Gonzalo Villarino

Research Scientist at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies

Research Interests

Plant Molecular Biology
Plant Science
Horticulture
Physiology
Genetics
Developmental Biology
Molecular Biology
Cell Biology
Genetics (clinical)
Agronomy and Crop Science

About

I am a research scientist at Salk Institute for Biological Studies, where I apply my expertise in molecular biology, genetic engineering, and bioinformatics to address fundamental questions in development. I have over six years of experience in conducting cutting-edge research in plant meristems, stem cells, epigenetics, and genome-wide association studies (GWAS).

Publications

Insight into the evolution of the Solanaceae from the parental genomes of Petunia hybrida

Nature Plants / May 27, 2016

Bombarely, A., Moser, M., Amrad, A., Bao, M., Bapaume, L., Barry, C. S., Bliek, M., Boersma, M. R., Borghi, L., Bruggmann, R., Bucher, M., D’Agostino, N., Davies, K., Druege, U., Dudareva, N., Egea-Cortines, M., Delledonne, M., Fernandez-Pozo, N., Franken, P., … Kuhlemeier, C. (2016). Insight into the evolution of the Solanaceae from the parental genomes of Petunia hybrida. Nature Plants, 2(6). https://doi.org/10.1038/nplants.2016.74

Assessing Tolerance to Sodium Chloride Salinity in Fourteen Floriculture Species

HortTechnology / Oct 01, 2011

Villarino, G. H., & Mattson, N. S. (2011). Assessing Tolerance to Sodium Chloride Salinity in Fourteen Floriculture Species. HortTechnology, 21(5), 539–545. https://doi.org/10.21273/horttech.21.5.539

Transcriptomic Analysis of Petunia hybrida in Response to Salt Stress Using High Throughput RNA Sequencing

PLoS ONE / Apr 10, 2014

Villarino, G. H., Bombarely, A., Giovannoni, J. J., Scanlon, M. J., & Mattson, N. S. (2014). Transcriptomic Analysis of Petunia hybrida in Response to Salt Stress Using High Throughput RNA Sequencing. PLoS ONE, 9(4), e94651. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0094651

Transcriptomic Signature of the SHATTERPROOF2 Expression Domain Reveals the Meristematic Nature of Arabidopsis Gynoecial Medial Domain

Plant Physiology / Mar 16, 2016

Villarino, G. H., Hu, Q., Manrique, S., Flores-Vergara, M., Sehra, B., Robles, L., Brumos, J., Stepanova, A. N., Colombo, L., Sundberg, E., Heber, S., & Franks, R. G. (2016). Transcriptomic Signature of the SHATTERPROOF2 Expression Domain Reveals the Meristematic Nature of Arabidopsis Gynoecial Medial Domain. Plant Physiology, 171(1), 42–61. https://doi.org/10.1104/pp.15.01845

The histone H3.1 variant regulates TONSOKU-mediated DNA repair during replication

Science / Mar 18, 2022

Davarinejad, H., Huang, Y.-C., Mermaz, B., LeBlanc, C., Poulet, A., Thomson, G., Joly, V., Muñoz, M., Arvanitis-Vigneault, A., Valsakumar, D., Villarino, G., Ross, A., Rotstein, B. H., Alarcon, E. I., Brunzelle, J. S., Voigt, P., Dong, J., Couture, J.-F., & Jacob, Y. (2022). The histone H3.1 variant regulates TONSOKU-mediated DNA repair during replication. Science, 375(6586), 1281–1286. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abm5320

miR167 limits anther growth to potentiate anther dehiscence

Development / Jan 01, 2019

Zheng, L., Nagpal, P., Villarino, G., Trinidad, B., Bird, L., Huang, Y., & Reed, J. W. (2019). miR167 limits anther growth to potentiate anther dehiscence. Development. https://doi.org/10.1242/dev.174375

Developmental Analysis of Mimulus Seed Transcriptomes Reveals Functional Gene Expression Clusters and Four Imprinted, Endosperm-Expressed Genes

Frontiers in Plant Science / Feb 25, 2020

Flores-Vergara, M. A., Oneal, E., Costa, M., Villarino, G., Roberts, C., De Luis Balaguer, M. A., Coimbra, S., Willis, J., & Franks, R. G. (2020). Developmental Analysis of Mimulus Seed Transcriptomes Reveals Functional Gene Expression Clusters and Four Imprinted, Endosperm-Expressed Genes. Frontiers in Plant Science, 11. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2020.00132

HISTONE DEACETYLASE19 Controls Ovule Number Determination and Transmitting Tract Differentiation

Plant Physiology / Dec 07, 2023

Manrique, S., Cavalleri, A., Guazzotti, A., Villarino, G. H., Simonini, S., Bombarely, A., Higashiyama, T., Grossniklaus, U., Mizzotti, C., Pereira, A. M., Coimbra, S., Sankaranarayanan, S., Onelli, E., Masiero, S., Franks, R. G., & Colombo, L. (2023). HISTONE DEACETYLASE19 Controls Ovule Number Determination and Transmitting Tract Differentiation. Plant Physiology, 194(4), 2117–2135. https://doi.org/10.1093/plphys/kiad629

PAT (Periderm Assessment Toolkit): A Quantitative and Large-Scale Screening Method for Periderm Measurements

Plant Phenomics / Jan 01, 2024

Villarino, G., Dahlberg-Wright, S., Zhang, L., Schaedel, M., Wang, L., Miller, K., Bartlett, J., Vu, A. M. D., & Busch, W. (2024). PAT (Periderm Assessment Toolkit): A Quantitative and Large-Scale Screening Method for Periderm Measurements. Plant Phenomics, 6. https://doi.org/10.34133/plantphenomics.0156

H3.1K27me1 maintains transcriptional silencing and genome stability by preventing GCN5-mediated histone acetylation

The Plant Cell / Jan 13, 2021

Dong, J., LeBlanc, C., Poulet, A., Mermaz, B., Villarino, G., Webb, K. M., Joly, V., Mendez, J., Voigt, P., & Jacob, Y. (2021). H3.1K27me1 maintains transcriptional silencing and genome stability by preventing GCN5-mediated histone acetylation. The Plant Cell, 33(4), 961–979. https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koaa027

Dissecting Tissue-Specific Transcriptomic Responses from Leaf and Roots under Salt Stress in Petunia hybrida Mitchell

Genes / Aug 03, 2017

Villarino, G. H., Hu, Q., Scanlon, M. J., Mueller, L., Bombarely, A., & Mattson, N. S. (2017). Dissecting Tissue-Specific Transcriptomic Responses from Leaf and Roots under Salt Stress in Petunia hybrida Mitchell. Genes, 8(8), 195. https://doi.org/10.3390/genes8080195

Correction: Transcriptomic Analysis of Petunia hybrida in Response to Salt Stress Using High Throughput RNA Sequencing

PLoS ONE / May 27, 2014

(2014). Correction: Transcriptomic Analysis of Petunia hybrida in Response to Salt Stress Using High Throughput RNA Sequencing. PLoS ONE, 9(5), e99146. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0099146

Education

North Carolina State University

Postdoc, Plant and Microbial Biology / July, 2016

Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America

Cornell University

PhD / June, 2014

Ithaca, New York, United States of America

Experience

Salk Institute for Biological Studies

September, 2019Present

San Diego State University

August, 2018Present

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