Reposted by @rafamorcillo.bsky.socialIHSM La Mayora UMA-CSIC @ihsmumacsic.bsky.social · 27/05/2026Nuevo Máster en Biotecnología y Biología Vegetal (UMA-UNIA) en Málaga, que ofrece formación especializada con fuerte orientación experimental, con acceso a los grupos de investigación del IHSM La Mayora UMA-CSIC y sus infraestructuras científicas. + info mbbv.es 11116
rafamorcillo.bsky.social @rafamorcillo.bsky.social · 30/05/2026Amazing days at the @sefin-esp.bsky.social 2026 conference in Cádiz, Spain! I thoroughly enjoyed meeting everyone and making new friends. Great scientific and personal discussions! Hope to see you all soon! 042
Reposted by @rafamorcillo.bsky.socialIHSM La Mayora UMA-CSIC @ihsmumacsic.bsky.social · 02/05/2026🎓 El doctorando Alberto Férez defiende el 4 de mayo su tesis titulada "Mechanisms underlying enhanced long-term water deficit tolerance in tomato induced by two fungal-based biostimulants" bajo la dirección de los investigadores Javier Pozueta y Lidia López 022
rafamorcillo.bsky.social @rafamorcillo.bsky.social · 02/05/2026Really happy and excited to share our new paper on how plants perceive bacterial quorum sensing signals and activate a multilayered immune response 🌱🦠 Link here: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... 2113
rafamorcillo.bsky.social @rafamorcillo.bsky.social · 12/04/2026We’re starting a new avocado experiment at Instituto de Hortofruticultura Subtropical y Mediterránea La Mayora @ihsmumacsic.bsky.social 🌱 Can fungal compounds help plants use water more efficiently? 💧 Here’s the initial setup 👇 #Avocado #SustainableAgriculture #Research 192
rafamorcillo.bsky.social @rafamorcillo.bsky.social · 04/03/2026It's been a great pleasure to participate in this fascinating study: how AI can help us decipher how plants integrate complex environmental signals! 🍃 If you want to know more about it: link.springer.com/article/10.1... @ihsmumacsic.bsky.social 040
rafamorcillo.bsky.social @rafamorcillo.bsky.social · 28/10/2025Today I had the opportunity to participate in the Microbiome 2025 Congress in Córdoba, Spain. A fantastic experience and a fantastic conference that brought together the business and academic worlds! 🍄🦠🌱🧪 #microbiome #microbiome #science 150
rafamorcillo.bsky.social @rafamorcillo.bsky.social · 23/10/2025🎉 Do not miss our first Webinar of the second series of WG2 of the Root-Profit COST Action!! 022
Reposted by @rafamorcillo.bsky.socialRoot-Benefit Cost Action @rootbenefit.bsky.social · 20/10/2025Root-Benefit WG2 Webinar Series is BACK! 📢 Get ready for the next academic year with top experts in plant-microbe interactions and sustainable agriculture. We're kicking off in October 2025! 🔗 Link to the Seminar Room: conecta.csic.es/rooms/raf-k1...conecta.csic.esWG2 seminarsConecta es la solución de integración del CSIC para conferencias web, diseñada para ofrecer una experiencia fluida, interactiva y de alto rendimiento. 021
Reposted by @rafamorcillo.bsky.socialIHSM La Mayora UMA-CSIC @ihsmumacsic.bsky.social · 01/10/2025📋 ¡Este viernes arrancamos un nuevo ciclo de Seminarios del IHSM La Mayora! Ponencia del investigador Lucas William Mendes (Center for Nuclear Energy in Agriculture CENA, University of Sao Paulo, (USP, Brazil) 🕤 9:30h 📍 Auditorio IHSM La Mayora (Bulevar Louis Pasteur, 49. Málaga) 032
Reposted by @rafamorcillo.bsky.socialIHSM La Mayora UMA-CSIC @ihsmumacsic.bsky.social · 01/10/2025Response to “The action of Arabidopsis DICER-LIKE2 in plant growth inhibition” The Plant Cell (@theplantcell.bsky.social) 👉 doi.org/10.1093/plce...doi.orgValidate User 144
Reposted by @rafamorcillo.bsky.socialIHSM La Mayora UMA-CSIC @ihsmumacsic.bsky.social · 01/10/2025The Ralstonia solanacearum effector RipAV targets plant U-box proteins and induces proteasomal-dependent degradation of BIK1 New Phytologist (@newphyt.bsky.social) 👉 doi.org/10.1111/nph....doi.org 132
