2020-05~Present - Chinese Academy of Sciences, Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences - Researcher
2015-01~2020-04 - Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences - Researcher
2011-02~2014-12 - Sainsbury Laboratory, UK - Postdoctoral Researcher
2010-08~2011-01 - University of Malaga - Postdoctoral Researcher
FEBS Young Scientist Award (2015): First Prize
FEBS Long-Term Postdoctoral Fellowship (2011): First Prize
University of Malaga Outstanding PhD Student Award (2010): First Prize
EMBO Short-Term Fellowship (2008): First Prize
Research
Plant-Bacteria Interactions
Modification of the susceptibility gene TaPsIPK1—a win-win for wheat disease resistance and yield, Alberto Macho, Pengcheng Wang, JianKang Zhu, 2022
Dysfunction of histone demethylase IBM1 in Arabidopsis causes autoimmunity and reshapes the root microbiome, Suhui Lv, Yu Yang, Gang Yu, Li Peng, Shuai Zheng, Sunil Kumar Singh, Juan Ignacio Vlchez, Richa Kaushal, Hailing Zi, Dian Yi, Yuhua Wang, Shaofan Luo, Xiaoxuan Wu, Ziwei Zuo, Weichang Huang, Renyi Liu, Jiamu Du, Alberto P Macho, Kai Tang, Huiming Zhang, 2022
Direct inhibition of phosphate transport by immune signaling in Arabidopsis, Julian Dindas, Thomas A DeFalco, Gang Yu, Lu Zhang, Pascale David, Marta Bjornson, MarieChristine Thibaud, Valria Custdio, Gabriel Castrillo, Laurent Nussaume, Alberto P Macho, Cyril Zipfel, 2022
The Arabidopsis E3 ubiquitin ligase PUB4 regulates BIK1 and is targeted by a bacterial type-III effector, Yu, Gang, Derkacheva, Maria, Rufian, Jose S, Brillada, Carla, Kowarschik, Kathrin, Jiang, Shushu, Derbyshire, Paul, Ma, Miaomiao, DeFalco, Thomas A, Morcillo, Rafael J L, Stransfeld, Lena, Wei, Yali, Zhou, JianMin, Menke, Frank L H, Trujillo, Marco, Zipfel, Cyril, Macho, Alberto P, 2022
The bacterial effector HopZ1a acetylates MKK7 to suppress plant immunity, Rufian, Jose S, RuedaBlanco, Javier, LopezMarquez, Diego, Macho, Alberto P, Beuzon, Carmen R, RuizAlbert, Javier, 2021
SGT1 is not required for bacterial PAMP-triggered immunity, Gang Yu, Liu Xian, Haiyan Zhuang, Alberto P Macho, 2021
Split-luciferase Complementation Imaging Assay to Study Protein-protein Interactions in Nicotiana benthamiana, Liping Wang, Gang Yu, Alberto P Macho, Rosa LozanoDurn, 2021
SGT1 is not required for plant LRR-RLK-mediated immunity, Yu, Gang, Xian, Liu, Zhuang, Haiyan, Macho, Alberto P, 2021
DLK2 regulates arbuscule hyphal branching during arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis, HoPlagaro, Tania, Morcillo, Rafael J L, TamayoNavarrete, Maria Isabel, Huertas, Raul, MolineroRosales, Nuria, LopezRaez, Juan Antonio, Macho, Alberto P, GarciaGarrido, Jose Manuel, 2021
A Fast and Easy Method to Study Ralstonia solanacearum Virulence upon Transient Gene Expression or Gene Silencing in Nicotiana benthamiana Leaves, Wenjia Yu, Alberto P Macho, 2021
Synaptotagmins at the endoplasmic reticulum-plasma membrane contact sites maintain diacylglycerol homeostasis during abiotic stress, RuizLopez, Noemi, PerezSancho, Jessica, Esteban del Valle, Alicia, Haslam, Richard P, Vanneste, Steffen, Catala, Rafael, PereaResa, Carlos, Van Damme, Daniel, GarciaHernandez, Selene, Albert, Armando, Vallarino, Jose, Lin, Jinxing, Friml, Jiri, Macho, Alberto P, Salinas, Julio, Rosado, Abel, Napier, Johnathan A, AmorimSilva, Vitor, Botella, Miguel A, 2021
A bacterial effector protein uncovers a plant metabolic pathway involved in tolerance to bacterial wilt disease, Wang, Yaru, Zhao, Achen, Morcillo, Rafael J L, Yu, Gang, Xue, Hao, Rufian, Jose S, Sang, Yuying, Macho, Alberto P, 2021
