María Santos‐Merino

This study identifies a conserved SPP-like phosphatase in cyanobacteria that can dephosphorylate sucrose 6-phosphate and 3-phosphoglycerate, suggesting broader substrate specificity than canonical SPP proteins.

The paper uses experimental evolution to show that circadian clock mutations in cyanobacteria enhance growth under continuous light by altering transcriptomic and metabolic responses.

This study shows high CO2 levels allow circadian mutants in cyanobacteria to grow normally, revealing the clock's role in managing redox stress from carbon limitation.

This paper develops an AHL-mediated quorum-sensing circuit in Synechococcus elongatus to autoinduce gene expression based on population density, improving biomass recovery.

The paper shows that plastoquinone redox status affects carboxysome integrity through a RpaA- and ROS-dependent network in cyanobacteria.