I was recently interviewed by a local arts and culture magazine here in Valencia (Revista Plaza). I spoke about my work, the residency and the upcoming exhibition. The article should be out in September.

Luciferase are a class of enzymes involved in the production of bioluminescence. Similar to the experiment with detection of auxin, here we are using luciferase to detect the presence of abscisic acid (ABA).

Agroinfiltration is a method used in plant biology to induce transient expression of genes in a plant. In the images below, I am injecting plant leaves with Agrobacterium tumefaciens, a species of bacteria which are used as vectors for transfer of genetical material.

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpls.2017.01717/full

Plants have various ways of responding environmental extremes such as drought and heat. One way is to open their stomata. These are like pores, usually found on the epidermis of leaves. They allow the plant to regulate its respiration. Water vapor will often diffuse through open stomata in a process called transpiration. In drought conditions […]

«Plant-thinking» refers, in the same breath, to (1) the non-cognitive, non-ideational, and non-imagistic mode of thinking proper to plants (hence, what I call «thinking without the head»); (2) our thinking about plants; (3) how human thinking is, to some extent, de-humanized and rendered plantlike, altered by its encounter with the vegetal world; and finally, (4) […]

Auxin are a family of hormones that play a crucial role in plant growth and development. Here, we are visualizing the presence of auxin using green fluorescent protein (GFP).

My first couple of weeks at IBMCP were mostly about just getting to know the place, meeting researchers and getting settled. One of the first things I did was take tour of the greenhouses. IBMCP researchers Javier Brumós and Pedro Martinez showed me the IBMCP greenhouse facilities — and they are massive. What I’m posting […]