The group's work focuses on analyzing the mechanism of action of polyamines in the signaling of responses to abiotic stress in higher plants. Our goal is to determine a series of physiological and molecular markers that, related to polyamine metabolism, can determine the plant's tolerance to different environmental stress situations. The initial study will be carried out using Arabidopsis thaliana as a model organism, due to the vast number of genetic and molecular tools available. Two approaches are used: the use of transgenic or mutant plants with modified polyamine metabolism and the natural variability present in more than 100 ecotypes of Arabidopsis.

The ultimate objective of this line of research is to select a series of markers that can be used for crop selection to increase productivity under unfavorable environmental conditions.