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Job title: 
Post Doctoral Researcher
Eurocaroten role: 
WG Participant
First name: 
Raquel
Last name: 
Esteban
Short research description: 

Plants have been exposed to multiple environmental stressors since their appearance on land. Even transient alterations in environmental stimuli represent new challenges to plants, which do not possess the ‘flight’ strategy to escape, usually displayed by other organisms. Under this scenario, plants have developed a multiplicity of highly integrated adjustments, involving morpho-anatomical, physiological and biochemical traits, to cope with challenges imposed by changing environments. Understanding these mechanisms (among which there are the carotenoids) is a prerequisite for the foliar biofortification of crops in order to manipulate/enhance carotenoids of nutritional/pharmacological interest. The ongoing lines research are focused on the enhancement of nutraceutics, specially carotenoids from the harvest to the consumers´ table  by physiological and environmental approach

Techniques routinely used: 
Plant biology, ecophysiology, plant stress, plants´ secondary metabolism, carotenoids, antioxidants, oxidants, stress biomarkers
Instrumentation/Facilities: 
HPLC coupled with PDA and fluorescence, UPLC-MS, spectofotometers, plant growing chambers, non invasive techniques for pigments determination by spectroradiometry, imaging phenotyping, chlorophyll fluorometers, gas exchange meters and basic instrumentatio
Country: 
España
City: 
Bilbao, Bizkaia
Institution: 
University of Basque Country (UPV/EHU)
Department: 
Plant Biology and Ecology. ECOFISKO group
Address: 

c/Sarriena s/n 48080 Bilbao

Zip Code: 
48080
Phone: 
636436078
Matrix: 
Plants
Gender: 
Female
WG option 1: 
WG2
WG option 2: 
WG1
Scientific approach: 
Fundamental
Areas: 
Agro-food
Biochemistry
Biology
Other keywords: 
Analysis
Functional Foods
STMS hosting: 
Yes
Meetings hosting: 
No

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