Education

Ph.D. in Enviromental Sciences, University of Castilla-La Mancha, Toledo, Spain, 2008

Current position

Postdoctoral researcher, Department of Environmental Sciences, School of Environmental Sciences, University of Castilla La Mancha, Toledo

Publications

1. Barcala, M., Fenoll, C. and Escobar, C. (2012). Laser microdissection of cells and isolation of high-quality RNA after cryosectioning. Methods Mol Biol 883: 87-95.
   
2. Barcala, M., Garcia, A., Cabrera, J., Casson, S., Lindsey, K., Favery, B., Garcia-Casado, G., Solano, R., Fenoll, C. and Escobar, C. (2010). Early transcriptomic events in microdissected Arabidopsis nematode-induced giant cells. Plant J 61(4): 698-712.
   
3. Barcala, M., Garcia, 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 Mol Biol 66(1-2): 151-164.
   
4. Escobar, C., Barcala, M., Portillo, M., Almoguera, C., Jordano, J. and Fenoll, C. (2003). Induction of the Hahsp17.7G4 promoter by root-knot nematodes: involvement of heat-shock elements in promoter activity in giant cells. Mol Plant Microbe Interact 16(12): 1062-1068.
   

Book chapters

1. Barcala, M., Fenoll, C. and Escobar, C. (2012). Laser microdissection of cells and isolation of high-quality RNA after cryosectioning. Hailing Jin and Walter Gassmann (eds.), RNA Abundance Analysis: Methods and Protocols, Methods in Molecular Biology, vol. 883, 87-95.Humana Press. DOI 10.1007/978-1-61779-839-9_6.
   
2. Barcala, M., García, A., Fenoll, C. and Escobar, C. (2008). Interacción planta-nematodo. análisis de promotores mediante el uso de genes delatores. Mundi Prensa, SEF, pág 293-315. ISBN: 978-84-8476-319-2.