Gerardo Del Toro-De León
Epigenetische Mechanismen der pflanzlichen Reproduktion
PostDoc
Forschungsinteressen
My research focuses on deciphering the links between epigenetics, reproduction and speciation. In particular I am interested in understanding the mechanistic basis of imprinting and its impact on the establishment of post-zygotic reproductive barriers in the endosperm.
Vita
Professional Experience
- 2021-current: Postdoc Scientist, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology - Germany
- 2017-2021: Postdoc, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden
- 2018:2020: EMBO Postdoctoral Fellow
Degree
PhD in Plant Biotechnology, Langebio-CINVESTAV, Mexico 2018
BS in Biology, UNAM, Mexico 2011
Publications
Del Toro-De León,G., van Boven,J., Santos-González,J., Jiao,W.-B., Peng,H., Schneeberger,K. and Köhler,C. (2024) Epigenetic and transcriptional consequences in the endosperm of chemically induced transposon mobilization in Arabidopsis. Nucleic Acids Res. gkae572. link
Pankaj R., Lima R.B., Luo G., Ehlert S., Del Toro-De León,G., Bente H., Finger P., Sato H., Figueiredo DD. BRI1-mediated removal of seed coat H3K27me3 marks is a brassinosteroid-independent process. bioRxiv. doi:10.1101/2023.12.07.569203 (preprint). link
Köhler C, Dziasek K, Del Toro-De León G (2021) Postzygotic reproductive isolation established in the endosperm: Mechanisms, drivers and relevance. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B. 376:1826. link
Moreno-Romero J, Del Toro-De León G, Yadav VK, Santos-González J, Köhler C (2019) Epigenetic signatures associated with imprinted paternally expressed genes in the Arabidopsis endosperm. Genome Biol 20:41. link
Del Toro-De León G, Köhler C (2019) Endosperm-specific transcriptome analysis by applying the INTACT system. Plant Reprod. 32(1):55-61. link
Wang G, Jiang H, Del Toro-De León G, Martínez G, Köhler C (2018) Sequestration of a Transposon-Derived siRNA by a Target Mimic Imprinted Gene Induces Postzygotic Reproductive Isolation in Arabidopsis. Dev Cell 46(6):696-705. link
Del Toro-De León, G., Lepe-Soltero, D., & Gillmor, C. S. (2016). Zygotic genome activation in isogenic and hybrid plant embryos. Current Opinion in Plant Biology, 29, 148-153. link
Del Toro-De León, G., García-Aguilar, M., & Gillmor, C. S. (2014). Non-equivalent contributions of maternal and paternal genomes to early plant embryogenesis. Nature, 514 (7524), 624–627. link