Conference talks and invited seminars
2025
54. INRAE Montpellier, France, 2025, Invited Talk. “Unleashing natural variation of maize and maize wild relatives to improve nitrogen and phosphorus efficiency”
53. Mohammed VI Polytechnic University, Morocco, IV Science Week, 2025, Invited Talk. “Using crop natural genetic variation to improve phosphorus efficiency”
2024
52 North Carolina State University, 2024, Intrinsyc Seminar Series. Invited Seminar. “CERCA: Circular Economy that Reimagines Corn Agriculture”
2023
51. China Agricultural University, Workshop on Plant Responses to Abiotic Stresses and Environmental Signals 2023, Invited Talk. “North, South, Up and Down. The genes and molecules that allow maize to move all around.”
50. University of California Riverside 2023, Invited Seminar. “North, South, Up and Down. The genes and molecules that allow maize to move all around.”
49. Plant Breeding Consortium, North Carolina State University. International Plant Breeding Consortium, Invited Seminar. “The genetics of Maize Wild Relatives and Maize Native Varieties local adaptation”
48. University of Madison Wisconsin 2023, Invited Seminar. “North, South, Up and Down. The genes and molecules that allow maize to move all around.”
2022
47. University of Nebraska Lincoln. Center for Biological Chemistry and Redox Biology Center. 2022, Invited Seminar. “North, South, Up and Down. The genes and molecules that allow maize to move all around.”
2021
46. Wellcome Trust Plant Genomes in a Changing Environment Conference 2021, Invited Talk. John Innes Center, UK. “The molecular and genetic basis of maize landrace local adaptation”
45. Maize Genetics Meeting 2021 Invited Talk. “Teosinte introgression modulates phosphatidylcholine levels and induces early maize flowering time.”
44. Genetic Engineering and Society Center Colloquium. Invited Seminar. “Drinking from the maize diversity firehose.”
42. Department of Plant Sciences, Pennsylvania State University. Invited Seminar. Invited Seminar. “North, South, Up and Down. The genes and molecules that allow maize to move all around”.
2020
41. Genetics and Genomics Seminar Series, North Carolina State University. Invited Seminar. “North, South, Up and Down. The genes and molecules that allow maize to move all around”.
40. Plant Sciences & Plant Pathology Department, Montana State University. Invited Seminar“North, South, Up and Down. The genes and molecules that allow maize to move all around.”
2019
39. American Seed Trade Association 2019, Chicago. Invited Talk. “The genetics of phospholipid metabolism in highland maize.”
38. Plant and Microbial Biology Department, University of Minnesota. Invited Seminar. “Evolutionary lipidomics of maize local adaptation”
37. North Carolina Plant Molecular Biology retreat, Invited talk.
36. Plant and Molecular Biology department, NC State, Invited talk.
35. La Molina University in Lima, Perú. Invited Talk. “Evolutionary lipidomics of maize local adaptation”
34. Germplasm Enhancement of Maize meeting in Clayton, NC, Invited Talk
33. Syngenta Plant Stress Symposium at Syngenta headquarters in the Research Triangle Park, NC. Invited Talk
32. Plant Biology Department, UGA in Athens, Georgia Invited Seminar
2018
31. Misión Biológica de Galicia in Pontevedra, Spain. Invited Seminar
30. Aula Dei Experimental Station in Zaragoza, Spain. Invited Seminar
29. MexPopGen meeting. Irapuato, Mexico. Invited talk
2017
28 Iowa State University. Genetics and Genomics Graduate Group. Invited Seminar. Towards an understanding of maize adaptation to highlands using a combination of lipidomics and quantitative and population genetics.
27 Donald Danforth Plant Science Center Scientific Retreat. Mo. Invited Plenary Seminar. Convergent phospholipid metabolism in highland adapted maize?
26 Michigan State University. Invited seminar, Laboratory of David Lowry. Identification of phospholipid metabolic patterns involved in maize adaptation to low phosphorus and cold conditions.
25 UC Davis, Genome Center. Invited Seminar. Identification of phospholipid metabolic patterns involved in maize adaptation to highland conditions.
24 Carnegie Institution for Science. Plant Biology Department, Stanford, CA. Invited Seminar. Identification of phospholipid metabolic patterns involved in maize adaptation to highland conditions.
