FERRANDIZLAB

Evolution and Development of

Flowers, Fruits and Reproductive Meristems


Our research lines


Our lab is mainly focused on the study of genetic networks controling different aspects of reproductive development.

  • Genetic control of the end of the flowering phase
  • Genetic networks controlling floral reproductive organ development
  • Genetic basis of the evolution of the angiosperm carpel
  • Biotechnological applications to improve reproductive traits in crops
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The projects

Hecatomb

DontStopMeFlow

Legumepower

EvoFruLand

Non-Stop-Crop

The team



We are a team of PI, postdocs, PhD students, MSc students, undergrads and frequently welcome visiting researchers

Publications



Ph.D. THESIS

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NEWS AND EVENTS

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2024

November

Welcome Moises

Moisés Pérez Rojas just joined our team for a postdoctoral reserach funded by Mexican government. He had been here before for a short stay as an Evofrulander, and now, already a Ph.D., has come back to identify signals between seeds and meristems. Good luck!

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2024

August

Colombian evofrulanders

Yesenia Madrigal (for 3 months) and Natalia Pabón-Mora (for one month) have been visiting the lab in the framework of our MCSA-RISE Evofruland project. We love these exchanges and our visitors too. As always, interesting collaborations come out

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2024

July

A new but remote doctor

Congrats, Edu Burillo, on his PhD defense viva. A hybrid format, since Edu now lives in Tasmania, with Marian Bemer, Antonio Serrano-Mislata and Héctor Candela in the committee. Here you can see the final outcome, with proud supervisors and the happy new doctor .

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2024

July

XVII RBMP

The Spanish Meeting in Plant Molecular Biology brings together many of us working of plants. Old friends, new faces and great science met this year in Castellón, covering all sorts of topics. In the pic, Paco Madueño and his talk on the control of flower number in legumes.

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2024

June

Paella summer retreat

Our own way to say hello to the summer, extended lab meeting (Madueño’s, Merelo's and Gomez-Mena's come too) by the sea, swimming, sipping beer and wine, eating paella.. and with all the good vibes right after Saint John’s night. Happy solstice!

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2024

June

Flower meeting in Palermo

The workshop in Molecular Mechanisms Controlling Flowering was held in beautiful Sicily, and there we went to present our work. Plant reproduction, flowering time, inflorescences, floral organs.. all of our favorite topics. As always awesome!.

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2024

April

Evodevosignet in motion

We had our first reunion for the Evodevosignet consortium, a network funded by AEI to bring together Spanish researchers working in evolutionary aspects of plant signalling and development. Two awesome days in Miraflores de la Sierra to get started!

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2024

January

Well done, Ana!

Ana’s PhD project on the characterization of DEVIL peptides has been really a test for her endurance, perseverance and good spirits. She has done an excellent job at the defense and now is the newest doctor of the lab. Good luck in your future projects . We will surely miss you!

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