Isabel Monte

Prof. Isabel Monte is a Junior Professor (W1 tenure-track) at the Department of Plant Physiology, ZMBP, University of Tübingen. Her research focuses on molecular evolution within land plants, particularly the evolution of plant-microbe interactions and receptor kinases. She combines phylogenetic analyses with functional studies in diverse models like Marchantia polymorpha.

• Education: Pharmacy & Biochemistry (University of Salamanca), Master in Biotechnology (Autónoma de Madrid), PhD (CNB-CSIC, Madrid), Postdoc (Kohchi Lab, Kyoto University & Zipfel Lab, Zurich).
• Labs/Teams: Evolution of Plant Signaling Lab (Tübingen).

Research interests include evolutionary biology of plant immunity and development, leveraging comparative genomics and functional assays. Key projects explore how signaling pathways diverged across plant lineages.

Notable collaborations span institutions in Spain, Japan, Switzerland, and Germany. Her work has been funded by grants including SFB/CRC1101.