Investigación

Current Funded Projects

Publications

Scientific publications

Past funded projects

Current Funded Projects

ICGEB - CRP

Tweaking proline metabolism in plants, a strategy to improve their tolerance to stress.

CSIC Grupos I+D

Food and Plant Biology: Group Programe

RDA-MGAP

AI-Driven Discovery and Commercialization of High-Value Bio-materials for Global Market Entry

RDA-MGAP

Drought-tolerant Gene Selection and Biotechnology Soybean Seed Development

Publications

Scientific publications

Tarkowski ŁP, Signorelli S. (2025) "No free entry: stomatal state as decision maker in defining stress response strategies" Journal of Experimental Botany.

Sakti-Mahambara-Padma-Negara HA, Rachmi-Esyanti R, Iriawati I, Signorelli S, Kirana R, Meitha K. (2024) “Enhancing genetic modification in recalcitrant plants: An investigation in chili (Capsicum annuum) through the optimized tape sandwich protoplast isolation and polyethylene glycol-mediated transfection” Plant Biotech.

Sena F, Monza J, Signorelli S. (2024) “Determination of free proline in plants” Methods in Molecular Biology, Eds: JF Corpas. Springer Nature.

Arias M, Considine MJ, Signorelli S. (2024) “Reinterpreting olive bud dormancy” J. Exp. Bot. Accepted.

Tham J, Patisenah A, Soetrisno-Tjia TO, Signorelli S, Taufik I, Meitha K. (2023) “sgRNA design and in vitro nucleolyytic analysis of the Cas9-RNP complex for transgene-free genome editing of the eIF4E1 gene from Capsicum annuum L.” Indones J Biotechnol.

Signorelli S, Bhati KK. (2023) “Harnessing autophagy to improve plant quality and resilience” Front. Plant Sci.

Velappan Y, De Simone A, Signorelli S, Considine JA, Foyer CH, Considine MJ. (2023) “Hydrogen Cyanamide Causes Reversible G2/M Cell Cycle Arrest Accompanied by Oxidation of the Nucleus and Cytosol in Arabidopsis thaliana Root Apical Meristem Cells” Antioxidants.

Nim-Lee H, Chacko J, Gonzalez-Solís A, Chen KE, Barros JAS, Signorelli S, Millar AH, Vierstra RD, Eliceiri KW, Otegui MS. (2023) “The autophagy receptor NBR1 directs the clearance of photodamaged chloroplasts” eLife.

Morel-Revetria MA, Berais-Rubio A, Giménez M, Sanjuán J, Signorelli S, Monza J. (2023) “Competitiveness and phylogenetic relationship of rhizobia strains with different symbiotic efficiency in T repens: conversion of parasitic in non-parasitic rhizobia by natural symbiotic gene transfer” Biology.

Meitha K, Hanisia RH, Signorelli S, Fauziah T, Iriawati I, Esyanti RR. (2023) “Extracellular DNA of Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. cubense as a priming agent for inducing the resistance of banana plantlets” Agronomy.

Dewi JR, Signorelli S, Considine MJ. “The enzymatic quantification of ascorbate and glutathione in woody tissues: current state and limitation” Plant Reactive Oxygen Species.

Velappan Y, Considine JA, Signorelli S, Considine MJ. (2022) “Contrasting seasonal dynamics of dormancy, respiratory metabolism and cell cycle state in grapevine buds of a subtropical and mediterranean climate” Food and Energy Security.

Tarkowski ŁP, Signorelli S, Considine MJ, Montrichard F. (2022) “Integration of reactive oxygen species and nutrient signaling to shape root system architecture” Plant Cell Environ.

Berais-Rubio A, Morel M, Giménez M, Signorelli S, Monza J. (2022) “Competitiveness and symbiotic efficiency in alfalfa of Rhizobium favelukesii ORY1 strain in which homologous genes of peptidases HrrP and SapA that negatively affect symbiosis were identified” Front. Agronomy.

Signorelli S (2022) “Plant Responses to Stress and Environmental Stimulus” Agronomy.

Furlan AL, Gonzalez EM, Choudhury SR, Signorelli S. (2022) “Editorial: Drought stress in legumes” Front Plant Sci.

Ivanova A, O’Leary B, Signorelli S, Falconet D, Moyankova D, Whelan J, Djilianov D, Murcha MW. (2022) “Mitochondrial activity and biogenesis during resurrection of Haberlea rhodopensis” New Phytologist.

Calzadilla PI, Carvalho FEL, Gomez R, Lima-Neto MC, Signorelli S. (2022) “Assessing photosynthesis in plant systems: A cornerstone to aid in the selection of resistant and productive crops” Env. Exp Botany.

