Marcela van Loo

This study shows bark beetle protein elicitors induce a biphasic immune response in Norway spruce seedlings, with early signaling and later defense protein accumulation, mirroring responses in mature trees.

This study investigates Norway spruce defense responses to bark beetle attacks using multi-omics approaches, revealing hormone-induced gene expression and metabolic changes that deter beetle colonization.

The paper investigates drought responses in nine provenances of European black pine using metabolomics and transcriptomics, finding variation in drought tolerance not linked to climate gradients but associated with specific metabolite and gene expression patterns.