Catharina Merchante / Karen
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@kmerchante.bsky.social Tenured scientist @CSIC @IHSM_CSIC_UMA Curious about how plants adjust translation to adapt to their environment 👩🏻🔬🍀🦮📚🌍🌙-lover
Málaga, España
Joined November 2017
Join us in Málaga!
🎉 The PGRP2026 website is live & registration is OPEN! 👉 https://t.co/KdEn3nA2a4 Check out our amazing lineup of speakers Don’t miss out: we´ll also select speakers from submitted abstracts ❗️ Hurry up! we have limited seats! Join us in Málaga, Oct 5–7, 2026 🌞
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🚨Our latest preprint is out! We used GWAS in Fragaria vesca🍓to identify candidate genes for volatile biosynthesis and functionally validated FvJMT2 as a key gene in methyl benzoate production with repellent activity against Drosophila suzukii🪰 👉
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Strawberry aroma is a key component of fruit quality, influencing consumer preferences and playing important ecological roles, including plant defense. However, the genetic basis of volatile organic...
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Join us in beautiful Málaga 😊
𝐏𝐆𝐑𝐏𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐨! 🎉 Kudos to the artist: @Laurha_AH Website and registration info coming VERY soon — how exciting! 🤩
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“Always be on the lookout for the presence of wonder." - E.B. White (art: Fidelia Bridges, 1865)
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Enhorabuena, Miguel!!!!! 🥰👏
🏅 El investigador del #IBMCP Miguel Ángel Blázquez ha sido galardonado con la Medalla Margarita Salas del CSIC 2025 por su trayectoria como supervisor de personal investigador 👏 La ceremonia será el 8 de octubre en Madrid. 👉 Más info: https://t.co/TQi2IGE8TV
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I was incredibly lucky to attend Jane Goodall’s seminar in Málaga this spring. She truly knew how to communicate science and how to engage people. Her passion was contagious. RIP. 🐒🩷 Jane Goodall’s legacy: three ways she changed science https://t.co/FI8dWyTsU9
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Una muestra de Marte recolectada por nuestro rover Perseverance, podría contener evidencia de antigua vida microbiana en el planeta rojo. 🔴✨ Esto es lo que hemos aprendido tras un año de análisis científico: https://t.co/e786mGKHuC
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🌱 ¿Quieres realizar tu tesis doctoral estudiando las funciones biológicas de las proteínas con un dominio SMP en puntos de contacto ER-cloroplasto y ER-TGN? Ofrecemos un contrato de la convocatoria FPI asociado al proyecto PID2024-159647NB-I00
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🌱 ¿Quieres realizar tu tesis doctoral desarrollando un atlas del transcriptoma single-cell y la caracterización funcional de reguladores del desarrollo y maduración del fruto de fresa? Ofrecemos un contrato de la convocatoria FPI asociado al proyecto PID2024-155863OB-I00
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🌱🧬New preprint: What do LLMs know about Plant Molecular Biology? Take a look at MoBiPlant, our new benchmark to measure LLMs performance built by more than 100 plant scientists from 19 countries! Amazing collaboration! 🚀 More info in this thread 👇 https://t.co/xujvRjUFj0
Large language models are reshaping the way we do science, but how well do they actually understand plant molecular biology? ➡️We created MoBiPlant to answer this. 📝Preprint: https://t.co/EhQf4YofLw 💾Dataset: https://t.co/D1B5lBj0UR (Thread below)
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🌘 Este domingo se va a producir un eclipse lunar visible desde España. El orto (la salida de la luna) tendrá lugar con el eclipse ya comenzado. ➡️ La observación estará dificultada por la presencia de nubes en buena parte del territorio, asociadas al paso de un frente.
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Our new paper is out in New Phytologist! We describe how the Ralstonia solanacearum effector RipAV suppresses plant immunity by directly interfering with key defense regulators. 🧵👇 https://t.co/ONbL30dnVe
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
Plants have developed a complex immune system to detect and respond to invading pathogens. A critical aspect of this defense relies on regulatory mechanisms that control the activation of immune...
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🌱Big news! 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐰𝐞𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐫 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 with @GlobalPlantGPC to highlight TPJ papers 1st one features researchers from our 𝑆𝐼 𝑜𝑛 𝑃𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝐸𝑛𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 🧬🌿 🗓️ Sept 29 ⏰ 17:00 CEST 🎙️ Hosted by EiC @Katherine_Denby 🔗 Register: https://t.co/y8Une9wFNr
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We are hiring a hiring a PhD student (FPI) for the 🧬🌱Plant Epitranscriptomics Lab 🧬🌱 at IHSM La Mayora @IHSM_CSIC_UMA to study the role of m6A in axillary bud dormancy. Motivated candidates send CV and motivation letter to: ✉️laura.arribas@csic.es 📆 until Sep 30th
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🌟 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐤𝐞𝐲𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐞 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐬 🗣️ Here’s the start of our keynote lineup — more speakers coming soon! -Federico Ariel @arg_epilab -Brian Gregory @bdgPhD -Polly Hsu @PollyHsuLab -Rosa Lozano-Durán @GeminiTeamLab -Hervé Vaucheret
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