Francisca Reyes Ramírez

Francisca Reyes Ramírez is a Professor at the Universidad Pablo de Olavide, affiliated with the Andalusian Center for Developmental Biology (CABD). Her research focuses on molecular microbiology, particularly gene expression and stress responses in environmental bacteria.

• Education: PhD in Cellular and Molecular Biology and Genetic Engineering from Universidad Pablo de Olavide, with a doctoral thesis on nitrate reduction genes in Rhodobacter sphaeroides DSM 158 (1995).

Her research interests center on understanding stress response mechanisms in Sphingopyxis granuli TFA, focusing on histidine kinases, σ factors, and regulatory RNAs. She investigates how these bacteria adapt to anaerobic and hostile conditions through complex gene regulatory networks. Her work has significant implications for environmental biotechnology, particularly in biodegradation processes.

Recent publications highlight her contributions to elucidating regulatory systems in bacterial stress responses, including hierarchical σ factor activation, cross-talk between signaling pathways, and genomic tools for biodegradation. Her studies often employ metagenomics, gene editing, and molecular physiology approaches.