Large-scale eQTL identification in Arabidopsis reveals novel candidate regulators of immune responses and other processes, Xingang Wang, Min Ren, Danni Liu, Dabao Zhang, Cuijun Zhang, Zhaobo Lang, Alberto P Macho, Min Zhang, Jian-Kang Zhu, 2020
An immune receptor complex evolved in soybean to perceive a polymorphic bacterial flagellin, Yali Wei, Alexandra Balaceanu, Jose S Rufian, Ccile Segonzac, Achen Zhao, Rafael J L Morcillo, Alberto P Macho, 2020
Rare earth elements induce cytoskeleton-dependent and PI4P-associated rearrangement of SYT1/SYT5 endoplasmic reticulum-plasma membrane contact site complexes in Arabidopsis, Lee, EunKyoung, Santana, Brenda Vila Nova, Samuels, Elizabeth, BenitezFuente, Francisco, Corsi, Erica, Botella, Miguel A, PerezSancho, Jessica, Vanneste, Steffen, Friml, Jiri, Macho, Alberto, Azevedo, Aristea Alves, Rosado, Abel, 2020
A Bacterial Effector Protein Hijacks Plant Metabolism to Support Pathogen Nutrition, Xian, Liu, Yu, Gang, Wei, Yali, Rufian, Jose S, Li, Yansha, Zhuang, Haiyan, Xue, Hao, Morcillo, Rafael Jl, Macho, Alberto P, 2020
Intra-strain Elicitation and Suppression of Plant Immunity by Ralstonia solanacearum Type-III Effectors in Nicotiana benthamiana, Yuying Sang, Wenjia Yu, Haiyan Zhuang, Yali Wei, Lida Derevnina, Gang Yu, Jiamin Luo, Alberto P Macho, 2020
Tomato Root Transformation Followed by Inoculation with Ralstonia Solanacearum for Straightforward Genetic Analysis of Bacterial Wilt Disease, Morcillo, Rafael J L, Zhao, Achen, TamayoNavarrete, Maria, I, GarciaGarrido, Jose M, Macho, Alberto P, 2020
A bacterial effector protein prevents MAPK-mediated phosphorylation of SGT1 to suppress plant immunity, Yu, Gang, Xian, Liu, Xue, Hao, Yu, Wenjia, Rufian, Jose S, Sang, Yuying, Morcillo, Rafael J L, Wang, Yaru, Macho, Alberto P, 2020
A versatile method for tomato root transformation followed by inoculation with Ralstonia solanacearum allows straightforward genetic analysis for the study of bacterial wilt disease, Alberto Macho, 2020
Rhizobacterium-derived diacetyl modulates plant immunity in a phosphate-dependent manner, Morcillo, Rafael J L, Singh, Sunil K, He, Danxia, An, Guo, Vilchez, Juan, I, Tang, Kai, Yuan, Fengtong, Sun, Yazhou, Shao, Chuyang, Zhang, Song, Yang, Yu, Liu, Xiaomin, Dang, Yashan, Wang, Wei, Gao, Jinghui, Huang, Weichang, Lei, Mingguang, Song, ChunPeng, Zhu, JianKang, Macho, Alberto P, Pare, Pual W, Zhang, Huiming, 2020
Diacetyl determines plant-bacteria relation via phosphate-dependent modulation of plant immunity, Alberto Macho, 2020
Mapping proteome-wide targets of protein kinases in plant stress responses, Wang, Pengcheng, Hsu, ChuanChih, Du, Yanyan, Zhu, Peipei, Zhao, Chunzhao, Fu, Xing, Zhang, Chunguang, Paez, Juan Sebastian, Macho, Alberto P, Tao, W Andy, Zhu, JianKang, 2020
Insights into the Root Invasion by the Plant Pathogenic Bacterium Ralstonia solanacearum, Xue, Hao, LozanoDuran, Rosa, Macho, Alberto P, 2020
Pangenomic type III effector database of the plant pathogenic Ralstonia spp., Sabbagh, Cyrus Raja Rubenstein, Carrere, Sebastien, Lonjon, Fabien, Vailleau, Fabienne, Macho, Alberto P, Genin, Stephane, Peeters, Nemo, 2019
Molecular dialogues between viruses and receptor-like kinases in plants, Macho, Alberto P, LozanoDuran, Rosa, 2019
The IMMUNE-ASSOCIATED NUCLEOTIDE-BINDING 9 Protein Is a Regulator of Basal Immunity in Arabidopsis thaliana, Wang, Yuanzheng, Li, Yansha, RosesDiaz, Tabata, CaceresMoreno, Carlos, LozanoDuran, Rosa, Macho, Alberto P, 2019