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Lorena Andrea Pizarro Arcos

Profesora Asociada

Universidad de O'Higgins

San Fernando, Chile

My research in the last years have been focused in the study of plant immunity, identifying molecular components involved in signalling and cellular trafficking of Pattern Recognition Receptors (PRR) in Tomato and Fruit trees.

Plant Cell Biology, UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE. Chile, 2015
Plant Molecular Biology, UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE. Chile, 2008
Molecular Biotechnology Engineer, UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE. Chile, 2008

Research Assistant Part Time

UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE

Facultad de Ciencias Agronómicas

Santiago - La Pintana, Chile

2014 - 2015
Research Advisor Other

UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE

Facultad de Ciencias Agronómicas

Santiago - La Pintana, Chile

2016 - 2019
Research Assistant Part Time

UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE

Instituto de Nutrición y tecnología de los alimentos (INTA)

Santiago, Chile

2008 - 2009
Student - Professional degree thesis Full Time

UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE

Facultad de Ciencias

Chile

2005 - 2007
Student - Master Thesis Other

UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE

Facultad de Ciencias

Santiago, Chile

2007 - 2008
Student - PhD Thesis Other

UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE

Facultad de Ciencias

Santiago, Chile

2010 - 2014
Postdoctoral researcher Full Time

TEL-AVIV UNIVERSITY

Tel-Aviv, Israel

2016 - 2020
Postdoctoral researcher Other

VOLCANI CENTER

Bet Dagan, Israel

2018 - 2020
Profesor Asistente Full Time

Universidad de O'Higgins

Instituto de Ciencias Agroalimentarias, Animales y Ambientales

San Fernando, Chile

2019 - A la fecha
PROFESORA ASOCIADA Full Time

UNIVERSIDAD DE O'HIGGINS

SAN FERNANDO, Chile

2023 - A la fecha

Profesor Asistente Full Time

Universidad de O'Higgins

San Fernando, Chile

2019 - A la fecha
Profesora Asociada Full Time

Universidad de O'Higgins

San Fernando, Chile

2023 - A la fecha

2015 – 2016 Co-supervisor of Thesis. Claudio Osorio. Engineering in Molecular Biotechnology. “El factor de transcripción bZIP25 de Arabidopsis thaliana participa
en el desarrollo de raíces laterales mediante la regulacion de la endocitosis de manera independiente de la señalización gatillada por la fitohormona
auxina”. Laboratory of Plant Molecular Biology. Facultad de Ciencias Universidad de Chile.
2013 Lecturer on Plant Biotechnology course. Facultad de Ciencias Universidad de Chile. Nivel Magister y Pregrado. Coordinador: Dr Lorena Norambuena.
2012 Lecturer on Plant Biotechnology course. Facultad de Ciencias Universidad de Chile. Nivel Magister y Pregrado. Coordinador: Dr Michael Handford.
2012 Co-Supervisor of Research Internship. Claudio Osorio. 4th year of Engineering in Molecular Biology. Laboratory of Plant Molecular Biology, Dra Lorena
Norambuena. Facultad de Ciencias Universidad de Chile.
2011 Co-Supervisor of Research Internship. David Caneo. 4th year of Engineering in Molecular Biology. Laboratory of Plant Molecular Biology, Dra Lorena
Norambuena. Facultad de Ciencias Universidad de Chile.
2011 Co-Supervisor of Research Internship. Arantzazú Bidegain. 2th year of Engineering in Molecular Biology. Laboratory of Plant Molecular Biology, Dra
Lorena Norambuena. Facultad de Ciencias Universidad de Chile.
2010 Teacher Assistant Plant Physiology course. Facultad de Ciencias Universidad de Chile. Under-grade level. Coordinator: Dr. Michael Handford.
2007 Teacher Assistant Plant Physiology course. Facultad de Ciencias Universidad de Chile. Under-grade level. Coordinator: Dr. Michael Handford.
2006 Teacher Assistant Plant Physiology course. Facultad de Ciencias Universidad de Chile. Under-grade level. Coordinator: Dr. Michael Handford.

