About us
Currently, our lab has four main research lines: 1) the study of the genetic bases of floral organ identity, floral symmetry and perianth elaboration and pigmentation in neotropical flowers, particularly in the Aristolochiaceae , the Orchidaceae and the Tropaeolaceae, 2) the study of reproductive transitions in orchids of commercial interest, 3) the functional evolution of gene families involved in fruit histogenesis, especially in the Chloranthaceae, Papaveraceae, Solanaceae and Rubiaceae and 4) the molecular mechanisms of flower and fruit development as well as genetic changes in hemi and holoparasitic neotropical plants...
News
August 2024
A total of six active group members attended the XX International Botanical Congress in Madrid, Spain, where we presented our research and engaged in discussions on groundbreaking advancements in botany and evo-devo...
June-August 2024
Andrea Ramirez-Ramirez spent two months at the Plant Developmental Systems department in Wageningen University (NL) to evaluate protein interactions among MADS-box proteins involved in floral organ identity from Hedyosmum goudotianum...
June-July 2024
Valentina Botero-Castaño travelled to the group of Dr. Barbara Baldan (UniPadova) at the Botanical Garden of Padova where she spent two months. During this time she made anatomical sections of mature fruits of Gaiadendron punctatum and worked on ovule development in some gymnosperms...
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