . In this study, we asked the question as to whether three different...
Super happy to see this work on the role of root colonizing fungi on strawberry VOCs under drought conditions by my friends from Chile, @patrikoramos and @marlaboratory, finally published. Glad that I was able...
Our Postdoc will leave us by the end of the year and join the lab of Dr. Rajani Sarojam at the TEMASEK Lifesciences Laboratory in Singapore. On behalf of the entire Pollmann Lab, I...
We are guest-editing a Special Issue on the molecular mechanisms of plant-microbe interactions. The Special Issue is now open for submissions:https://mdpi.com/journal/ijms/special_issues/1JB5SQ1UK5You are all invited to submit your work and get a 20% discount. Special...
We asked the question whether co-evolution of plants and fungi in similar arid environments would trigger the same responses in infected host plants. In case you are interested in the answer and the underlying...
On behalf of the entire Pollmann Lab, I would like to congratulate our Postdoc Eoghan King for his appointment as lecturer at AgroParisTech. He will incorporate into the SYNAPS team at IJPB Versailles. Great...
Qualification We are looking for a skilled candidate with a Master’s degree in Molecular biology, Biotechnology, or Microbiology. Prospective applicants should have a background in plant molecular biology and/or microbiology. Furthermore, the ideal candidate...
It is often beneficial to conduct a thorough examination of the phenotype of plants under the applied test conditions, as this frequently provides insights into areas of interest within the transcriptomics data. Indeed, this...
On Friday 27th of September, the CBGP participated in activities of the European Researchers’ Night 2024 in the framework of the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions program, celebrating science across Europe. Our lab member collaborated in...
If you want to learn how fungi from the Antarctic can promote strawberry growth under drought and elevated temperatures, have a look at our latest #preprint out in @authorea: Yañez Ortega, M.A. et al. 2024 Authorea...
Yesterday, we had two things to celebrate. On the one hand, our lab member defended her Master thesis project in the Biotechnology and Bioengineering of Plants program with great success. On the other hand,...
Last Wednesday, our undergraduate student, defended his Bachelor thesis in Biotechnology with great success. He made us all very happy, but without doubt Adrián is most proud of him, as he directly supervised the...
In case you are interested in how endophytic fungi affect the fragrance of strawberry fruits, check this #preprint from my friends in Chile in @SSRN: Rodríguez-Arriaza F. et al. (2024) SSRN Synopsis Strawberries (Fragaria...
On behalf of the entire ICPS research team, I am happy and very proud to announce that our latest work on the role of auxin homeostasis at the root tips in coordinating the interaction...
We are very happy to see our latest book chapter on plant hormone crosstalk under abiotic stress conditions finally printed in Progress in Botany, edited by Ulrich Lüttge, Francisco M. Cánovas, María-Carmen Risueño, Christof...
Next up for our lab is the IV Edition of the Workshop “Frontiers in Plant Biology” which will be held at the CBGP between the 17th and 19th of April. This time our three...
Just back from a two days Kick-off Meeting of our EvoDevoSigNet (@EvoDevoSigNet) group financed by the Spanish State Agency for Investigation (@AgEInves). It was a very intense and highly interesting meeting. Learned a lot...
This Tuesday 9th of April 2024, our Illuminati Adrián gave a fantastic presentation on his PhD project in the Junior Seminar series of the CBGP. Another obligatory step towards the defense of his doctorate...
In case you are interested in the mechanism that contributes to Serendipita indica-triggered growth promotion, have a look at our latest #preprint out in @biorxiv_plants on the crosstalk between the root colonising fungus and Arabidopsis thaliana: González Ortega-Villaizán...
and her crew are starting strong into the new year!!! Fresh from the press, they report on the phyogenic and structural intricacies of fungal ENA ATPases, using the Neurospora crassa protein as an example....
Absolute looking forward to this trip to the Max-Planck in Jena, Germany, after a couple of weeks of compulsive project proposal writing…!!!