Research lines

  • Carbohydrates
  • Cloning of genes from Higher Plantas and Microorganisms with Biotechnological and Industrial interest
  • Cloning of car genes from microbial and higher plants sources for the industrial production of polyisoprenes
  • Fermentation Pilot Plant optimization to Biotechnological Processes and exploitation of cloned genes from higher plants and microorganisms
  • Genetic fitness of yeast and bacteria of industrial interest
  • Histology and ultrastructural studies in plants
  • Plant growth regulation
  • Use of Plants and Microorganisms for Bioremediation
  • • Germplasm conservation of endangered endemic plants
  • • In vitro plant cell culture. Plants and transformed plants micropropagation and adventitious regeneration .
  • • Plant cell wall structure
  • • Plant secondary metabolism. Isolation a characyterization of the metabolites with pharmacological utility
  • • Postharvest physiology of fruits. Plant cell wall function.
  • • Regulation of gene expression of apoplastic enzymes
  • • Role of apoplastic factors on the regulation of the mechanical properties of plant cell walls (extensibility) and of the tissues (texture)