GRANTS
2020/2023 PAI77190027 - SUBVENCIÓN A LA INSTALACIÓN EN LA ACADEMIA, CONVOCATORIA AÑO 2019. Academic Beneficiary
2012/2013 VIU-FONDEF 120036 grant. Nuevo sistema de análisis para la selección de variedades resistentes a salinidad. Grant Director.
2012 MECESUP UCH0713 Grant. Financiamiento para la visita a Chile de un especialista. Invitado: Dr Tom Beeckman. VIB-UGent Center for Plant Systems
Biology, Bélgica. Grant Director.

EXTENSION
2012 Explora Program: 1000 scientist 1000 classrooms. Colegio Germania. Puerto Varas. Lecture Title: Plants and their colours.
2011 Explora Program: 1000 scientists 1000 classrooms. Colegio Antonio Varas. Vicuña, Región de Coquimbo. Lecture Title: The plant cell and its organelles.
2010 Explora Program: 1000 scientists 1000 classrooms. Golden Hind School. Coquimbo, Región de Coquimbo. Título de la Charla: Plants and their colours …
Why is carrot orange?

Young Scientist Symposia

PABMB Conference

Brasil, 2008

Young Scientist Symposia. XXXVII Reunião Anual SSBBq and 11th PABMB Conference, Águas de Lindóia, São Paulo, May 17-20, 2008.


