Alonso Serrano

Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences | SLU · Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology

Most bacteria cells are protected by a peptidoglycan cell wall. Defining the chemical structure of the peptidoglycan has been instrumental to characterize cell wall associated proteins and to illuminate the mode of action of cell wall-acting antibiotics. However, a major roadblock for a comprehensive understanding of peptidoglycan homeostasis has b...

Carbon storage and cycling in boreal forests-the largest terrestrial carbon store-is moderated by complex interactions between trees and soil microorganisms. However, existing methods limit our ability to predict how changes in environmental conditions will alter these associations and the essential ecosystem services they provide. To address this,...

Drought stress impacts seedling establishment, survival and whole-plant productivity. Molecular responses to drought stress have been most extensively studied in herbaceous species, mostly considering only aboveground tissues. Coniferous tree species dominate boreal forests, which are predicted to be exposed to more frequent and acute drought as a...

Gene network analysis is a powerful tool to identify and prioritize candidate genes, especially from data sets where experimental design renders other approaches, such as differential expression analysis, limiting or infeasible. Numerous gene network inference algorithms have been published and are commonly individually applied in transcriptomics s...