Education
Ph.D. in Biological Sciences, Univerisdad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain
Current position
Research Scientist CSIC, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología-CSIC Madrid
Publications (since 2000)
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Chevalier, F., Nieminen, K., Sanchez-Ferrero, J. C., Rodriguez, M. L., Chagoyen, M., Hardtke, C. S. and Cubas, P. (2014). Strigolactone promotes degradation of DWARF14, an alpha/beta hydrolase essential for strigolactone signaling in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell 26(3): 1134-1150.
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González-Grandío, E. and Cubas, P. (2014). Identification of gene functions associated to active and dormant buds in Arabidopsis. Plant signaling & behavior 9(1): e27994. Short communication.
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Coego, A., Brizuela, E., Castillejo, P., Ruíz, S., Koncz, C., del Pozo, J. C., Piñeiro, M., Jarillo, J. A., Paz‐Ares, J. and León, J. (2014). The TRANSPLANTA collection of Arabidopsis lines: a resource for functional analysis of transcription factors based on their conditional overexpression. The Plant Journal 77(6): 944-953.
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Gonzalez-Grandio, E., Poza-Carrion, C., Sorzano, C. O. and Cubas, P. (2013). BRANCHED1 promotes axillary bud dormancy in response to shade in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell 25(3): 834-850.
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Martin-Trillo, M., Grandio, E. G., Serra, F., Marcel, F., Rodriguez-Buey, M. L., Schmitz, G., Theres, K., Bendahmane, A., Dopazo, H. and Cubas, P. (2011). Role of tomato BRANCHED1-like genes in the control of shoot branching. Plant J 67(4): 701-714.
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Preston, J. C., Hileman, L. C. and Cubas, P. (2011). Reduce, reuse, and recycle: Developmental evolution of trait diversification. American journal of botany 98(3): 397-403.
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Martin-Trillo, M. and Cubas, P. (2010). TCP genes: a family snapshot ten years later. Trends Plant Sci 15(1): 31-39.
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Hileman, L. C. and Cubas, P. (2009). An expanded evolutionary role for flower symmetry genes. J Biol 8(10): 90.
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Jarillo, J. A.*, Pineiro, M.*, Cubas, P.*and Martinez-Zapater, J. M. (2009). Chromatin remodeling in plant development. Int J Dev Biol 53(8-10): 1581-1596. (*Equal contribution)
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Kim, M.*, Cui, M. L.*, Cubas, P.*, Gillies, A., Lee, K., Chapman, M. A., Abbott, R. J. and Coen, E. (2008). Regulatory genes control a key morphological and ecological trait transferred between species. Science 322(5904): 1116-1119. (*Equal contribution)
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Schommer, C., Palatnik, J. F., Aggarwal, P., Chetelat, A., Cubas, P., Farmer, E. E., Nath, U. and Weigel, D. (2008). Control of jasmonate biosynthesis and senescence by miR319 targets. PLoS Biol 6(9): e230.
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Barcala, M., García, A., Cubas, P., Almoguera, C., Jordano, J., Fenoll, C. and Escobar, C. (2008). Distinct heat-shock element arrangements that mediate the heat shock, but not the late-embryogenesis induction of small heat-shock proteins, correlate with promoter activation in root-knot nematode feeding cells. Plant Molecular Biology 66(1-2): 151-164.
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Poza-Carrion, C., Aguilar-Martinez, J. A. and Cubas, P. (2007). Role of TCP Gene BRANCHED1 in the Control of Shoot Branching in Arabidopsis. Plant Signal Behav 2(6): 551-552.
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Carmona, M. J., Cubas, P., Calonje, M. and Martínez-Zapater, J. M. (2007). Flowering transition in grapevine (Vitis vinifera L.). Botany 85(8): 701-711. (Cover)
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Aguilar-Martinez, J. A., Poza-Carrion, C. and Cubas, P. (2007). Arabidopsis BRANCHED1 acts as an integrator of branching signals within axillary buds. Plant Cell 19(2): 458-472. Cover.
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Cubas, P. (2004). Floral zygomorphy, the recurring evolution of a successful trait. Bioessays 26(11): 1175-1184. Cover.
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Calonje, M., Cubas, P., Martinez-Zapater, J. M. and Carmona, M. J. (2004). Floral meristem identity genes are expressed during tendril development in grapevine. Plant Physiol 135(3): 1491-1501.
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Carmona, M. J.*, Cubas, P.* and Martinez-Zapater, J. M. (2002). VFL, the grapevine FLORICAULA/LEAFY ortholog, is expressed in meristematic regions independently of their fate. Plant Physiol 130(1): 68-77. (*Both authors contributed equally to the work)
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Cubas, P. (2002). Role of TCP genes in the evolution of key morphological characters in Angiosperms. In: Cronk, Q. C. B., Hawkins, J. and Bateman, R. M. (eds). Developmental genetics and Plant Evolution. Taylor and Francis Ltd, 65: 247-266.
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Gillies, A. C., Cubas, P., Coen, E. S. and Abbott, R. J. (2002). Making rays in the Asteraceae: genetics and evolution of radiate versus discoid flower heads. SYSTEMATICS ASSOCIATION SPECIAL VOLUME 65: 233-246.
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Franco-Zorrilla, J. M., Cubas, P., Jarillo, J. A., Fernández-Calvı́n, B., Salinas, J. and Martı́nez-Zapater, J. M. (2002). AtREM1, a member of a new family of B3 domain-containing genes, is preferentially expressed in reproductive meristems. Plant Physiology 128(2): 418-427.
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Eckardt, N. A., Araki, T., Benning, C., Cubas, P., Goodrich, J., Jacobsen, S. E., Masson, P., Nambara, E., Simon, R., Somerville, S. and Wasteneys, G. (2001). Arabidopsis research 2001. Plant Cell 13(9): 1973-1982.
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Cubas, P., Coen, E. and Zapater, J. M. (2001). Ancient asymmetries in the evolution of flowers. Curr Biol 11(13): 1050-1052.
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Cubas, P. (2001). Mutantes de la simetria floral en poblaciones naturales. Investigacion y Ciencia (SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN) Julio: 34-35.