Carolina Camacho Fernández

Group: Environmental and epigenetic regulation of development in plants

Position: Postdoctoral Researcher

Contact:

Laboratory L106:   tel. ext. 446086
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Formation

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Biotechnology
  • Master’s Degree in Plant Breeding
  • PhD in Biotechnology
  • Specialization Diploma in Bioinformatics Analysis

Projects:

  • Exploring photoperiod complexity as a robust signal to tackle climate change.
  • Effect of stabilization of FRIGIDA protein by sugars at flowering time in Arabidopsis thaliana.

Research Interests

My current research focuses on unravelling the mechanisms by which plants decide to flower, integrating external (temperature, photoperiod) and internal (circadian clock, nutritional status) signals using molecular biology techniques. Specifically, I am involved in projects related to the response to photoperiod and low temperatures. My previous experience in cell biology allowed me to develop in vitro culture techniques, such as anther/microspore culture or protoplast regeneration, as well as light, confocal and electron microscopy. In addition, omics techniques and bioinformatic analysis of the generated data are currently an important part of my work at the IBVF.

Publications

Romero JM, Serrano-Bueno G, Camacho-Fernández C, Vicente MH, Ruiz MT, Pérez-Castiñeira JR, Pérez-Hormaeche J, Nogueira FTS, Valverde F. CONSTANS, a HUB for all seasons: How photoperiod pervades plant physiology regulatory circuits. Plant Cell. 2024 May 29;36(6):2086-2102. doi: 10.1093/plcell/koae090. PMID: 38513610; PMCID: PMC11132886.
Camacho-Fernández C, Corral-Martínez P, Calabuig-Serna A, Arjona-Mudarra P, Sancho-Oviedo D, Boutilier K, Seguí-Simarro JM. The different response of Brassica napus genotypes to microspore embryogenesis induced by heat shock and trichostatin A is not determined by changes in cell wall structure and composition but by different stress tolerance. Physiol Plant. 2024 May-Jun;176(3):e14405. doi: 10.1111/ppl.14405. PMID: 38923567.
Calabuig-Serna A, Camacho-Fernández C, Mir R, Porcel R, Carrera E, López-Díaz I, Seguí-Simarro JM. Quantitative and qualitative study of endogenous and exogenous growth regulators in eggplant (Solanum melongena) microspore cultures. Plant Growth Regul. 2022; 96:345–355. doi: 10.1007/s10725-021-00780-y
Camacho-Fernández C, Seguí-Simarro JM, Mir R, Boutilier K, Corral-Martínez P. Cell Wall Composition and Structure Define the Developmental Fate of Embryogenic Microspores in Brassica napus. Front Plant Sci. 2021 Oct 6;12:737139. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2021.737139. PMID: 34691114; PMCID: PMC8526864.
Camacho-Fernández C, Hervás D, Rivas-Sendra A, Marín MP, Seguí-Simarro JM. Comparison of six different methods to calculate cell densities. Plant Methods. 2018 Apr 16;14:30. doi: 10.1186/s13007-018-0297-4. PMID: 29686723; PMCID: PMC5901878.
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