The LeEIX Locus Determines Pathogen Resistance in Tomato Leibman-Markus, Meirav; Gupta, Rupali; Pizarro, Lorena; Bar, Maya Article ISI PHYTOPATHOLOGY (2023)
Transcriptome Analysis of Sweet Cherry (<i>Prunus avium</i> L.) Cultivar 'Lapins' upon Infection of <i>Pseudomonas syringae</i> pv. <i>syringae</i> Cui, Weier; Fiore, Nicola; Figueroa, Franco; Rubilar, Carlos; Pizarro, Lorena; Pinto, Manuel; Perez, Set; Beltran, Maria Francisca; Carreras, Claudia; Pimentel, Paula; Zamorano, Alan Article ISI PLANTS-BASEL (2023)
Co-occurrence Interaction Networks of Extremophile Species Living in a Copper Mining Tailing Galvez, Gabriel; Ortega, Jaime; Fredericksen, Fernanda; Aliaga-Tobar, Victor; Parra, Valentina; Reyes-Jara, Angelica; Pizarro, Lorena; Latorre, Mauricio Article ISI FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY (2022)
Dynamin-Related Proteins Enhance Tomato Immunity by Mediating Pattern Recognition Receptor Trafficking Leibman-Markus, Meirav; Schuster, Silvia; Vasquez-Soto, Beatriz; Bar, Maya; Avni, Adi; Pizarro, Lorena Article ISI MEMBRANES (2022)
Cytokinin induces bacterial pathogen resistance in tomato Gupta, Rupali; Leibman-Markus, Meirav; Pizarro, Lorena; Bar, Maya Article ISI PLANT PATHOLOGY (2021)
Cytokinin Inhibits Fungal Development and Virulence by Targeting the Cytoskeleton and Cellular Trafficking Gupta, Rupali; Anand, Gautam; Pizarro, Lorena; Laor, Dana; Kovetz, Neta; Sela, Noa; Yehuda, Tal; Gazit, Ehud; Bar, Maya Article ISI MBIO (2021)
Cytokinin Modulates Cellular Trafficking and the Cytoskeleton, Enhancing Defense Responses Pizarro, Lorena; Munoz, Daniela; Marash, Iftah; Gupta, Rupali; Anand, Gautam; Leibman-Markus, Meirav; Bar, Maya Article ISI CELLS (2021)
Reduced fitness cost and increased aggressiveness in fenhexamid-resistant Botrytis cinerea field isolates from Chile Esterio, Marcela; Osorio-Navarro, Claudio; Azocar, Madelaine; Copier, Charleen; Rubilar, Mauricio; Pizarro, Lorena; Auger, Jaime Article ISI PHYTOPATHOLOGIA MEDITERRANEA (2021)
A gain of function mutation in SlNRC4a enhances basal immunity resulting in broad-spectrum disease resistance Pizarro, Lorena; Leibman-Markus, Meirav; Gupta, Rupali; Kovetz, Neta; Shtein, Ilana; Bar, Einat; Davidovich-Rikanati, Rachel; Zarivach, Raz; Lewinsohn, Efraim; Avni, Adi; Bar, Maya Article ISI COMMUNICATIONS BIOLOGY (2020)
Cytokinin response induces immunity and fungal pathogen resistance, and modulates trafficking of the PRR LeEIX2 in tomato Gupta, Rupali; Pizarro, Lorena; Leibman-Markus, Meirav; Marash, Iftah; Bar, Maya Article ISI MOLECULAR PLANT PATHOLOGY (2020)
Show me your secret(ed) weapons: a multifaceted approach reveals a wide arsenal of type III-secreted effectors in the cucurbit pathogenic bacterium Acidovorax citrulli and novel effectors in the Acidovorax genus Jiwenez-Guerrero, Irene; Perez-Montano, Francisco; Da Silva, Gustavo Mateus; Wagner, Naama; Shkedy, Dafna; Zhao, Mei; Pizarro, Lorena; Bar, Maya; Walcott, Ron; Sessa, Guido; Pupk, Tal; Burdman, Saul Article ISI MOLECULAR PLANT PATHOLOGY (2020)
SlRLK-like is a malectin-like domain protein affecting localization and abundance of LeEIX2 receptor resulting in suppression of EIX-induced immune responses Sussholz, OrianY; Pizarro, Lorena; Schuster, Silvia; Avni, Adi Article ISI PLANT JOURNAL (2020)
Organelle-Targeted BODIPY Photocages: Visible-Light-Mediated Subcellular Photorelease Kand, Dnyaneshwar; Pizarro, Lorena; Angel, Inbar; Avni, Adi; Friedmann-Morvinski, Dinorah; Weinstain, Roy Article ISI ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION (2019)
Tomato Dynamin Related Protein 2A Associates With LeEIX2 and Enhances PRR Mediated Defense by Modulating Receptor Trafficking Pizarro, Lorena; Leibman-Markus, Meirav; Schuster, Silvia; Bar, Maya; Avni, Adi Article ISI FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE (2019)
NRC proteins - a critical node for pattern and effector mediated signaling Leibman-Markus, Meirav; Pizarro, Lorena; Bar, Maya; Coaker, Gitta; Avni, Adi Article ISI PLANT SIGNALING AND BEHAVIOR (2018)
SlPRA1A/RAB attenuate EIX immune responses via degradation of LeEIX2 pattern recognition receptor Pizarro, L.; Leibman-Markus, M.; Schuster, S.; Bar, M.; Avni, A. Article ISI PLANT SIGNALING AND BEHAVIOR (2018)
The intracellular nucleotide-binding leucine-rich repeat receptor (SlNRC4a) enhances immune signalling elicited by extracellular perception Leibman-Markus, Meirav; Pizarro, Lorena; Schuster, Silvia; Lin, Z. J. Daniel; Gershony, Ofir; Bar, Maya; Coaker, Gitta; Avni, Adi Article ISI PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT (2018)
Tomato Prenylated RAB Acceptor Protein 1 Modulates Trafficking and Degradation of the Pattern Recognition Receptor LeEIX2, Affecting the Innate Immune Response Pizarro, Lorena; Leibman-Markus, Meirav; Schuster, Silvia; Bar, Maya; Meltz, Tal; Avni, Adi Article ISI FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE (2018)
Involvement of SchRabGDI1 from Solarium chilense in endocytic trafficking and tolerance to salt stress Martín-Davison, Alex San; Pérez-Díaz, Ricardo; Soto, Flavia; Madrid-Espinoza, José; González-Villanueva, Enrique; Pizarro, Lorena; Norambuena, Lorena; Tapia, Jaime; Tajima, Hiromi; Blumwald, Eduardo; Ruiz-Lara, Simón Article ISI SCOPUS PLANT SCIENCE (2017)
Levels of Lycopene beta-Cyclase 1 Modulate Carotenoid Gene Expression and Accumulation in Daucus carota Moreno, JC; Pizarro, L; Fuentes P.; Handford, M.; Cifuentes, V; Stange, C. Article ISI SCOPUS PLOS ONE (2013)
Light-dependent changes in plastid differentiation influence carotenoid gene expression and accumulation in carrot roots Fuentes P.; Pizarro, L; Moreno J.C.; Handford, M.; Rodriguez-Concepcion, M; Stange, C. Article ISI SCOPUS Plant Molecular Biology (2012)
Daucus carota as a novel model to evaluate the effect of light on carotenogenic gene expression Stange, C.; Fuentes P.; Handford, M.; Pizarro, L Article ISI SCIELO SCOPUS BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH (2008)
Hydroxamic acids in Secale cereale L. and the relationship with their antifeedant and allelopathic properties Copaja, SV; Villarroel, E.; Bravo, HR; Pizarro, L; Argandona, VH Article ISI SCOPUS ZEITSCHRIFT FUR NATURFORSCHUNG SECTION C-A JOURNAL OF BIOSCIENCES (2006)


