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News from the bench

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...

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...

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...