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Héctor Albert Montero Sommerfeld

Investigador

Centro de Genómica Nutricional Agroacuícola

Temuco, Chile

Líneas de Investigación


Plant genetics, cell and molecular biology. Plant-microbe interactions. Plant nutrition

Educación

  •  BSc Ciencias Biológicas, UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE. Chile, 2011
  •  MSc Ciencias Biológicas, UNIVERSITEIT VAN AMSTERDAM. Holanda, 2015
  •  PhD Ciencias Biológicas, UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE. Reino Unido, 2020

Experiencia Académica

  •   Investigador postdoctoral Full Time

    • Crop Science Centre, University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, Reino Unido

    2020 - 2021

  •   Investigador postdoctoral Full Time

    University of Würzburg

    Würzburg, Alemania

    2022 - 2024

  •   Investigador postdoctoral Full Time

    National Institute of Genetics

    Mishima, Japón

    2024 - 2024

  •   Investigador postdoctoral Full Time

    • RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science

    Yokohama, Japón

    2024 - 2026

Experiencia Profesional

  •   Researcher Full Time

    Centro de Genómica Nutricional Agroacuícola

    Temuco, Chile

    2026 - At present


 

Article (9)

Spatiotemporal regulation of arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis at cellular resolution.

Chancellor, Tania; Ferreras-Garrucho, Gabriel; Akmakjian, Garo Z; Montero, Hector; Bowden, Sarah; Hope, Matthew S; Wallington, Emma; Bhattacharya, Samik; Korfhage, Christian; Bailey-Serres, Julia; et al.

Article ISI
The Plant cell  (2026)

Convergent losses of arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis in carnivorous plants

Montero, Hector; Freund, Matthias; Fukushima, Kenji

Article ISI
NEW PHYTOLOGIST  (2025)

Non-prey biotic interactions in carnivorous plants

Montero, Hector; Fukushima, Kenji

Article ISI
CURRENT BIOLOGY  (2023)

A simple and versatile fluorochrome-based procedure for imaging of lipids in arbuscule-containing cells

Montero, Hector; Paszkowski, Uta

Article ISI
PLANT JOURNAL  (2022)

A mycorrhiza-associated receptor-like kinase with an ancient origin in the green lineage

Montero, Hector; Lee, Tak; Pucker, Boas; Ferreras-Garrucho, Gabriel; Oldroyd, Giles; Brockington, Samuel F.; Miyao, Akio; Paszkowski, Uta

Article ISI
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA  (2021)

Arbuscular mycorrhizal phenotyping: the dos and don'ts

Montero, Hector; Choi, Jeongmin; Paszkowski, Uta

Article ISI
NEW PHYTOLOGIST  (2019)

A rice Serine/Threonine receptor-like kinase regulates arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis at the peri-arbuscular membrane

Roth, Ronelle; Chiapello, Marco; Montero, Hector; Gehrig, Peter; Grossmann, Jonas; O'Holleran, Kevin; Hartken, Denise; Walters, Fergus; Yang, Shu-Yi; Hillmer, Stefan; et al.

Article ISI
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS  (2018)

Phosphate-Dependent Root System Architecture Responses to Salt Stress

Kawa, Dorota; Julkowska, Magdalena M.; Sommerfeld, Hector Montero; ter Horst, Anneliek; Haring, Michel A.; Testerink, Christa

Article ISI
PLANT PHYSIOLOGY  (2016)

High winter diversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities in shallow and deep grassland soils

Sommerfeld, HM; Álvarez, M.; Villanueva C.A.; Matus, F.; Boon, N.; Boeckx P.; Huygens, D.

Article ISI SCOPUS
Soil Biology and Biochemistry  (2013)

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Francisco Matus

Full Professor

Ciencias Química y recursos Naturales

UNIVERSIDAD DE LA FRONTERA

TEMUCO, Chile

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Héctor Montero

Investigador

Centro de Genómica Nutricional Agroacuícola

Temuco, Chile