First Report of Boscalid Resistant Botrytis cinerea Isolates Carrying the Mutations H272R, H272Y, P225L, and P225H from Table Grape in Chile Esterio M.; Araneda, MJ; Román Á.; Pizarro, L; Copier, C; Auger J. NewsItem ISI SCOPUS Plant Disease (2015)


BioSav. Centro UOH de Biología de Sistemas para la Sanidad Vegetal. Lorena Pizarro; Latorre, Mauricio; Emilio Vilches; Ernesto San Blas Proyecto (2023)
Uso de Nitroprusiato de Sodio (SNP) como generador de óxido nítrico para la preservación de la calidad de la cereza exportada a mercados distantes Lorena Pizarro; Manuel Pinto Contreras Proyecto (2023)
Systems Biology Center for the study of extremophile communities from mining tailings. Mauricio Latorre; Lorena Pizarro; Vinicius Maracajá; Alex Di Genova Proyecto (2021)
Deep insight into cherry plant defense responses to bacterial canker disease in a scenario of water restriction Manuel Pinto; Lorena Pizarro; Pimentel, Paula; Fiore, Nicola Proyecto 1. To determine Pseudomonas syringae (Ps) pathovars associated with bacterial canker and blossom blast in sweet cherry plants; 2. To establish the immune response of sweet cherry cultivars with contrasting sensitivity to Ps; 3. To characterize cherry cultivars with contrasting sensitivity to Ps (2020)
“PEACH (PRUNUS PERSICA) PATHOGEN RECOGNIZING RECEPTORS (PRR) AND THEIR ROLE IN PATHOGEN RESISTANCE.” Lorena Pizarro; Manuel Pinto Proyecto Specific Objectives and Activities 1.- To characterize flg22- and xyn11- responsiveness in Peach. 2.- To identify and characterize Peach PpFLS2 and PpEIX2 candidates. 3.- To analyze the functionality of flg22/PpFLS2 and xyn11/PpEIX2 recognition in a heterologous system. (2020)
“Activación de la inmunidad en frutales del género Prunus para el potenciamiento de su tolerancia a enfermedades fungosas y bacterianas” Pizarro, Lorena; Manuel Pinto Proyecto (2019)
Nuevo sistema de análisis para la selección de variedades resistentes a salinidad Pizarro, Lorena; Norambuena, Lorena Proyecto (2012)


Regulation of protein trafficking: Posttranslational mechanisms and the unexplored transcriptional control Pizarro, L; Norambuena, L Review ISI SCOPUS PLANT SCIENCE (2014)
Light-dependent regulation of carotenoid biosynthesis in plants Pizarro, L; Stange, C. Review ISI CIENCIA E INVESTIGACION AGRARIA (2009)