PRESENT POSITIONS
- Assistant Research Scientist (National Research Council, CONICET )
- Senior Demonstrator (University of Buenos Aires, UBA)
ACADEMIC TRAINING
1994 – Licenciado en Ciencias Biológicas (B.Sc. in Biological Sciences)
1998 – Doctor en Ciencias Biológicas (Ph.D. in Biological Sciences)
Postdoc expriences
1998-1999 – Visiting Fellow Department of Biology, University of Leicester, U.K.
RESEARCH INTEREST
- Photocontrol of seed dormancy.
- Natural genetic variation in photomorphogenesis.
PUBLICATIONS
- Botto, JF; Sánchez, RA and Casal, JJ. 1995. Role of phytochrome B in the induction of seed germination by light in Arabidopsis thaliana. Journal of Plant Physiology 146, 307-312.
- Botto, JF; Sánchez, RA; Whitelam, GC and Casal, JJ. 1996. Phytochrome A mediates the promotion of seed germination by very low fluences of light and canopy shade-light in Arabidopsis. Plant Physiology 110, 439-444.
- Casal, JJ; Sánchez, RA and Botto, JF. 1998. Modes of action of phytochromes. Journal of Experimental Botany 49, 127-138. Revisión.
- Botto, JF; Scopel, AL; Ballaré, CL and Sánchez, RA. 1998. The effect of light during and after soil cultivation with different tillage implements on weed seedling emergence. Weed Science 46, 351-357.
- Botto, JF; Sánchez, RA and Casal, JJ. 1998. Burial conditions affect light responses of Datura ferox seeds. Seed Science Research 8, 423-429.
- Botto, JF; Scopel, AL and Sánchez, RA. 2000. The photoinduction of weed seed germination during soil disturbance depends on soil water status after cultivation. Australian Journal of Plant Physiology 27, 463-471.
- Botto, JF and Smith, H. 2002. Differential genetic variation in adaptative strategies to a common environmental signal in Arabidopsis accessions: phytochrome-mediated shade avoidance. Plant Cell & Environment 25, 53-64.