23 Gordon Research Conference Plant Lipids. Structure, Metabolism & Function, Galveston, TX. Invited talk. The Role of Phospholipid Metabolism in Maize Adaptation to Low Phosphorus and Cold Conditions.
22 Future Trends in Common Bean and Maize Research. Instituto de Biotecnología, Cuernavaca, México. Invited talk. Convergent phospholipid metabolism in highland adapted maize?
2016
21 7th International Crop Science Congress. Beijing, China. Invited talk. The role of polar lipid metabolism reorganization in maize adaptation to low phosphorus soils of the Trans-Mexican volcanic belt highlands.
20 Langebio Academic Days, Langebio, Mexico. Internal Seminar. Towards a faster, more open, and more collaborative science. The future of scientific publishing beyond journals and impact factors
19 Instituto de Ecología, UNAM, México City, México. Invited seminar Multidimensional mapping of root responses to soil environmental cues using a luminescence-based imaging system
18 Universidad de Guanajuato, Guanajuato, México. Invited seminar Multidimensional mapping of root responses to soil environmental cues using a luminescence-based imaging system
2015
17 XVI National Congress of Biochemistry and Plant Molecular Biology, IX Simposium Mexico-USA Queretaro, México. Keynote talk. Towards a root system-level understanding of how plants adjust root function and shape and integrate heterogeneous environmental cues.
16 Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research. Gatersleben, Germany. Invited seminar Multidimensional mapping of root responses to soil environmental cues using a luminescence-based imaging system
15 UMR “Biochemistry and Plant Molecular Physiology” - INRA Montpellier, France. Invited seminar Multidimensional mapping of root responses to soil environmental cues using a luminescence-based imaging system
14 Rhizosphere 4, Maastricht, The Netherlands. Roundtable Organization Emerging technologies for root systems scale imaging and phenotyping.
13 Instituto de Biotecnología, UNAM, Cuernavaca, México. Invited seminar Multidimensional mapping of root responses to soil environmental cues using a luminescence-based imaging system
2014
12 BASF 2014 Symposium on Unlocking Yield Potential in Soil. Limburgerhof, Germany. Invited talk
11 Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Society of Plant Biology. Portland, USA. Understanding Root Physiology in Soil Using a Novel Imaging Platform. Selected talk
10 PAG XXII Plant Phenotypes Workshop. San Diego, USA. Selected talk. Growth and Luminescence Observatory of Roots (GLO-Roots) A platform for the Analysis of Root Structure and Physiology in Soil
09 San José University, CA. Invited seminar Understanding Root Physiology in Soil Using a Novel Imaging Platform.
2013
08 XVII International Plant Nutrition Colloquium, Istanbul, Turkey. Invited talk. (Marschner Young Scientist Award). Growth and Luminescence Observatory of Roots (GLO-Roots) A platform for the Analysis of Root Structure and Physiology in Soil.
07 30th Annual IPG Symposium on Root Biology, Columbia, Missouri. Selected talk. Growth and Luminescence Observatory of Roots (GLO-Roots) A platform for the Analysis of Root Structure and Physiology in Soil.
06 California State University at Monterey Bay, CA. Invited seminar. Understanding Root Physiology in Soil Using a Novel Imaging Platform.
2012–2009
05 3rd Japan-China Joint Workshop on Plant Nutrition, Kurashiki, Japan. (2011). Iron xylem transport, the long and short of it. Invited seminar
04 XV International Symposium on Iron Nutrition and Interactions in Plants, Budapest, Hungary (2010). Delving into iron deficiency metabolomics. Selected talk
03 6th International Franco-Spanish Workshop on Bio-Inorganic Analytical Chemistry, Pau, Francia. 2010 Iron speciation in plant xylem sap using LC-ESI-TOFMS. Selected talk
02 XVI International Plant Nutrition Colloquium. Sacramento, California, USA (2009). Changes in the proteomic and metabolic profiles of Beta vulgaris root tips in response to iron deficiency and resupply Selected talk
01. XVIII Reunión de la Sociedad Española de Fisiología Vegetal. XI Congreso Hispano-Luso de Fisiología Vegetal, Zaragoza, Spain (2009). Iron is transported as a tri-Fe(III), tri-citrate complex in plant xylem sap. Selected talk