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
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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31
2025
January
Well done, Maria Jesus!
M. Jesús Lopez Martin brillianty defended her PhD on the characterization of proliferative arrest in tomato. Two proud supervisors, Concha and Cristina, and an awesome committee of S. Prat, J.M. Jimenez and M. Costa were happy to participate in her day.
1
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!
1
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
17
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 .
4
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.
25
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!
20
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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