GIUV2025-645
Climate change is a real challenge to the adaptability capacities of plants, which need to develop an effective response to these stresses. Thus, this project aims to contribute to the progression of fundamental knowledge in this dynamic and ever-changing field.
Our research is focused on different aspects of the cellular and molecular biology, placing particular emphasis on studying more in-depth the plant subcellular mechanism to response in a quick manner to threat of the environment.
Concretely, we focus on understanding the so far scarcely explored, role of microtubules (MTs), and other molecular players during the cellular response. MTs, components of the cell cytoskeleton, are the best candidates to perceive these environmental stress signals and trigger an appropriate cellular response. In our project, we evaluate the central role of MTs and other related molecular players both in the perception of stress (high temperatures, UV-B radiation, etc.) and in the transduction of signals that allow the cell to adapt to environmental stresses resulting from climate change and that determine the survivance of plants. Therefore, our project has the potential to uncover diverse...Climate change is a real challenge to the adaptability capacities of plants, which need to develop an effective response to these stresses. Thus, this project aims to contribute to the progression of fundamental knowledge in this dynamic and ever-changing field.
Our research is focused on different aspects of the cellular and molecular biology, placing particular emphasis on studying more in-depth the plant subcellular mechanism to response in a quick manner to threat of the environment.
Concretely, we focus on understanding the so far scarcely explored, role of microtubules (MTs), and other molecular players during the cellular response. MTs, components of the cell cytoskeleton, are the best candidates to perceive these environmental stress signals and trigger an appropriate cellular response. In our project, we evaluate the central role of MTs and other related molecular players both in the perception of stress (high temperatures, UV-B radiation, etc.) and in the transduction of signals that allow the cell to adapt to environmental stresses resulting from climate change and that determine the survivance of plants. Therefore, our project has the potential to uncover diverse solutions that could genuinely impact society.
Our group will also investigate the regulation of the cellular response by MTs in animal cells. Since MTs and their associated proteins are highly conserved between animals and plants, sharing essential functions such as cell proliferation, differentiation and growth, we will assess whether MTs regulate similar responses to environmental stress in both kingdoms. This will help us understand how organisms adapt to changing climate conditions due to climate change.
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- Entender los mecanismos moleculares de la respuesta celular frente al estres ambiental y su posterior aclimatacion celular
- Identification of molecular components involved in the response to heat stress and UV-B radiation in plants..The aim is to identify the role of microtubules and other cellular components involved in the perception and response to heat stress and ultraviolet radiation, as well as to describe the cellular signalling pathways involved in plants.
- Characterization of microtubules and liquid-liquid phase separation structures formed to face stress..The objective is to characterise the function of the resistance structures that form in response to heat stress and to describe the role of microtubules in both the formation and function of these liquid-liquid phase separation structures.
| Name | Nature of participation | Entity | Description |
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| JUAN CARLOS MONTESINOS LOPEZ | Director | Universitat de València | |
| Research team | |||
| EVA HOYAS SANCHEZ | Member | Universitat de València | |
| M JESUS MARCOTE ZARAGOZA | Collaborator | Universitat de València | |
| FERNANDO ANIENTO COMPANY | Collaborator | Universitat de València | |
| JOSE CASAÑ PERELLO | Collaborator | Universitat de València | |
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- Univ. Institute Biotechnology and Biomedicine (BIOTECMED)
