Education

Ph.D. in Agricultural Engineering, Department of Biotecnology, Politechnic University of Madrid, 2009

Current position

Postdoctoral researcher at the Polytechnic University of Madrid, Spain

Publications

1. Corrales, A. R., Nebauer, S. G., Carrillo, L., Fernandez-Nohales, P., Marques, J., Renau-Morata, B., Granell, A., Pollmann, S., Vicente-Carbajosa, J., Molina, R. V. and Medina, J. (2014). Characterization of tomato Cycling Dof Factors reveals conserved and new functions in the control of flowering time and abiotic stress responses. J Exp Bot 65(4): 995-1012.
   
2. Hentrich, M., Sanchez-Parra, B., Perez Alonso, M. M., Carrasco Loba, V., Carrillo, L., Vicente-Carbajosa, J., Medina, J. and Pollmann, S. (2013). YUCCA8 and YUCCA9 overexpression reveals a link between auxin signaling and lignification through the induction of ethylene biosynthesis. Plant Signal Behav 8(11): e26363.
   
3. Carillo, L., Martinez, M., Cambra, I., Gambardella, M., Smagghe, G., Ortego, F. and Diaz, I. (2012). Differential responses of herbivorous insect species to protease inhibitors from barley and strawberry. Meeting of the Working Group'Induced resistance in plants against insects and diseases'.
   
4. Carrillo, L., Martinez, M., Alvarez-Alfageme, F., Castanera, P., Smagghe, G., Diaz, I. and Ortego, F. (2011). A barley cysteine-proteinase inhibitor reduces the performance of two aphid species in artificial diets and transgenic Arabidopsis plants. Transgenic Res 20(2): 305-319.
   
5. Carrillo, L., Martinez, M., Ramessar, K., Cambra, I., Castanera, P., Ortego, F. and Diaz, I. (2011). Expression of a barley cystatin gene in maize enhances resistance against phytophagous mites by altering their cysteine-proteases. Plant Cell Rep 30(1): 101-112.
   
6. Carrillo, L., Herrero, I., Cambra, I., Sanchez-Monge, R., Diaz, I. and Martinez, M. (2011). Differential in vitro and in vivo effect of barley cysteine and serine protease inhibitors on phytopathogenic microorganisms. Plant Physiol Biochem 49(10): 1191-1200.
   
7. Alvarez-Alfageme, F., Maharramov, J., Carrillo, L., Vandenabeele, S., Vercammen, D., Van Breusegem, F. and Smagghe, G. (2011). Potential use of a serpin from Arabidopsis for pest control. PLoS One 6(5): e20278.
   
8. Pascual-Ruiz, S., Carrillo, L., Alvarez-Alfageme, F., Ruiz, M., Castanera, P. and Ortego, F. (2009). The effects of different prey regimes on the proteolytic digestion of nymphs of the spined soldier bug, Podisus maculiventris (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae). Bull Entomol Res 99(5): 487-491.
   
9. Martinez, M., Cambra, I., Carrillo, L., Diaz-Mendoza, M. and Diaz, I. (2009). Characterization of the entire cystatin gene family in barley and their target cathepsin L-like cysteine-proteases, partners in the hordein mobilization during seed germination. Plant Physiol 151(3): 1531-1545.
   
10. Martínez, M., Cambra, I., Carrillo, L., Díaz-Mendoza, M. and y Díaz, I (2008) ¿Está el papel de defensa de las fitocistatinas mediado por hormonas? Fitohormonas: Metabolismo y Modo de Acción. Pp. 225-230.
    
11. Moreno-Risueno, M. A., Diaz, I., Carrillo, L., Fuentes, R. and Carbonero, P. (2007). The HvDOF19 transcription factor mediates the abscisic acid-dependent repression of hydrolase genes in germinating barley aleurone. Plant J 51(3): 352-365.
    
12. Martinez, M., Diaz-Mendoza, M., Carrillo, L. and Diaz, I. (2007). Carboxy terminal extended phytocystatins are bifunctional inhibitors of papain and legumain cysteine proteinases. FEBS Lett 581(16): 2914-2918.