Signorelli S, Dewi JR, Considine MJ. (2022) “Soil Water Content Directly Affects Bud Burst Rate in Single-Node Cuttings of Perennial Plants” Agronomy.

Velappan Y, Chabikwa TG, Considine JA, Agudelo-Romero P, Foyer CH, Signorelli S, Considine MJ. (2022) “The bud dormancy disconnect: latent buds of grapevine are dormant during summer despite a high metabolic rate” J Exp Botany.

Berriel V, Perdomo CH, Signorelli S, Monza J. (2022) “Crop Performance Indexes Applied to Legume Used as Summer Cover Crops under Water Deficit Conditions” Agronomy.

Meitha K, Pramesti Y, Signorelli S, Kriswantoro JA. (2022) “Postharvest chitosan application maintains the quality of spinach through suppression of bacterial growth and elicitation” Horticulture, Environment, and Biotechnology.

Signorelli S, Tarkowski ŁP, O’Leary B, Tabares-da Rosa S, Borsani O, Monza J. (2021) “GABA and Proline Metabolism in Response to Stress” Hormones and plant response, Eds: JF Corpas and DK Gupta. Springer Nature.

Oh G, O’Leary B, Signorelli S, Millar AH. (2022) “Alternative oxidase1a and 1d limit proline-induced oxidative stress and aid salinity recovery in Arabidopsis” Plant Phys.

Wijerathna-Yapa A, Signorelli S, Fenske R, Ganguly DR, Stroeher E, Li L, Pogson BJ, Duncan O, Millar AH. (2021) “Autophagy mutants show delayed chloroplast development during de-etiolation in carbon limiting conditions” Plant Journal.

De la Cruz-Jimenez J, Clode PL, Signorelli S, Veneklaas EJ, Colmer TD, Kotula L. (2021) “The barrier to radial oxygen loss impedes the apoplastic entry of Fe into the roots of Urochloa humidicola” J Exp Botany.

Klionsky DJ, Abdel-Aziz AK, et al. (2021) “Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (4th edition)” Autophagy.

Zorrilla-Fontanesi Y, Pauwels L, Panis B, Signorelli S, Vanderschuren H, Swennen R. (2020) “Strategies to revise agrosystems and breeding for Fusarium wilt control of banana”. Nature Food.

Tarkowski ŁP, Signorelli S, Höfte M. (2020) “GABA and related amino acids in plant immune responses: emerging mechanisms of action”. Plant Cell Environ.

Signorelli S, Sainz M, Tabares-da Rosa S, Monza J. (2020) “The role of nitric oxide in nitrogen fixation by legumes”. Front Plant Sci.

Casaretto E, Signorelli S, Gallino JP, Vidal S, Borsani O. (2021) “Endogenous ·NO accumulation in soybean is associated with initial stomatal response to water deficit” Phys Plantarum.

Signorelli S, Shaw J, Hermawaty D, Wang Z, Verboven P, Considine JA, Considine MJ. (2020) “The initiation of bud burst in grapevine features dynamic regulation of the apoplastic pore size” J Exp Bot.

Trovato, M, Forlani, G, Signorelli S, Funck, D. (2019) “Proline Metabolism and its Functions in Development and Stress Tolerance.” Osmoprotectant- Mediated Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Plants. Springer International Publishing Switzerland.

Forlani, G, Trovato, M, Funck, D, Signorelli S. (2019) “Regulation of proline accumulation and its molecular and physiological functions in stress defence.” Osmoprotectant-Mediated Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Plants. Springer International Publishing Switzerland.

Tartaglia C., Guitérrez P., Sabatini O., Irisarri P., Signorelli, S, Rebuffo M., Monza J. (2019) “Caracterización de rizobios que nodulan Trifolium polymorphym” Chapter 4: Cepas nativas para desarrollar un inoculante rizobiano competitivo y eficiente en trébol blanco.

Tabares-da Rosa S, Signorelli S, Del Papa F, Reyno R, Lattanzi F, Rebuffo M, Sabatini O, Sanjuán J, Monza J. (2019) “Rhizobium inoculants for alfalfa in acid soils: a proposal for Uruguay”. Agrociencia-Uruguay.

Signorelli S, Masclaux-Daubresse C, Moriyasu Y, Van den Ende W, Bassham DC. (2019) “Editorial: Sugars and autophagy in plants” Front Plant Sci.

Signorelli S, Tarkowski ŁP, Van den Ende W, Bassham DC. (2019) “Linking autophagy to abiotic and biotic stress responses” Trends Plant Sci.

Janse van Rensburg HC, Van den Ende W, Signorelli S. (2019) “Autophagy in plants: both a puppet and a puppet master of sugars” Front Plant Sci.

