Research Associate

Functional Genomic of Plant-Pathogen Interaction Lab (LFGPP) – Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Rosario (IBR-CONICET)

Description of research

General areas: plant-pathogen interecation, TAL effector, Citrus Greening, Viral resistanse and susceptibility.

Education

2010-2015. Postgraduate Degree • Ph.D. in Biological Sciences.Facultad de Bioquímica y Ciencias Biológicas (FBCB). Universidad Nacional del Litoral (UNL). GPA: 10.

2003-2009. Academic Degree • Graduate in Biotechnology (equivalent to a M.Sc.). FBCB -UNL.

Publications

1. Russi RC, Garcia L, Cámara MS, Soutullo AS (2022) Validation of an indirect in‐house ELISA using synthetic peptides to detect antibodies anti‐gp90 and gp45 of the Equine Infectious Anemia Virus (EIAV). Equine Vet. J. doi: 10.1111/evj.13555.
2. Merli ML, Padgett-Pagliai KA, Cuaycal AE, Garcia L, Marano MR, Lorca GL, Gonzalez CF (2021). ‘Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus’ Multimeric LotP Mediates Citrus sinensis Defense Response Activation. Front Microbiol. 12:661547.
3. Roeschlin R, Uviedo F, Garcia L, Molina MC, Favaro MA, Chiesa MA, Tasselli S, Franco JM, Forment J, Gadea Jose, Marano MR (2019) PthA4^AT, a 7.5-repeats transcription activator-like (TAL) effector from Xanthomonas citri citri triggers citrus canker resistance. Mol. Plant Pathol doi: 10.1111/mpp.12844.
4. Garcia L, Mansilla N, Ocampos N, Pagani MA, Welchen E, Gonzalez DH (2019) The mitochondrial copper chaperone COX19 influences copper and iron homeostasis in Arabidopsis. Plant Mol Biol. 99:621-38.
5. Colombatti F, Mencia R, Garcia L, Mansilla N, Alemano S, Andrade AM, Gonzalez DH, Welchen E (2019) The mitochondrial oxidation resistance protein AtOXR2 increases plant biomass and tolerance to oxidative stress. J Exp Bot 70(12):3177-3195.
6. Welchen E, Schmitz J, Fuchs F, Garcia L, Wagner S, Wienstroer J, Schertl P, Braun H-P, Schwarzländer M, Gonzalez DH, Maurino V (2016) D-Lactate dehydrogenase links methylglyoxal degradation to the ETC through CYTc in A. thaliana. Plant Phys 172(2):901-912.
7. Mansilla N, Garcia L, Gonzalez DH and Welchen E (2015) AtCOX10, a protein involved in haem o synthesis during cytochrome c oxidase biogenesis, is essential for plant embryogenesis and modulates the progression of senescence. J. Exp. Bot. 66 (21): 6761-6775.-
8. Garcia L, Welchen E, Gey U, Arce AL, Steinebrunner I, Gonzalez DH (2015) The cytochrome c oxidase biogenesis factor AtCOX17 modulates stress responses in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell Environ. doi: 1111/pce.12647.
9. Garcia L, Welchen E, Gonzalez DH (2014) Mitochondria and copper homeostasis in plants. Mitochondrion. doi: 1016/j.mito.2014.02.011.
10. Steinebrunner I, Gey U, Andres M, Garcia L, Gonzalez DH (2014) Divergent functions of the Arabidopsis mitochondrial SCO proteins: HCC1 is essential for COX activity while HCC2 is involved in the UV-B stress response. Front Plant Sci. doi: 3389/fpls.2014.00087.
11. Welchen E, Garcia L, Mansilla N, Gonzalez DH (2014) Coordination of plant mitochondrial biogenesis: keeping pace with cellular requirements. Front Plant Sci. 4:551.
12. Garcia L, Veiga F, Veaute C, Lustig L, Vazquez-Levin M (2012) DNA immunization to proacrosin impairs fertility in male mice. AJRI doi:10.1111/j.1600-0897.2012.01127.
13. Bailat AS, Soutullo AR, García MI, Veaute CM, Garcia L, Racca AL, Malan Borel IS (2008) Effect of two synthetic peptides mimicking conserved regions of equine infectious anemia virus proteins gp90 and gp45 upon cytokine mRNA expression. Arch. Virol. 153:1909–1915.

Professional experience.

2019 – Present. Research Associate • Functional Genomic of Plant-Pathogen Interaction Laboratory – Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Rosario (IBR-CONICET)

2020. Study of serine-proteases activity in Candidatus Liberibacter-infected Citrus. Advisor. Dr. Claudio Gonzalez. University of Florida (UF) Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences. Department of Microbiology and Cell Science. 2 months

2017 – 2019.  Postdoctoral Fellow (Postdoctoral Research Associate, PD) • Functional Genomic of Plant-Pathogen Interaction Lab – Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Rosario (IBR-CONICET).

2017. Study of Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus effector proteins in Liberibacter crescens. Advisor. Dr. Claudio Gonzalez. University of Florida (UF) Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences. Department of Microbiology and Cell Science. 2 months.

2015 – 2017.  Postdoctoral Fellow (Postdoctoral Research Assistant, PDRA) • Functional Genomic of Plant-Pathogen Interaction Lab – Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Rosario (IBR-CONICET).

2010 – 2015.  PhD Fellowship (CONICET) • Molecular Biology Laboratory – Institute of Agrobiotechnology of Litoral (IAL).

2014. Study of Methylglyoxal degradation, TCA and mitochondrial transport chain link through D- Lactate dehydrogenase activity. Founding. MINCYT-DAAD. Advisor Dr. Verónica Maurino. Heinrich- Heine University (HHU), Düsseldorf, Germany. 2 months.

2012,2014. Functional studies of plant mitochondrial copper chaperones. Founding. DHG Advisor: Dr. Iris Steinebrunner. Technical University of Dresden (TU Dresden). 1 month, two times.

Teaching experience

2020 – Present. Teacher assistant • Department of Virology, Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímica y Farmaceúticas (FBioyF) – Universidad NAcional de Rosario (UNR).

2010 – 2020.  Teacher assistant • Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Facultad de Bioquímica y Ciencias biológicas (FBCB) – Universidad NAcional del Litoral (UNL).