José María Personat Gálvez
Group: Scientific-Technical Facilities
Position: Specialized Technician. Photosynthetic Analysis Facility
Contact:
Office: SE 215
Phone: ext. 446010
email:
Formation
PhD in Molecular Biology, University of Seville (2014)
MSc in Molecular Genetics and Biotechnology, University of Seville (2009-2010)
Predoctoral FPI Grant of Science and Innovation Ministry. Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (2009-2013)
BSc in Biotechnology. Pablo de Olavide University (2004-2009)
Research Interests
My scientific career has focused on the molecular mechanisms of plant protection against stress. During my doctoral thesis, I studied protection against extreme abiotic stresses mediated by heat shock transcription factors in tobacco (N. tabacum). Later, I participated in the study of molecular mechanisms of protection against both abiotic and biotic stresses in tomato (S. lycopersicum).
In recent years, I have specialized in studying photosynthetic activity, serving as the head of the Photosynthetic Analysis Service at IBVF.
Publications
| Prieto-Dapena P, Almoguera C, Personat JM, Merchan F, Jordano. Seed-specific transcription factor HSFA9 links late embryogenesis and early photomorphogenesis. J Exp Bot. 2017 Feb 1;68(5):1097-1108. doi: 10.1093/jxb/erx020. |
| Gutiérrez-Beltrán E, Personat JM, de la Torre F, Del Pozo O. A Universal Stress Protein Involved in Oxidative Stress Is a Phosphorylation Target for Protein Kinase CIPK6. Plant Physiol. 2017 Jan;173(1):836-852. doi: 10.1104/pp.16.00949. Epub 2016 Nov 29. |
| Almoguera C, Personat JM, Prieto-Dapena P, Jordano J. Heat shock transcription factors involved in seed desiccation tolerance and longevity retard vegetative senescence in transgenic tobacco. Planta. 2015 Aug;242(2):461-75. doi: 10.1007/s00425-015-2336-y. Epub 2015 May 29. |
| Co-overexpression of two Heat Shock Factors results in enhanced seed longevity and in synergistic effects on seedling tolerance to severe dehydration and oxidative stress. BMC Plant Biol. 2014 Mar 4;14:56. doi: 10.1186/1471-2229-14-56. |
| A passive repression mechanism that hinders synergic transcriptional activation by heat shock factors involved in sunflower seed longevity. Mol Plant. 2014 Jan;7(1):256-9. doi: 10.1093/mp/sst117. Epub 2013 Aug 17. |
| Protection of the photosynthetic apparatus from extreme dehydration and oxidative stress in seedlings of transgenic tobacco. PLoS One. 2012;7(12):e51443. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0051443. Epub 2012 Dec 5. |