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Alberto Macho
Life Science
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
Shanghai
Language: English, Chinese, German, Spanish
Plant
Bacteria
Interaction
Pathogen
Immunity
Resistance
Signaling
Molecular
Biology
Genetics
Areas of Focus
- Plant-Bacteria Interactions
Work Experience
- 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
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2005-01--2010-07 PhD: University of Malaga
- 2004-09--2006-09 Master's: University of Malaga
- 1999-09--2004-09 Bachelor's: University of Malaga
Publications
- 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
- JASMONATE-ZIM DOMAIN proteins engage Polycomb chromatin modifiers to modulate Jasmonate signaling in Arabidopsis, Li, Zicong, Luo, Xiao, Ou, Yang, Jiao, Huijun, Peng, Li, Fu, Xing, Macho, Alberto P, Liu, Renyi, He, Yuehui, 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
- Impaired PSII Proteostasis Promotes Retrograde Signaling via Salicylic Acid, Duan, Jianli, Lee, Keun Pyo, Dogra, Vivek, Zhang, Siyuan, Liu, Kaiwei, CaceresMoreno, Carlos, Lv, Shanshan, Xing, Weiman, Kato, Yusuke, Sakamoto, Wataru, Liu, Renyi, Macho, Alberto P, Kim, Chanhong, 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
Awards
- 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
