Laura García Romañach

My aim is to accelerate tree breeding by creating early flowering trees using molecular tools such as gene editing. 

My research focuses on how trees flower and grow throughout the seasons, and how that is related to age. I collaborate in several projects with Professor Jihua Ding (Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China) and with Skogforsk. 

Zhang, B., Lee, K.C., García Romañach, L., Ding, Jihua., Marcon, A., Nilsson, O. (2025). Phytochrome B and phytochrome-interacting-factor4 modulate tree seasonal growth in cold environments. Nat Commun 16, 8114. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-63391-5

Marcon, A., García Romañach, L., André, D., Ding, J., Zhang, Bo., Hvidsten, TR., Nilsson, O. (2025). A transcriptional roadmap of the yearly growth cycle in Populus trees. The Plant Cell, Volume 37, Issue 9. https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koaf208

Derba-Maceluch, M., García Romañach, L., Hedenström, M., Mitra, M., Donev, E.N., Urbancsok, J., Yassin, Z., Gandla, M.L., Sivan, P., Šimura, J., Scheepers, G., Jönsson, L.J., Vilaplana, F. and Mellerowicz, E.J. (2025). Glucuronoyl Esterase Expressed in Aspen Xylem Affects γ-Ester Linkages Between Lignin and Glucuronoxylan Reducing Recalcitrance and Accelerating Growth. Plant Biotechnol. J, 23: 5417-5434.
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