Plant Gene Regulation Lab
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Nelson Saibo |
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Current members |
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| Tiago Lourenço | Auxiliary Researcher |
| Pedro Carvalho | Post-Doc Researcher |
| Tiziano Cadeddu | PhD Student |
| Fredilson Melo | PhD student |
| Gonçalo Elias da Silva | PhD student |
| Célia Gomes | PhD student |
| Catarina Monteiro | PhD student |
| Ivan Gonçalves | MSc student |
| Sofia Neves | MSc student |
| Ana Raquel Guedes | MSc |
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Collaborators |
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| Dirk Inzé | VIB-PSB University of Gent, Belgium (PhD student: Joana Rodrigues) |
| Phil Wigge | Leibniz Institute for Horticultural Science (IGZ), Germany (PhD student: Luis Andrade) |
| Jane Langdale | Oxford University, UK (PhD student: Pedro Carvalho) |
| Julian Hibberd | Cambridge University, UK (PhD student: Rita Borba) |
| Ralph Bock | Max Planck Institute for Plant Physiology, UK (PhD student: Gonçalo da Silva) |
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Current Projects |
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| 2023 – 2026 | Bridging fundamental knowledge and novel technology to increase rice heat tolerance; CRISPit (10108629). Coordinator: Silvia Coimbra (Porto University) | |
| 2022 – 2024 | Bringing Emphasis to Operation: European Infrastructure for Multi-Scale Plant Phenomics and Simulation for Food Security in a Changing Climate (101079772). Coordinator: Forschungszentrum Julich Gmbh | |
| 2022 – 2023 | corkREMODEL - Unveiling genetic REgulatory MOdules acting on the crosstalk between cork Development and EnvironmentaL factors (FCT-MCTES/EXPL/ASP-SIL/1190/2021). Coordinator: Pedro Barros | |
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2020-2025 | PhotoBoost: A holistic approach to improve the photosynthetic performance and productivity of C3 crops under diverse environmental conditions’. GA 862127. Collaborative project funded by Horizon 2020. General coordinator: Stefan Schillberg (Fraunhofer IME, DE) |
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Past Projects |
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| 2019 – 2023 | Exploring new sources of coffee resistance to leaf rust (Hemileia vastatrix) (FCT/PTDC/ASP-PLA/29779/2017). Coordinator: Dora Batista (LEAF) | |
| 2018-2021 | “How do Phytocrome Interacting Factors mediate the cross-talk between light and temperature signaling in rice?” (PTDC/BIA-FBT/31070/2017). Project Coordinator: Nelson Saibo | |
| 2018-2021 | “INTERPHENO - Fostering High Throughput Plant Phenotyping by an Interdisciplinary Approach” (PTDC/ASP-PLA/28726/2017) Principal investigator: Jorge Marques da Silva (FCUL) | |
| 2017-2021 | BIODATA:PT - Infrastructures project funded by FCT in the context of ELIXIR (European Life Sciences Infrastructure for Biological Information) (LISBOA-01-0145-FEDER-022231). Principal investigator: José Pereira-Leal | |
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2012-2016 | 3to4: Converting C3 to C4 photosynthesis for sustainable agriculture. Collaborative project funded by EU FP7 (FP7-KBBE.2011.3.1-01). General coordinator: Richard C. Leegood (Univ. Sheffield,UK) |
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2013-2015 | “Regulation of gene expression by redox state in rice (Oryza sativa L.): identification and characterization of Transcription Factors involved” Funded by FCT |
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2011-2013 | “Transcriptional mechanisms underlying photosynthetic response to drought in rice”. Bilateral cooperation with India (FCT Portugal-India_2011). Principal Investigator: Nelson Saibo |
