Plant Systems Biology Lab

Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas
Departamento de Genética Molecular y Microbiología

Plant System Biology Lab

Plant Systems Biology Lab

Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas
Departamento de Genética Molecular y Microbiología

Research

Our main goal is to understand how plants sense and respond to nutrients. And in particular, how nutrient signals interact with other signaling pathways to coordinate global gene expression in plants.

  • We are currently taking a systems biology approach (Gutiérrez, 2012Gutiérrez et al., 2005) to understand how nitrogen-induced responses are coordinated with other processes in the plant to coordinate growth and development in a changing environment.
  • Our research has both basic and applied significance. Understanding how plants respond to nutrient and how this regulation is integrated with other processes is essential to devise strategies for the improvement of agronomical traits.

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People

Rodrigo Gutiérrez, Ph.D

Rodrigo Gutiérrez, Ph.D

Principal investigator
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Susana Cabello, Ph.D

Research and Outreach Coordinator

Karem Tamayo

Lab Manager

Daniela Soto

Daniela Soto

Bioinformatics support

Alejandro Montecinos

Alejandro Montecinos

Bioinformatics support

Melissa Aguilar

Melissa Aguilar

Technician

Associated researchers & postdocs

Francisca Díaz, Ph.D

Francisca Díaz, Ph.D

Fernán Federici, Ph. D

Fernán Federici, Ph. D

Viviana Araus, Ph.D

Graduate Student

Elena Vidal, Ph.D.

Andrea Vega, Ph.D

Andrea Vega, Ph.D

José O’Brien, Ph.D

José O’Brien, Ph.D

José Miguel Álvarez, Ph.D.

José Miguel Álvarez, Ph.D.

Ph.D students

Susan Hitschfeld

Susan Hitschfeld

Ph.D student

Sebastian Moreno

Sebastian Moreno

Ph.D student

Catalina Ibarra

Catalina Ibarra

Ph.D student

Tomás Moyano

Tomás Moyano

Graduate Student

Isabel Fredes

Isabel Fredes

Graduate Student

Orlando Contreras

Graduate Student

Publications