
Paulo Canessa
EDUCATION, ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
EDUCATION 2003 Bachelors degree in Biological Sciences, PUC 2007 Masters degree in Biological Sciences, PUC 2009 Ph.D. in Biological Sciences, Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, PUC. Advisor: Dr. Rafael Vicuña. 2010-2015 Postdoc, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Advisor: Dr. Luis Larrondo.
APPOINTMENTS 2022-present Director, Center for Plant Biotechnology, Universidad Andres Bello, UNAB, 2022-present Associate Professor at Universidad Andres Bello, UNAB, Chile 2016-2021 Assistant Professor at Universidad Andres Bello, UNAB, Chile POSTDOCS SUPERVISION 2019–present Consuelo Olivares PhD THESIS SUPERVISION Current Gabriel Perez; MASTER THESIS SUPERVISION Current Daniela Lopez Leiva. UNDERGRADUATE THESIS DIRECTION Current Consuelo Inostroza, HONORS AND AWARDS (selected) 2014 Fondecyt-Initiation grant. Selected first within the Study Section INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY (Patents) Patent application at INAPI-Chile, 3363-2016. “Method for massive screening of controlling substances of phytopathogenic fungi based on genetically modified strains” GRANTS as PI 2022-2023 The Company of Biologists’ grant for the «Molecular Biosystems» Conference on Eukaryotic Gene Regulation and Functional Genomics, 2023. 2019-2023 Fondecyt-Regular 1190611. “Iron acquisition in Botrytis cinerea: the reductive iron assimilation pathway and the modulation of the fungal pathogenic potential” 2017-2026 Millennium Institute of Integrative Systems and Synthetic Biology 2014-2017 Fondecyt-Initiation 11140678. «Digging into the light-dependent regulation of a pathogen/host molecular system: understanding the effects of light modulating B. cinerea pathogenesis on A. thaliana« 2013-2014 Research and Development Biotechnological Project (2012.J.18) Financed by the Copec-UC Research Foundation. Aimed to develop Botrytis cinerea new control strategies. 2010-2013 Fondecyt-Postdoc 3110127 (Selected first within the Study Section). “Modulation of Botrytis cinerea virulence factors: evaluating the effect of light and circadian-regulation”.
GRANTS as co-PI 2017-2020 Fondecyt-Regular 1171631 “Uncovering plant hormone signaling in nitrate-defense response interaction in tomato” 2017-2019 Iniciativa Científica Milenio (NC120043-Renewal) Millennium Nucleus for Fungal Integrative and Synthetic Biology (FISB) 2014-2016 Young Investigator, Millennium Nucleus for Fungal Integrative and Synthetic Biology 2013-2014 Young Investigator, International Networks between Research Centers ceCIBUC-Chile and the Center for Genomics and Systems Biology, New York University») |
PUBLICATIONS
- Rojas, V., Salinas, F., Romero, A., Larrondo, L.F., Canessa, P., 2022. Interactions between Core Elements of the Botrytis cinerea Circadian Clock Are Modulated by Light and Different Protein Domains. J Fungi (Basel) 8. https://doi.org/10.3390/jof8050486
- Olivares-Yañez, C., Sánchez, E., Pérez-Lara, G., Seguel, A., Camejo, P.Y., Larrondo, L.F., Vidal, E.A., Canessa, P., 2021. A comprehensive transcription factor and DNA-binding motif resource for the construction of gene regulatory networks in Botrytis cinerea and Trichoderma atroviride. Comput Struct Biotechnol J 19, 6212–6228. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csbj.2021.11.012
- Villarroel, C.A., Bastías, M., Canessa, P., Cubillos, F.A., 2021. Uncovering Divergence in Gene Expression Regulation in the Adaptation of Yeast to Nitrogen Scarcity. mSystems 6, e0046621. https://doi.org/10.1128/mSystems.00466-21
