Education

Ph.D. in Neuroscience at Institute of Neuroscience, Alicante, Spain

Current position

Postdoc in the group of Iva Tolic-Norrelykke, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Dresden, Germany

Publications

1. Delivani, P., Chacon, M. R., Schroth-Diez, B. and Tolic-Norrelykke, I. M. Fluorescence Recovery After Photobleaching (FRAP) in the Fission Yeast Nucleus. Bio-protocol 3(20): www.bio-protocol.org/wenzhang.aspx?id=941#.Ulyw9VOJ0yL.
   
2. Kalinina, I., Nandi, A., Delivani, P.*, Chacon, M. R.*, Klemm, A. H.*, Ramunno-Johnson, D., Krull, A., Lindner, B., Pavin, N. and Tolic-Norrelykke, I. M. (2013). Pivoting of microtubules around the spindle pole accelerates kinetochore capture. Nat Cell Biol 15(1): 82-87. *Same contribution
   
3. Chacon, M. R., Navarro, A. I., Cuesto, G., del Pino, I., Scott, R., Morales, M. and Rico, B. (2012). Focal adhesion kinase regulates actin nucleation and neuronal filopodia formation during axonal growth. Development 139(17): 3200-3210.
   
4. Chacon, M. R. and Fazzari, P. (2011). FAK: dynamic integration of guidance signals at the growth cone. Cell Adh Migr 5(1): 52-55.
   
5. Chacon, M. R., Fernandez, G. and Rico, B. (2010). Focal adhesion kinase functions downstream of Sema3A signaling during axonal remodeling. Mol Cell Neurosci 44(1): 30-42.
   
6. Chacon, M. R., Rodriguez-Galan, O., Benitez, T., Sousa, S., Rey, M., Llobell, A. and Delgado-Jarana, J. (2007). Microscopic and transcriptome analyses of early colonization of tomato roots by Trichoderma harzianum. Int Microbiol 10(1): 19-27.
   
7. Limon, M. C., Chacon, M. R., Mejias, R., Delgado-Jarana, J., Rincon, A. M., Codon, A. C. and Benitez, T. (2004). Increased antifungal and chitinase specific activities of Trichoderma harzianum CECT 2413 by addition of a cellulose binding domain. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 64(5): 675-685.