Mauricio S. Antunes

This paper designs a synthetic gene circuit that improves salt tolerance in Arabidopsis and rice by mimicking natural endodermal barriers and adding modules to mitigate adverse effects and osmotic stress.

The paper demonstrates that incorporating RNA mobility factors in Tobacco rattle virus enhances meristem editing in model plants and crops.

The paper develops a toggle switch genetic circuit in plants using computationally selected components and in silico models, demonstrating predictable function in stably engineered plants.

This study identifies early miRNA expression changes in Arabidopsis infected with Fusarium graminearum, including novel miRNAs with potential for improving fungal resistance.

The paper designs synthetic genetic circuits in plants using bacterial transcription factors to sense and integrate phenylpropanoid metabolite levels, enabling Boolean logic operations for metabolic pathway control.