- Leiva-Ampuero, A., Agurto, M., Matus, J.T., Hoppe, G., Huidobro, C., Inostroza-Blancheteau, C., Reyes-Díaz, M., Stange, C., Canessa, P., Vega, A., 2020. Salinity impairs photosynthetic capacity and enhances carotenoid-related gene expression and biosynthesis in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L. cv. Micro-Tom). PeerJ 8, e9742. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9742
- Vasquez-Montaño, E., Hoppe, G., Vega, A., Olivares-Yañez, C., Canessa, P., 2020. Defects in the Ferroxidase That Participates in the Reductive Iron Assimilation System Results in Hypervirulence in Botrytis Cinerea. mBio 11. https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.01379-20
- Larrondo, L.F., Canessa, P., 2019. The Clock Keeps on Ticking: Emerging Roles for Circadian Regulation in the Control of Fungal Physiology and Pathogenesis. Curr Top Microbiol Immunol 422, 121–156. https://doi.org/10.1007/82_2018_143
- Arraño-Salinas, P., Domínguez-Figueroa, J., Herrera-Vásquez, A., Zavala, D., Medina, J., Vicente-Carbajosa, J., Meneses, C., Canessa, P., Moreno, A.A., Blanco-Herrera, F., 2018. WRKY7, -11 and -17 transcription factors are modulators of the bZIP28 branch of the unfolded protein response during PAMP-triggered immunity in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Sci 277, 242–250. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plantsci.2018.09.019
- Castillo, L., Plaza, V., Larrondo, L.F., Canessa, P., 2017. Recent Advances in the Study of the Plant Pathogenic Fungus Botrytis cinerea and its Interaction with the Environment. Curr Protein Pept Sci 18, 976–989. https://doi.org/10.2174/1389203717666160809160915
- Franco, D.L., Canessa, P., Bellora, N., Risau-Gusman, S., Olivares-Yañez, C., Pérez-Lara, R., Libkind, D., Larrondo, L.F., Marpegan, L., 2017. Spontaneous circadian rhythms in a cold-adapted natural isolate of Aureobasidium pullulans. Sci Rep 7, 13837. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-14085-6
- Gaskell, J., Kersten, P., Larrondo, L.F., Canessa, P., Martinez, D., Hibbett, D., Schmoll, M., Kubicek, C.P., Martinez, A.T., Yadav, J., Master, E., Magnuson, J.K., Yaver, D., Berka, R., Lail, K., Chen, C., LaButti, K., Nolan, M., Lipzen, A., Aerts, A., Riley, R., Barry, K., Henrissat, B., Blanchette, R., Grigoriev, I.V., Cullen, D., 2017. Draft genome sequence of a monokaryotic model brown-rot fungus Postia (Rhodonia) placenta SB12. Genom Data 14, 21–23. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gdata.2017.08.003
- Hevia, M.A., Canessa, P., Larrondo, L.F., 2016. Circadian clocks and the regulation of virulence in fungi: Getting up to speed. Semin Cell Dev Biol 57, 147–155. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.semcdb.2016.03.021
- Hevia, M.A., Canessa, P., Müller-Esparza, H., Larrondo, L.F., 2015. A circadian oscillator in the fungus Botrytis cinerea regulates virulence when infecting Arabidopsis thaliana. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 112, 8744–8749. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1508432112
- Montenegro-Montero, A., Canessa, P., Larrondo, L.F., 2015. Around the Fungal Clock: Recent Advances in the Molecular Study of Circadian Clocks in Neurospora and Other Fungi. Adv Genet 92, 107–184. https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.adgen.2015.09.003
