María Pilar López Gresa

Licentiate in Pharmacy from the University of Valencia in 1999.
Ph.D. from the Universitat Politècnica de València in 2006 (Natural Products, supervisors: Jaime Primo & Carmen González).
Postdoctoral researcher in the lab of Prof. Conejero (2006–2008) at the Institute for Plant Molecular and Cell Biology (IBMCP, Generalitat Valenciana) and in the lab of Prof. Verpoorte (2008–2009) at Leiden University (funded by the Ministry of Science and Economy).
Assistant Professor (2010–2012), Tenure-Track Lecturer (2012–2017), Associate Professor (2017–2019), and Full Professor since 2019 in the Department of Biotechnology at the Universitat Politècnica de València.
Researcher at the Institute for Plant Molecular and Cell Biology (IBMCP) since 2010, working on signaling and responses to biotic stress.

• Tomato glycosyltransferase Twi1 plays a role in flavonoid glycosylation and defence against virus. Campos L, López-Gresa MP, Fuentes D, Bellés JM, Rodrigo I, Lisón P. BMC Plant Biology 2019, doi:10.1186/s12870-019-2063-9.
• Effect of Benzothiadiazole on the metabolome of tomato plants infected by Citrus Exocortis Viroid. López-Gresa MP, Payá C, Rodrigo I, Bellés JM, Barceló S, Choi YH, Verpoorte R, Lisón P. Viruses 2019, doi: 10.3390/v11050437.
• A new role for green leaf volatile esters in tomato stomatal defense against Pseudomonas syringe pv. tomato. López-Gresa MP, Payá C, Ozáez M, Rodrigo I, Conejero V, Klee H, Bellés JM, Lisón P. Front Plant Sci 2018, fpls.2018.01855.
• A non-targeted metabolomics approach unravels the VOCs associated with the tomato immune response against Pseudomonas syringae. López-Gresa MP, Lisón P, Campos L, Rodrigo I, Rambla Nebot JL, Granell A, Conejero V, Bellés JM. Front Plant Sci 2017, fpls.2017.01188.
• Salicylic acid is involved in the basal resistance of tomato plants to Citrus Exocortis Viroid and Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus. López-Gresa MP, Lisón P, Yennus L, Conejero V, Rodrigo I and Bellés JM. Plos One 2016, journal.pone.0166938.
• Salicylic acid and gentisic acid induce RNA silencing-related genes and plant resistance to RNA pathogens. Campos L, Granell P, Tárraga S, López-Gresa MP, Conejero V, Bellés JM, Rodrigo I, Lison P. Plant Physiol Biochem 2014, j.plaphy.2014.01.016.
• Transgenic tomato plants overexpressing tyramine N-hydroxycinnamoyltransferase exhibit elevated hydroxycinnamic acid amide levels and enhanced resistance to Pseudomonas syringae. Campos L, Lisón P, López-Gresa MP, Rodrigo I, Zacarés L, Conejero V, Bellés JM. MPMI 2014, 04-14-0104-R.
• A noncoding plant pathogen provokes both transcriptional and posttranscriptional alterations in tomato. Lison P, Tarraga S, López-Gresa MP, Sauri A, Torres C, CamposL, BellesJM, ConejeroV, Rodrigo I. Proteomics 2013, pmic.201200286.
• Metabolic fingerprinting of Tomato Mosaic Virus infected Solanum lycopersicum. López-Gresa MP, Lisón P, Kim HK, Choi YH, Verpoorte R, Rodrigo I, Conejero V, Bellés JM. J Plant Physiol 2012, j.jplph.2012.05.021.
• Identification of defence metabolites in tomato plants infected by the bacterial pathogen Pseudomonas syringae. López-Gresa MP, Torres C, Campos L, Lisón P, Rodrigo I, Bellés JM, Conejero V. Environ Exp Bot 2011, j.envexpbot.2011.06.003.
• Metabolic response of tomato leaves upon different plant-pathogen interactions. López-Gresa MP, Maltese F, Bellés JM, Conejero V, Kim HK, Choi YH, Verpoorte R. Phytochem Anal 2010, pca.1179.
• Terretonins E and F, cytotoxic meroterpenoids from the marine-derived fungus Aspergillus insuetus. López-Gresa MP, Cabedo N, González Mas MC, Ciavatta ML, Ávila C, Primo J. J Nat Prod 2009, np900085n.
• Induction of cinnamate 4-hydroxylase and phenylpropanoids in virus-infected cucumber and melon plants. Bellés JM, López-Gresa MP, Fayos J, Pallás V, Rodrigo I, Conejero V. Plant Sci 2008, j.plantsci.2008.02.008.
• Induction of p-coumaroyldopamine and feruloyldopamine, two novel metabolites, in tomato by the bacterial pathogen Pseudomonas syringae. Zacarés L, López-Gresa MP, Fayos J, Primo J, Bellés JM, Conejero Vicente. MPMI 2007, 20-11-1439.
• Isolation and structural elucidation of eight new related analogues of the mycotoxin (-)-botryodiplodin from Penicillium coalescens. Cabedo N, López-Gresa MP, González MC, Ciavatta ML, Primo J. JAFC 2007, jf071568v.
• Induction of gentisic acid 5-O-beta-xylopyranoside in tomato and cucumber plants infected by different pathogens. Fayos J, Bellés JM, López-Gresa MP, Primo J, Conejero V. Phytochemistry 2006, j.phytochem.2005.10.014.
• Insecticidal activity of paraherquamides, including Paraherquamide H and Paraherquamide I, two new alkaloids isolated from Peniclillium cluniae. López-Gresa MP, González MC, Ciavatta ML, Ayala I, Moya P, Primo J. JAFC 2006, jf0530998.
• Circundatin H, a new inhibitor of mitochondrial NADH oxidase from Aspergillus ochraceus. López-Gresa MP, González MC, Primo J, Moya P, Romero V, Estornell E, Journal of Antibiotics 2005, ja.2005.54.
• Nitic oxide promotes strong cytotoxicity of phenolic compounds against Escherichia coli. The influence of antioxidant defenses. Urios A, López-Gresa MP, González MC, Primo J, Martínez A, Herrera G, Escudero JC, O'Connor JE, Blanco M. Free Radic Biol Med 2003, j.freeradbiomed.2003.08.007.
• Interactions of metals ions with two quinolones antimicrobial agents (cinoxacin and ciprofloxacin). Spectroscopic and X-Ray structural characterization. Antibacterial Studies. López-Gresa MP, Ortiz R, Perelló L, Latorre J, Liu-Gonzalez M, Garcia-Granda S, Pérez-Priede M, Canton E. J Inorg Biochem 2002, S0162-0134(02)00487-7.