Signorelli, S., Considine, MJ. (2018) “Nitric oxide enables germination by a four-pronged attack on ABA-induced seed dormancy” Front Plant Sci.

Signorelli S., Corpas FJ, Rodríguez-Ruiz M, Valderrama R, Barroso, JB Borsani O, Monza J. (2018) “Drought stress triggers the accumulation of NO and SNOs in cortical cells of Lotus japonicus L. roots and the nitration of proteins with relevant metabolic function” Environ Exp Bot.

Signorelli S, Agudelo-Romero, P, Meitha, K, Foyer, CH, Considine, MJ. (2018) “Roles for light, energy and oxygen in the fate of quiescent axillary buds” Plant Physiol.

Meitha K, Agudelo-Romero P, Signorelli S, Gibbs DJ, Considine JA, Foyer CH, Considine MJ. (2018) “Developmental control of hypoxia during bud burst in grapevine” Plant Cell Environ.

Signorelli S, Monza J. “Identification of Δ1-pyrroline 5-carboxylate synthase (P5CS) genes involved in the synthesis of proline in Lotus japonicus” (2017) Plant Sig Behav.

Velappan Y, Signorelli S, Considine MJ. (2017) “Cell cycle arrest in plants: what distinguishes quiescence, dormancy and differentiated G1” Ann Bot.

Considine MJ, Diaz-Vivancos P, Kerchev P, Signorelli S, Agudelo-Romero P, Gibbs DJ, Foyer CH. (2017) “Learning to breathe: developmental phase transitions in oxygen status” Trends Plant Sci.

Signorelli S, Imparatta C, Rodríguez-Ruiz M, Borsani O, Corpas FJ, Monza J. (2016) “In vivo and in vitro approaches demonstrate proline is not directly involved in the protection against superoxide, nitric oxide, nitrogen dioxide and peroxynitrite” Func Plant Biol.

Calzadilla PI, Signorelli S, Escaray FJ, Menéndez AB, Monza J, Ruiz OA, Maiales SJ (2016) “Photosynthetic responses mediate the adaptation of two Lotus japonicus ecotypes to low temperature” Plant Sci.

Signorelli S. (2016) “The fermentation analogy: a point of view for understanding the intriguing role of proline accumulation in stressed plants” Front Plant Sci.

Signorelli S, Casaretto E, Monza J, Borsani O. (2015) “Combined Abiotic Stress in Legumes” Stresses in Plants, Mahalingam, R. Springer International Publishing Switzerland.

Signorelli S, Dans PD, Coitiño EL, Borsani O, Monza J. (2015) “Connecting proline and γ- aminobutyric acid in stressed plants through non-enzymatic reactions” PLOSONE.

Díaz P, Betti M, García-Calderón M, Pérez-Delgado C, Signorelli S, Borsani O, Márquez A, Monza J. (2014) “Amino acids and drought stress in Lotus: use of transcriptomics and a plastidic glutamine synthetase mutant for new insights in proline metabolism” Amino acids and their derivatives: significance for plant stress adaptations, Gill NAAaSS, Cabi-UK.

Signorelli S, Coitiño EL, Borsani O, Monza J. (2014) “Molecular Mechanisms for the Reaction Between ·OH Radicals and Proline: Insights on the Role as Reactive Oxygen Species Scavenger in Plant Stress”. J Physic Chem B.

Signorelli S, Arellano JB, Melø TB, Borsani O, Monza J. (2013) “Proline does not quench singlet oxygen: Evidence to reconsider its protective role in plants”. Plant Physiol Bioch.

Signorelli S, Corpas FJ, Borsani O, Barroso JB, Monza J. (2013) “Water stress induces a differential and spatially distributed nitro-oxidative stress response in roots and leaves of Lotus japonicus”. Plant Sci.

Signorelli S, Casaretto E, Sainz M, Diaz P, Monza J, Borsani O. (2013) “Antioxidant and photosystem II responses explain the drought-heat contrasting tolerance of two forage legumes”. Plant Physiol Bioch.

Bonanata J, Signorelli S, Coitiño L. (2011) “Increasing Complexity Models for Describing the Generation of Substrate Radicals at the Active Site of Ethanolamine Ammonia Lyase/B12”. Comput Theor Chem.

Signorelli S, Möller M, Coitiño L, Denicola A. (2011) “Nitrogen dioxide solubility and permeation in lipid membranes” Arch Biochem Biophys.

Past funded projects

Proline accumulation in plants: a multidisciplinary strategy to elucidate its role

Edition of eIF4E gen from chili (Capsicum annuum) to develp Potyvirus resistant varieties

Accelerating the evolution: engeniering invertase enzymes to improve bannana metabolism

Development of an alfalfa inoculant strain resistante to acid soils from the Uruguayan dairy basin

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