RUBEN ALCAZAR HERNANDEZ

RUBEN ALCAZAR HERNANDEZ

Senior lecturer

ORCID: 0000-0002-3567-7586
Knowledge area: Fisiologia Vegetal

Research group:

  • Productes Naturals i Biotecnologia Vegetal
  • Grup de Productes Naturals

Contact Information
Department of Biology, Healthcare and the Environment
Facultat de Farmàcia - Universitat de Barcelona Departament de Productes Naturals, Biologia Vegetal i Edafologia Secció de Fisiologia Vegetal Avda Joan XXIII s/n 08028 Barcelona
934024492
ralcazar(a)ub.edu

Research interests

Plant Genetics
Plant-Microbe Interactions
Biologia molecular de plantes
Desenvolupament de productes biotestimulants vegetals
Poliamines

Projects

Bases moleculares y evolutivas en la interacción inmune incompatible entre poblaciones de Asia Central y Norte Europeas de A. thaliana . 2014 - 2016 . Ref.BFU2013-41337-P . Ministerio de Economia y Competitividad . PI: Ruben Alcazar Hernandez
Genetics of temperature modulation of plant immunity (DISEASENVIRON) . 2012 - 2016 . Ref.PCIG10-GA-2011-303568 . Unió Europea . PI: Antonio Fernandez Tiburcio; Ruben Alcazar Hernandez
Implicación de las poliaminas en la defensa de las plantas y en la interacción planta-microorganismo . 2018 - 2021 . Ref.BFU2017-87742-R . Ministerio de Economia y Competitividad . PI: Ruben Alcazar Hernandez
Development of soil bacteria based plant growth. F2I-FVal_2020-002 . 2021 - 2021 . Fundació Bosch i Gimpera de la Universitat de Barcelona . PI: Ruben Alcazar Hernandez
DESARROLLO DE PRODUCTOS BIOESTIMULANTES BASADOS EN MICROORGANISMOS PARA LA PROTECCIÓN FRENTE AL ESTRÉS ABIÓTICO EN CULTIVOS . 2021 - 2023 . Ref.PDC2021-121267-I00 . Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (MICINN) . PI: Rubén Alcázar Hernández
CONTRIBUCIÓN DE LAS POLIAMINAS A LA RESPUESTA SISTÉMICA ADQUIRIDA (SAR) Y A LA SEÑALIZACIÓN SOBRE LA INTEGRIDAD DE LA PARED CELULAR (CWI) EN PLANTAS . 2022 - 2025 . Ref.PID2021-126896OB-I00 . Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (MICINN) . PI: Ruben Alcazar Hernandez

Relevant publications

Atanasov, K.E.; Liu, C.; Erban, A.; Kopka, J.; Parker, J.E.; Alcázar, R. NLR mutations suppressing immune hybrid incompatibility and their effects on disease resistance. In Plant Physiology. Volume 177. Number 3. 2018 . Institutional Repository
Ariga H; Katori T; Tsuchimatsu T; Hirase T; Tajima Y; Parker JE; Alcázar R; Koornneef M; Hoekenga O; Lipka AE; Gore MA; Sakakibara H; Kojima M; Kobayashi Y; Iuchi S; Kobayashi M; Shinozaki K; Sakata Y; Hayashi T; Saijo Y; Taji T. NLR locus-mediated trade-off between abiotic and biotic stress adaptation in Arabidopsis. In Nature Plants. Volume 3. 2017 . https://doi.org/10.1038/nplants.2017.72
Treves H; Murik O; Kedem I; Eisenstadt D; Meir S; Rogachev I; Szymanski J; Keren N; Orf I; Tiburcio AF; Alcázar R; Aharoni A; Kopka J; Kaplan A. Metabolic flexibility underpins growth capabilities of the fastest growing alga. In Current Biology. Volume 27. Number 16. 2017 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2017.07.014
Zarza, X.; Atanasov, K.E.; Marco, F.; Arbona, V.;, Carrasco, P.; Kopka, J.; Fotopoulos, V.; Munnik, T.; Gómez-Cadenas, A.; Tiburcio A,F.; Alcázar, R. Polyamine Oxidase 5 loss-of-function mutations in Arabidopsis thaliana trigger metabolic and transcriptional reprogramming and promote salt stress tolerance. In Plant Cell and Environment. 2016 . Institutional Repository
Stuttmann, J.; Peine, N.; , Garcia, A.V.; Wagner, C.; Choudhury, S.R.; Wang, Y.; James, G.V.; Griebel, T.; Alcázar, R.;, Tsuda, K.; Schneeberger, K.; Parker, J.E. Arabidopsis thaliana DM2h (R8) within the Landsberg RPP1-like Resistance Locus Underlies Three Different Cases of EDS1-Conditioned Autoimmunity. In PLoS Genetics. Volume 12. Number 4. 2016 . Institutional Repository
Zhang, Chi; Atanasov, K.E.; Alcázar, R. Spermine inhibits PAMP-induced ROS and Ca2+ burst and reshapes the transcriptional landscape of PAMP-triggered immunity in Arabidopsis. In Journal of Experimental Botany. Volume 74. Number 1. 2022 . https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erac411
Alcázar, R.; García, A.V.; Kronholm, I.; de Meaux, J.; Koornneef, M.; Parker, J.E.; Reymond, M. Natural variation at Strubbelig Receptor Kinase 3 drives immune-triggered incompatibilities between Arabidopsis thaliana accessions. In Nature Genetics. Volume 42. Number 12. 2010 . https://doi.org/10.1038/ng.704
Platre MP; Satbhai SB; Brent L; Gleason MF; Cao M; Grison M; Glavier M; Zhang L; Gaillochet C; Goeschl C; Giovannetti M; Enugutti B; Neveu J; von Reth M; Alcázar R; Parker JE; Vert G; Bayer E; Busch W. The receptor kinase SRF3 coordinates iron-level and flagellin dependent defense and growth responses in plants. In Nature Communications. Volume 13. 2022 . https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-32167-6
Alcázar R; Tiburcio AF. Polyamines. In Methods in Molecular Biology. Volume. 1 Number. 1694 . Springer USA. 2018

Other activities

Membre del Comitè de Bioseguretat de la Universitat de Barcelona
Tresorer de la Sociedad Española de Biología Vegetal (SEBP)