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2010-2012 | “Functional analysis of new transcriptional regulators involved in abiotic stress responses in rice” (FCT PTDC/BIA-BCM/099836/2008) Principal Investigator: Nelson Saibo |
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| 2008-2013 | "Isolation and functional characterization of abiotic stress related genes with potential agronomical interest" Funded by BASF Plant Science. Principal Investigator: Nelson Saibo | |
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2005-2009 | “Transcription factors regulating abiotic stress responses in rice (Oryza sativa): a transgenic approach to improve tolerance, and search for novel players FCT POCI/BIA-BCM/56063/2004) Principal Investigator: Nelson Saibo |
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Main Publications |
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| 2023 | |
| BORBA AR, Reyna-Llorens I, Dickinson PJ, Steed G, Gouveia P, Górska AM, Gomes C, Kromdijk J, Webb AAR, Saibo NJM, Hibberd JM (2023). Compartmentation of photosynthesis gene expression in C4 maize is dependent on time of day. Plant Physiology 193 (4): 2306–2320. | |
| JARDIM-MESSEDER D, Caverzan A, Balbinott N, Menguer PK, Paiva ALS, Lemos M, Cunha JR, Gaeta ML, Costa M, Zamocky M, Saibo NJM, Silveira JAG, Margis R, Margis-Pinheiro M (2023). Stromal Ascorbate Peroxidase (OsAPX7) Modulates Drought Stress Tolerance in Rice (Oryza sativa). Antioxidants 12:2 nº387 DOI10.3390/antiox12020387 | |
| USIÉ A, Serra O, Barros PM, Barbosa P, Leão C, Capote T, Almeida T, Rodrigues L, Carrasquinho I, Guimarães JB, Mendoça D, Nóbrega F, Egas C, Chaves I, Abreu IA, Saibo NJM, Marum L, Varela MC, Matos J, Simões F, Miguel CM, Oliveira MM, Ricardo CP, Gonçalves S, Ramos AM (2023). An improved reference genome and first organelle genomes of Quercus suber. Tree Genetics & Genomes. 19, article number 54. | |
| 2022 | |
| ANDRADE L, Lu Y, Cordeiro A, Costa JMF, Wigge PA, Saibo NJM, Jaeger KE (2022) The evening complex integrates photoperiod signals to control flowering in rice. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America,119(26). doi: 10.1073/pnas.2122582119 | |
| CORDEIRO AM, Andrade L, Monteiro CC, Leitão G, Wigge PA, Saibo NJM (2022) PHYTOCHROME-INTERACTING FACTORS: a promising tool to improve crop productivity. Journal of Experimental Botany,73(12) 3881-3897. doi: 10.1093/jxb/erac142 | |
| 2021 | |
| MELO FV, Oliveira MM, Saibo NJ, Lourenço TF (2021) Modulation of Abiotic Stress Responses in Rice by E3-Ubiquitin Ligases: A Promising Way to Develop Stress-Tolerant Crops. Frontiers in Plant Science, 12, p.368. DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2021.640193 | |
| GÓRSKA AM, Gouveia P, Borba AR, Zimmermann A, Serra TS, Carvalho P, Lourenço TF, Oliveira MM, Peterhänsel C, Saibo NJ (2021) ZmOrphan94 Transcription Factor Downregulates ZmPEPC1 Gene Expression in Maize Bundle Sheath Cells. Frontiers in plant science, 12, p.246. DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2021.559967 | |
| ORTOLAN F, Fonini LS, Pastori T, Mariath JE, Saibo NJ, Margis-Pinheiro M, Lazzarotto, F (2021) Tightly controlled expression of OsbHLH35 is critical for anther development in rice. Plant Science, 302, p.110716. DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2020.110716 | |
| Other Selected Publications | |
| FONINI LS, Lazzarotto F, Barros PM, Cabreira-Cagliari C, Martins MAB, Saibo NJ, Turchetto-Zolet AC, Margis-Pinheiro, M ( 2020) Molecular evolution and diversification of the GRF transcription factor family. Genetics and molecular biology, 43. DOI: 10.1590/1678-4685-GMB-2020-0080 | |
| LILAY GH, Castro PH, Guedes JG, Almeida D, Campilho A, Azevedo H, Aarts MGM, Saibo NJM, Assunção AGL (2020) Rice F-bZIP transcription factors regulate the zinc deficiency response. Journal of Experimental Botany 71, pp. 3664–3677. DOI: 10.1093/jxb/eraa115 | |
