Facundo Romani

Dr Facundo RomaniPostdoctoral FellowDepartment of Plant SciencesBiography

Biotechnologists, Universidad Nacional de Quilmes (Argentina) PhD Plant Sciences, Universidad Nacional del Litoral (Argentina). Postdoc in the Department of Plant Sciences since 2021 and Leverhulme Early-Career Fellow since 2023. Fellow at St. Edmunds College.

Research

I use the liverwort Marchantia polymorpha as a model system for evo-devo studies and synthetic biology. I worked on different aspects of transcription factor (TF) evolution and using them for engineering Marchantia. The simplicity of Marchantia has the potential to unlock new experimental approaches to systems biology and engineering. We aim to engineering morphogenesis and cell differentiation using effectors such as TFs and cell-cycle related proteins. We also work inoptimizing cloning and plant transformation methods for high-throughput approaches.