My current research focuses on elucidating how swarming motility is regulated in different bacterial species.

Swarming is an important type of motility that provides the cells with temporary antibiotic resistance. To achieve this resistance, Escherichia coli cells rely on a necrosignal previously discovered by our group. I am currently studying if this necrosignal also exists in other bacterial species and the molecular mechanisms by which swarming antibiotic resistance operates.

My previous research, conducted at the Center for Plant Biotechnology and Genomics of Madrid (Spain), was focused on the regulation of translation initiation in rice plants and on how to biotechnologically improve plants. Prior to that, I worked for the Spanish company Algaenergy, where I developed a research project focused on biodiesel production from microalgae. I completed my PhD in Molecular Biology at the University of Seville (Spain), during which I studied the connection between autophagy and oxidative stress in microalgae.