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Dept. of Vegetal Biology
Faculty of Biology

Av. Diagonal, 645
08028 Barcelona
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        934 021 462
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Sergi Munné Bosch

Sergi Munne Bosch
 
 
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Name: Sergi Munné Bosch
  Associate Professor
Ph.D. in Biology, 1999
E-mail:
Telephone: +34 93 402 14 63
Research: Antioxidants, Aging, Water stress,
Oxidative stress, Photoprotection, Senescence.



Research interests:
Function of the antioxidants, tocopherols (vitamin E), ascorbic acid (vitamin C), carotenoids, flavonoids and phenolic diterpenes in plants. Mechanisms of resistance to water and oxidative stresses. Mechanisms underlying aging in plants. Relationship between water deficit, oxidative stress and leaf senescence in plants. More info

Current research projects:

"Envejecimiento en plantas perennes" (Ministeri de Ciència i Innovació)

"Memoria, aprendizaje y comunicación en plantas: hacia una mejor comprensión de la "inteligencia" de las plantas" (Ministeri de Ciència i Innovació)

“Projecte MONTES” (Programa CONSOLIDER, Ministeri de Ciència i Innovació)


Recent publications:

Peñuelas J, Munné-Bosch S (2005) Isoprenoids: an evolutionary pool for photoprotection. Trends in Plant Science 10, 166-169.

Munné-Bosch S, Shikanai T, Asada K (2005) Enhanced ferredoxin-dependent cyclic electron flow around photosystem I and alpha-tocopherol quinone accumulation in water-stressed ndhB-inactivated tobacco mutants. Planta 222, 502-511.
Munné-Bosch S, Cela J (2006) Effects of water deficit on PSII photochemistry and photobiology during acclimation of lyreleaf sage (Salvia lyrata L.) plants to high light. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology 85, 191-197
Munné-Bosch S, Lalueza P (2007) Age-related changes in oxidative stress markers and abscisic acid levels in a drought-tolerant shrub, Cistus clusii grown under Mediterranean field conditions. Planta 225, 1039-1049
Munné-Bosch S (2007) Aging in perennials. Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences 26, 123-138
Munné-Bosch S (2008) Do perennials really senesce? Trends in Plant Science 13, 216-220
Oñate M, Munné-Bosch S (2008) Meristem aging is not responsible for age-related changes in growth and abscisic acid levels in the Mediterranean shrub, Cistus clusii. Plant Biology 10 (Suppl. 1), 148-155
Abreu ME, Munné-Bosch S (2009) Salicylic acid deficiency in NahG transgenic lines and sid2 mutants increases seed yield in the annual plant Arabidopsis thaliana. Journal of Experimental Botany 60, 1261-1271
Cela J, Falk J, Munné-Bosch S (2009) Ethylene signaling may be involved in the regulation of tocopherol biosynthesis in Arabidopsis thaliana. FEBS Letters 583, 992-996
Hernández I, Alegre L, Van Breusegem F, Munné-Bosch S (2009) How relevant are flavonoids as antioxidants in plants?. Trends in Plant Science 14, 125-132  
Asensi-Fabado MA, Munné-Bosch S (2010) Vitamins in plants: occurrence, biosynthesis and antioxidant function. Trends in Plant
Science 15, 582-592
 
Peñuelas J, Munné-Bosch S (2010) Potentially immortal? New Phytologist 187: 564-567
 
Falk J, Munné-Bosch S (2010) Tocochromanol functions in plants: antioxidation and beyond. Journal of Experimental Botany 61, 1549-1566

Cela J, Chang C, Munné-Bosch S (2011) Accumulation of gamma- rather than alpha-tocopherol alters ethylene signaling gene expression in the vte4 mutant of Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Cell Physiology 52: 1389-1400
Munné-Bosch S (2012) Phenolic Acids: Composition, Applications and Health Benefits. Nova Publishers, Hauppauge, NY, USA.

 
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