rafamorcillo.bsky.social @rafamorcillo.bsky.social · 12/09/2025It is a real pleasure to participate as speaker in the Microbiome Congress 2025 that will be held in Córdoba (Spain) next October 28th-29th!! 🦠🌱🧪🧫 130
rafamorcillo.bsky.social @rafamorcillo.bsky.social · 05/07/2025📢 Peprint alert!! Check out our last @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social "Tomato leaf transcriptomic changes promoted by long-term water scarcity stress can be largely prevented by a fungal-based biostimulant" 🌱🍅👩🔬 Find the link here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...biorxiv.orgTomato leaf transcriptomic changes promoted by long-term water scarcity stress can be largely prevented by a fungal-based biostimulantWater availability is by far the leading environmental factor limiting crop productivity worldwide. The use of cell-free microbial culture filtrates (CF) as biostimulant is gaining ground as a safe an... 010
rafamorcillo.bsky.social @rafamorcillo.bsky.social · 11/04/2025It is a great pleasure to be the first keynote speaker of the SymBioCORE meeting!!! @ihsmumacsic.bsky.social @itqbnova.bsky.social @iplantmicro.bsky.social 052
rafamorcillo.bsky.social @rafamorcillo.bsky.social · 14/02/2025I am really happy to announce that I have got a position as tenured scientist #CSIC ☺️. I really want to thank all my mentors, collaborators and colleagues who have supported me throughout these years. #CientíficoTitular 🌱🍄 370
rafamorcillo.bsky.social @rafamorcillo.bsky.social · 01/02/2025Hoy salimos en la tele! 🌱 RALF22, un mecanismo clave que mejora la eficiencia y resistencia de las plantas frente a la sequía. 📺 Hoy en Tesis, 20:00 h., por #AndalucíaTV #canalsur 👉 cedecom.es/noticias/ralf2… #RalF22 #Plantas #Sostenibilidad #Biología #Agricultura #Tesis @ihsmumacsic.bsky.socialcedecom.es 021
rafamorcillo.bsky.social @rafamorcillo.bsky.social · 26/01/2025Really happy to be one of the selected ones!! 😊 020
Reposted by @rafamorcillo.bsky.socialSophien Kamoun @kamounlab.bsky.social · 21/01/2025Check Angela Gross @angegross.bsky.social papers and congrats on the new position at BOKU in Vienna 🇦🇹 073
rafamorcillo.bsky.social @rafamorcillo.bsky.social · 12/01/2025El periódico SUR de Málaga se hace eco de la inversión de la Junta de Andalucía en la captación de seis investigadores a través del programa EMERGIA. Un orgullo ser uno de ellos!!! 😊😊 000
rafamorcillo.bsky.social @rafamorcillo.bsky.social · 15/12/20242024 has been an incredibly dynamic year, marked by the privilege of presenting our work at numerous conferences and seminars. A total of 11 talks! Quite an accomplishment! 010
rafamorcillo.bsky.social @rafamorcillo.bsky.social · 11/12/2024I have no words to thanks Alex Evans and The Society for Experimental Biology @sebiology.bsky.social for this amazing interview for the SEB Winter Magazine 2024!!! It has been a great experience!! sebiology.org/news-publicati… 0251
rafamorcillo.bsky.social @rafamorcillo.bsky.social · 06/12/2024Well, it is not the best picture... but I am really happy to see my name among the Plant Physiology Spotlights September 2024 First Authors! plantae.org/plant_physio...plantae.orgPlant Physiology Spotlights September 2024 First Authors | PlantaeBehind the Plant Physiology manuscripts are researchers, professors, professionals and students dedicated to advancing the field of plant science. 121
rafamorcillo.bsky.social @rafamorcillo.bsky.social · 21/11/2024📢 Save the date! Don´t miss out our Training School on “Methodologies to study root-microbe interactions” that will be hosted by INRAE in Castanet-Tolosan @INRAE_Tlse, France on 7-11 April 2025. More details coming soon here: www.root-benefit.eu/activities/t... 001