User:Ruben Alcazar

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Contact Info

• Rubén Alcázar, PhD

• Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research
• Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics
• Carl-von-Linné Weg, 10 - 50829 Cologne, Germany

Scientific career

• 2010, Postdoc SFB680, MPIPZ Germany. Mechanisms of reproductive isolation and potential speciation.
• 2008, Postdoc MPIPZ Germany. Hybrid incompatibilities in Arabidopsis thaliana.
• 2006, Postdoc BP2005, MPIPZGermany. Natural variation of plant responses to temperature.
• 2005, Postdoc EU-ROST, University of Barcelona. Plant abiotic stress tolerance.
• 2004, PhD Plant Biology, University of Barcelona. Biotechnology. Molecular biology of plants.
• 1999, Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Barcelona

Research Interests

• Genetic and molecular basis of plant adaptation to local environments using Arabidopsis thaliana as model species. See publication list on this topic:
• Alcázar et al. 2009 PNAS Pubmed
• Alcázar et al. 2010 Nature Genetics Pubmed
• Alcázar et al. 2011 Current Opinion in Plant Biology Pubmed
• Alcázar et al. 2011 Trends in Plant Science Pubmed

• Polyamines and abiotic/biotic stress. See list of publications.

Publications

List of publications and citations

Useful links

* Institutes & Institutions

• Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Köln

* Current Projects

• SFB680