Cristina Velázquez Suárez

Group: Biology and Genetic Engineering of Multicellular Cyanobacteria

Position: Postdoctoral researcher

Contact:

Laboratory: LE113

Phone number: 954489500 ext. 446093

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Formation

Bachelor’s Degree in Biology, University of Granada, 2016

Master’s Degree in Biotechnology, University of Granada, 2017

PhD in Biology, University of Seville, 2023

Research Interests

My research is focus on the study of the biology of cyanobacteria, including the genetic bases of their morphology, cell division mechanisms and acclimation mechanisms to environmental conditions.

Publications

Sarasa-Buisan C, Ochoa de Alda JAG, Velázquez-Suárez C, Rubio MÁ, Gómez-Baena G, et al. (2024) An ancient bacterial zinc acquisition system identified from a cyanobacterial exoproteome. PLOS Biology 22(3): e3002546.

Velázquez-Suárez C, Springstein BL, Nieves-Morión M, Helbig AO, Kieninger A, Maldener I, Nürnberg DJ, Stucken K, Luque I, Dagan T, Herrero A. 2023. SepT, a novel protein specific to multicellular cyanobacteria, influences peptidoglycan growth and septal nanopore formation in Anabaena sp. PCC 7120. mBio 14:e00983-23.

Velázquez-Suárez, C.; Luque, I.; Herrero, A. The Role of MreB, MreC and MreD in the Morphology of the Diazotrophic Filament of Anabaena sp. PCC 7120. Life 2022, 12, 1437.

Velázquez-Suárez C, Valladares A, Luque I, Herrero A. 2022. The Role of Mre Factors and Cell Division in Peptidoglycan Growth in the Multicellular Cyanobacterium Anabaena. mBio 13:e01165-22.

Velázquez-Suárez C, Luque I, Herrero A. 2020. The Inorganic Nutrient Regime and the mre Genes Regulate Cell and Filament Size and Morphology in the Phototrophic Multicellular Bacterium Anabaena. mSphere 5:10.1128/msphere.00747-20.