Carmen Escudero-Martinez

Evaluation of combined root exudate and rhizosphere microbiota sampling approaches to elucidate plant-soil-microbe interaction

The paper evaluates sampling methods for root exudates and rhizosphere microbiota in barley, finding comparable microbiota and exudation patterns across approaches.

Towards a comprehensive chemical and genetic tool library for rhamnogalacturonan-II oligosaccharides and exploitation

This paper genetically engineers and screens microbial strains to produce chemically defined RG-II oligosaccharides, revealing new insights into their metabolism and potential applications in human and plant health.

Extensive transcriptional changes in the aphid species Myzus cerasi under different host environments associated with detoxification genes

This study examines transcriptional changes in Myzus cerasi aphids across different host environments, finding extensive plasticity with redox-related genes and differential exon usage.

Shared transcriptional control and disparate gain and loss of aphid parasitism genes and loci acquired via horizontal gene transfer

The paper analyzes aphid genomes to understand gene evolution and horizontal gene transfer, finding shared transcriptional control of effector genes involved in parasitism.