- Plaza, V., Lagües, Y., Carvajal, M., Pérez-García, L.A., Mora-Montes, H.M., Canessa, P., Larrondo, L.F., Castillo, L., 2015. bcpmr1 encodes a P-type Ca(2+)/Mn(2+)-ATPase mediating cell-wall integrity and virulence in the phytopathogen Botrytis cinerea. Fungal Genet Biol 76, 36–46. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fgb.2015.01.012
- Vega, A., Canessa, P., Hoppe, G., Retamal, I., Moyano, T.C., Canales, J., Gutiérrez, R.A., Rubilar, J., 2015. Transcriptome analysis reveals regulatory networks underlying differential susceptibility to Botrytis cinerea in response to nitrogen availability in Solanum lycopersicum. Front Plant Sci 6, 911. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2015.00911
- Hori, C., Ishida, T., Igarashi, K., Samejima, M., Suzuki, H., Master, E., Ferreira, P., Ruiz-Dueñas, F.J., Held, B., Canessa, P., Larrondo, L.F., Schmoll, M., Druzhinina, I.S., Kubicek, C.P., Gaskell, J.A., Kersten, P., St John, F., Glasner, J., Sabat, G., Splinter BonDurant, S., Syed, K., Yadav, J., Mgbeahuruike, A.C., Kovalchuk, A., Asiegbu, F.O., Lackner, G., Hoffmeister, D., Rencoret, J., Gutiérrez, A., Sun, H., Lindquist, E., Barry, K., Riley, R., Grigoriev, I.V., Henrissat, B., Kües, U., Berka, R.M., Martínez, A.T., Covert, S.F., Blanchette, R.A., Cullen, D., 2014. Analysis of the Phlebiopsis gigantea genome, transcriptome and secretome provides insight into its pioneer colonization strategies of wood. PLoS Genet 10, e1004759. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1004759
- Canessa, P., Larrondo, L.F., 2013. Environmental responses and the control of iron homeostasis in fungal systems. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 97, 939–955. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00253-012-4615-x
- Canessa, P., Schumacher, J., Hevia, M.A., Tudzynski, P., Larrondo, L.F., 2013. Assessing the effects of light on differentiation and virulence of the plant pathogen Botrytis cinerea: characterization of the White Collar Complex. PLoS One 8, e84223. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0084223
- Canessa, P., Muñoz-Guzmán, F., Vicuña, R., Larrondo, L.F., 2012. Characterization of PIR1, a GATA family transcription factor involved in iron responses in the white-rot fungus Phanerochaete chrysosporium. Fungal Genet Biol 49, 626–634. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fgb.2012.05.013
- Fernandez-Fueyo, E., Ruiz-Dueñas, F.J., Ferreira, P., Floudas, D., Hibbett, D.S., Canessa, P., Larrondo, L.F., James, T.Y., Seelenfreund, D., Lobos, S., Polanco, R., Tello, M., Honda, Y., Watanabe, Takahito, Watanabe, Takashi, Ryu, J.S., Kubicek, C.P., Schmoll, M., Gaskell, J., Hammel, K.E., St John, F.J., Vanden Wymelenberg, A., Sabat, G., Splinter BonDurant, S., Syed, K., Yadav, J.S., Doddapaneni, H., Subramanian, V., Lavín, J.L., Oguiza, J.A., Perez, G., Pisabarro, A.G., Ramirez, L., Santoyo, F., Master, E., Coutinho, P.M., Henrissat, B., Lombard, V., Magnuson, J.K., Kües, U., Hori, C., Igarashi, K., Samejima, M., Held, B.W., Barry, K.W., LaButti, K.M., Lapidus, A., Lindquist, E.A., Lucas, S.M., Riley, R., Salamov, A.A., Hoffmeister, D., Schwenk, D., Hadar, Y., Yarden, O., de Vries, R.P., Wiebenga, A., Stenlid, J., Eastwood, D., Grigoriev, I.V., Berka, R.M., Blanchette, R.A., Kersten, P., Martinez, A.T., Vicuna, R., Cullen, D., 2012. Comparative genomics of Ceriporiopsis subvermispora and Phanerochaete chrysosporium provide insight into selective ligninolysis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 109, 5458–5463. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1119912109