| ARIAS-BALDRICH C, Silva MC, Bergeretti F, Chaves I, Miguel C, Saibo NJ, Sobral, D., Faria, D. and Barros, P.M., 2020. CorkOakDB—The Cork Oak Genome Database Portal. Database, 2020. DOI: 10.1093/database/baaa114 | |
| GÓRSKA AM, Gouveia P, Borba AR, Zimmermann A, Serra T-S, Lourenço TF, Oliveira MM, Peterhänsel C, Saibo NJM (2019) ZmbHLH80 and ZmbHLH90 transcription factors act antagonistically and contribute to regulate PEPC1 cell‐specific gene expression in maize. The Plant Journal 99, pp. 270–285. DOI: 10.1111/tpj.14323 | |
| RODRIGUES J, Inzé D, Nelissen H, Saibo NJM (2019) Source–Sink Regulation in Crops under Water Deficit. Trends in Plant Science 24, pp. 652 – 663. DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2019.04.005 | |
| BORBA AR, Serra TS, Górska A, Gouveia P, Cordeiro A, Reyna-Llorens I, Knerová J, Barros PM, Abreu IA, Oliveira MM, Hibberd JM, Saibo NJM (2018) Synergistic binding of bHLH transcription factors to the promoter of the maize NADP-ME gene used in C4 photosynthesis is based on an ancient code found in the ancestral C3 state. Molecular Biology and Evolution. Vol 35 (7), pp 1690–1705. DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msy060 | |
| ALMEIDA MD, Gregório G, Oliveira MM, Saibo NJM (2017) Five novel transcriptions factors as potential regulators of OsNHX1 gene expression in a salt tolerant rice genotype. Plant Molecular Biology 9 (1), pp 61–77. DOI: 10.1007/s11103-016-0547-7 | |
| ALMEIDA MD, Oliveira MM, Saibo NJM (2017) Regulation of Na+ and K+ homeostasis in plants: towards improved salt stress tolerance in crop plants. Genetics and Molecular Biology 40, 1(suppl), 326-345. DOI: 10.1590/1678-4685-GMB-2016-0106 | |
| CORDEIRO AM, Figueiredo DD, Tepperman J, Borba AR, Lourenço TF, Abreu IA, Ouwerkerk BFP, Quail HP, Oliveira MM, Saibo NJM (2016) Rice phytochrome-interacting factor protein OsPIF14 represses OsDREB1B gene expression through and extended N-box and interacts preferentially with the active form of Phytochrome B. BBA –Gene Regulatory Mechanisms. 1859: 393 – 404. DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagrm.2015.12.008 | |
| LOURENÇO TF, Serra TS, Cordeiro AM, Swanson SJ, Gilroy S, Saibo NJM*, Oliveira MM* (2015) The rice E3 ubiquitin ligase OsHOS1 modulates the expression of OsRMC, a gene involved in root mechano-sensing, through the interaction with two ERF transcription factors. Plant Physiology. 169 (3): 2275-2287. DOI: 10.1104/pp.15.01131 | |
| FIGUEIREDO DD, Barros PM, Cordeiro AM, Serra T, Lourenço T, Chander S, Oliveira MM, Saibo NJM (2012) Seven Zinc Finger transcription factors are novel regulators of the stress responsive gene OsDREB1B. Journal of Experimental Botany 63(10):3643-56. DOI: 10.1093/jxb/ers035 | |
| CHAVES M, Costa M, Saibo NJM (2011) Recent advances in photosynthesis under drought and salinity. Advances in Botanical Research. Vol. 57, 49 – 104. DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-387692-8.00003-5 | |
| SAIBO NJM, Lourenço T, Oliveira MM (2009) Transcription factors and regulation of photosynthetic and related metabolism under environmental stresses. Annals of Botany, 103: 609-623. DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcn227 | |
| CHAERLE* L, Saibo* NJM, Van Der Straeten D (2005) Tuning the pores: towards engineering plants for improved water use efficiency. Trends in Biotechnology 23: 308-315. DOI: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2005.04.005 | |
| SAIBO NJM, Vriezen W, Beemster G, Van Der Straeten D (2003) Growth and stomata development of Arabidopsis hypocotyls is controlled by gibberellins and modulated by ethylene and auxins. The Plant Journal 33(6): 989-1000. DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313x.2003.01684.x | |
