Dr. Luis González-Candelas Spanish National Research Council
Dr. Luis González-Candelas got his PhD in Microbiology in 1990. He is now a research scientist at the Spanish National Research Council working at the Institute of Agrochemistry and Food Technology. He belongs to the Postharvest Physiology, Pathology and Biotechnology group.
His major research interests are to dissect the fruit-fungal pathogen interactions mostly in the apple-P. expansum and citrus –P. digitatum pathosystems using molecular and omics approaches. On the fruit side he has been involved in the study of the defense responses triggered in the fruit by the pathogens as well as the mechanisms of induced resistance.
More recently he is involved in unraveling the pathogenicity mechanisms of both fungal pathogens with the aim of developing new control alternatives directed towards virulence determinants. A major milestone in his career has been the sequencing of the genomes of the three most important postharvest fungal pathogens of citrus and pome fruits belonging to genus Penicillium.