- Mancilla, R.A., Canessa, P., Manubens, A., Vicuña, R., 2010. Effect of manganese on the secretion of manganese-peroxidase by the basidiomycete Ceriporiopsis subvermispora. Fungal Genet Biol 47, 656–661. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fgb.2010.04.003
- Alvarez, J.M., Canessa, P., Mancilla, R.A., Polanco, R., Santibáñez, P.A., Vicuña, R., 2009. Expression of genes encoding laccase and manganese-dependent peroxidase in the fungus Ceriporiopsis subvermispora is mediated by an ACE1-like copper-fist transcription factor. Fungal Genet Biol 46, 104–111. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fgb.2008.10.002
- Martinez, D., Challacombe, J., Morgenstern, I., Hibbett, D., Schmoll, M., Kubicek, C.P., Ferreira, P., Ruiz-Duenas, F.J., Martinez, A.T., Kersten, P., Hammel, K.E., Vanden Wymelenberg, A., Gaskell, J., Lindquist, E., Sabat, G., Bondurant, S.S., Larrondo, L.F., Canessa, P., Vicuna, R., Yadav, J., Doddapaneni, H., Subramanian, V., Pisabarro, A.G., Lavín, J.L., Oguiza, J.A., Master, E., Henrissat, B., Coutinho, P.M., Harris, P., Magnuson, J.K., Baker, S.E., Bruno, K., Kenealy, W., Hoegger, P.J., Kües, U., Ramaiya, P., Lucas, S., Salamov, A., Shapiro, H., Tu, H., Chee, C.L., Misra, M., Xie, G., Teter, S., Yaver, D., James, T., Mokrejs, M., Pospisek, M., Grigoriev, I.V., Brettin, T., Rokhsar, D., Berka, R., Cullen, D., 2009. Genome, transcriptome, and secretome analysis of wood decay fungus Postia placenta supports unique mechanisms of lignocellulose conversion. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 106, 1954–1959. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0809575106
- Canessa, P., Álvarez, J.M., Polanco, R., Bull, P., Vicuña, R., 2008. The copper-dependent ACE1 transcription factor activates the transcription of the mco1 gene from the basidiomycete Phanerochaete chrysosporium. Microbiology (Reading) 154, 491–499. https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.2007/013128-0
- Larrondo, L.F., Canessa, P., Melo, F., Polanco, R., Vicuña, R., 2007a. Cloning and characterization of the genes encoding the high-affinity iron-uptake protein complex Fet3/Ftr1 in the basidiomycete Phanerochaete chrysosporium. Microbiology (Reading) 153, 1772–1780. https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.2006/003442-0
- Larrondo, L.F., Canessa, P., Vicuña, R., Stewart, P., Vanden Wymelenberg, A., Cullen, D., 2007b. Structure and transcriptional impact of divergent repetitive elements inserted within Phanerochaete chrysosporium strain RP-78 genes. Mol Genet Genomics 277, 43–55. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00438-006-0167-z
- Manubens, A., Canessa, P., Folch, C., Avila, M., Salas, L., Vicuña, R., 2007. Manganese affects the production of laccase in the basidiomycete Ceriporiopsis subvermispora. FEMS Microbiol Lett 275, 139–145. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1574-6968.2007.00874.x
- Polanco, R., Canessa, P., Rivas, A., Larrondo, L.F., Lobos, S., Vicuña, R., 2006. Cloning and functional characterization of the gene encoding the transcription factor Ace1 in the basidiomycete Phanerochaete chrysosporium. Biol Res 39, 641–648. https://doi.org/10.4067/s0716-97602006000500007
- Manubens, A., Avila, M., Canessa, P., Vicuña, R., 2003. Differential regulation of genes encoding manganese peroxidase (MnP) in the basidiomycete Ceriporiopsis subvermispora. Curr Genet 43, 433–438. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00294-003-0410-7