Ignacio Luque Romero

Ignacio Luque Romero is a Researcher Assigned by Agreement at the University of Seville's Department of Plant Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, affiliated with the BIO-129 Molecular Biology of Cyanobacteria research group. His work focuses on cyanobacterial molecular biology, particularly nitrogen assimilation, protein translation mechanisms, and genetic regulation systems. He participates in projects like the Study of Genomic Instability in Cyanobacteria (PID2019-104784RJ-I00) and has received research group incentives (2011/BIO-215, 2017/BIO-215).

His research explores how cyanobacteria adapt to environmental stresses through translational machinery modifications and membrane-associated protein dynamics. Key interests include the role of aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases in membrane interactions and their evolutionary adaptations. He has contributed to understanding nitrogen sensing pathways and their impact on heterocyst differentiation in Anabaena sp.

Publications highlight studies on thylakoid membrane dynamics, extracellular vesicle functions, and metabolic adaptations to zinc deficiency. Collaborations include work on Prochlorococcus glucose uptake mechanisms and proteomic analysis of loquat polyphenol oxidases. Luque Romero has supervised PhD theses on topics like zinc deficiency adaptation and translational machinery features in cyanobacteria.