Dr. Malin Ah-King
Biological and related sciences, Evolutionary biology, Animal behaviour, Gender studies, Science studies
University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Agriculture, Biological and related sciences, Environment
Natural Resources, Agricultural Sciences
Horticulture, Plant Physiology, Molecular Assisted Breeding, Paleogenomics, Sustainable Agriculture, Agrochemicals, Climate Change
Villum Young Investigator Award by the Villum Foundation (Denmark)
Danish, English, Spanish
Sánchez-Pérez R*, Pavan S, Mazzeo R, Moldovan C, Del Cueto J, R Agliese, Lotti C, Ricciardi L, Dicenta F, Lopez-Marqués R, Møller BL. Mutation of a bHLH transcription factor allowed almond domestication. Science (2019) (364:1095-1098).
Thodberg S, Del Cueto J, Mazzeo R, Pavan S, Lotti C, Dicenta F, Neilson EHJ, Møller BL, Sánchez-Pérez R*. Elucidation of the Amygdalin Pathway Reveals the Metabolic Basis of Bitter and Sweet Almonds (Prunus dulcis). Plant Physiology (2018) 178: 1096-1111.
Ricciardi F, Del Cueto J, Bardaro N, Mazzeo R, Ricciardi L, Dicenta F, Sánchez-Pérez R*, Pavan S*, Lotti C. Synteny-Based Development of CAPS Markers Linked to the Sweet kernel LOCUS, Controlling Amygdalin Accumulation in Almond (Prunus dulcis (Mill.) D. A. Webb). Genes (2018) (DOI: 10.3390/genes9080385)
Del Cueto J, Møller BL, Dicenta F, Sánchez-Pérez R*. β-Glucosidase activity in almond seeds. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry (2018) 126: 163-172.
Del Cueto J, Ionescu, IA Picmanova, M Gericke O, Motawia MS, Olsen CE, Campoy JA, Dicenta F, Møller BL, Sánchez-Pérez R. Cyanogenic Glucosides and Derivatives in Almond and Sweet Cherry Flower Buds from Dormancy to Flowering. Frontiers In Plant Science (2017) Vol 8. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2017.00800.
Gray C, Schindler B, Migas L, Picmanova M, Allouche A-R, Green A, Mandal S, Motawia M, Sánchez-Pérez R, Bjarnholt N, Møller BL, Rijs A, Barran P, Compagnon I, Eyers C, Flitsch S. Bottom-up elucidation of glycosidic bond stereochemistry. Analytical Chemistry (2017). Volume: 89 Issue: 8 Pages: 4540-4549.
Ionescu IA, Møller BL, Sánchez-Pérez R. Chemical control of flowering time. Journal of Experimental Botany (2017) Vol. 68, No. 3 pp. 369–382.
Picmanova M, Neilson EH, Motawia MS, Olsen CE, Agerbirk N, Gray CJ, Flitsch S, Meier S, Silvestro D, Jørgensen K, Sánchez-Pérez R, Møller BL, Bjarnholt N. A recycling pathway for cyanogenic glycosides evidenced by the comparative metabolic profiling in three cyanogenic plant species. Biochemical Journal (2015). 469: 375-389. DOI: 10.1042/bj20150390.
Koepke T, Schaeffer S, Harper A, Dicenta F, Edwards M, Henry RJ, Møller BL, Meisel L, Oraguzie N, Silva H, Sánchez-Pérez R*, Dhingra A*. Comparative Genomics Analysis in Prunoideae to Identify Biologically Relevant Polymorphisms. Plant Biotechnology Journal (2013). 11: 883-893.
Sánchez-Pérez R, Saez F, Jonas Borch-Jensen, Dicenta F, Møller BL, Jørgensen K. Prunasin hydrolases localization during fruit development in sweet and bitter almonds. Plant Physiology (2012). 158: 1916-1932.
ALmond ADaptation in NOvel Environments: Multiscale Approach from Genome to Function PrediCtion: ALADINO MAGIC” (MINECO-Spain). PI Raquel Sánchez Pérez (210,000 €)
Center for Plant Plasticity. Villum Foundation (Denmark). Faculty of Science. University of Copenhagen. Co-PI in the WP 1= “Physiological and metabolic plasticity”: “Endogenous turnover of cyanogenic glucosides” and WP2 = “Plasticity in the course of development”: “Variation in cyanogenic glucoside content during ontology). Financed: 4.023.194 €, 2013 – 2018
The molecular mechanisms to break flower bud dormancy in fruit trees. Villum Foundation (Denmark).Faculty of Science. University of Copenhagen. PI Raquel Sánchez Pérez. Financed: 523.755 €), 2013 – 2017
Molecular Biology of the almond cyanogenesis. Séneca Foundation. PI Raquel Sánchez Pérez. Financed 46.120 €, 2010 – 2012
Adjunct coordinator at the CSIC group of experts to write a “White book on the challenge: Biotechnology and Plant Genetic Breeding”, Spain, 2019 – 2020
Senior Staff Meeting member at Plant Biochemistry Section (PLEN Department), Copenhagen University, Denmark, 2015 – 2017
Organizing committee member of Plant Genomics, Thailand, 2017
National Representative member in EU-COST action FA1104 "Sustainable production of high-quality cherries for the European market", 2014 – 2016
Postdoctoral committee member at Plant Biochemistry Section (PLEN Department), Copenhagen University, 2013 – 2015
Scientific Secretary member of the VI International Symposium on Almonds and Pistachios. International Society for Horticultural Science, 2013
Frontiers in Plant Science: Research Topic en Frontiers: From Functional Genomics to Biotechnology in Ornamental Plants.
Agronomy: Research Topic "The molecular mechanism and Approaches to Break Dormancy in Fruit Trees"
Agronomy: Research Topic “Domestication and Transcription Factors Related to Important Traits in Horticultural Crops”
BBC Science in Action, starts at 7.40 min https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3csym1t
https://thesciencebreaker.org/storage/breaks/how-almonds-became-sweet.pdf
Married, mother of two daughters
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Biological and related sciences, Evolutionary biology, Animal behaviour, Gender studies, Science studies
Biological and related sciences, Health, Cell Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Vascular Biology, Tumour Biology
Environment, Mathematics and statistics, biogeochemistry, isotope geochemistry, soil science
Biological and related sciences, Evolutionary biology, Evolutionary genetics