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Abel Rosado

ResearcherBotanyUniversity of British Columbia

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Abel Rosado

Researcher

Botany

University of British Columbia

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
2 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 1 recent paper, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 7 research grants (7 NSERC), most recently in 2019.

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Research

Plant stress resistance Membrane contact sites lipid transfer proteins non-vesicular transport cellular microdomains bioluminescence screening protein tethers Synaptotagmins lipid binding domains Abiotic stress Ca2+ER-PM Contact Sites Interorganelle communication Luciferase-based screens non-vesicular lipid transfer Phosphoinositides

Latest papers

Composition and structure of Rosaceae leaf cuticles: insights into crystal formation and secondary alcohol biosynthesis.
Annals of botany · 2026 · senior author
A glossary of plant cell structures: Current insights and future questions.
The Plant cell · 2022
Synaptotagmins at the endoplasmic reticulum-plasma membrane contact sites maintain diacylglycerol homeostasis during abiotic stress.
The Plant cell · 2021

All 16 publications

Latest funding

A Quantitative platform to expedite gene and genomic discovery from model species to crops and wild berries.
NSERC · 2023 · Co-investigator
$108,650
A vertical stage stereofluorescence microscope for documenting plant responses to environmental signals
NSERC · 2020 · Co-investigator
$144,364
Functional characterization of Arabidopsis ER-PM contact sites as non-vesicular lipid transfer platforms
NSERC · 2019 · Principal investigator
$240,000

All 9 grants and awards

16 publications.

Composition and structure of Rosaceae leaf cuticles: insights into crystal formation and secondary alcohol biosynthesis.

Cote C, Jetter R, Rosado A

Annals of botany2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcaf308 PMID: 41327883

A glossary of plant cell structures: Current insights and future questions.

Kang BH, Anderson CT, Arimura SI, Bayer E, Bezanilla M, Botella MA, Brandizzi F, Burch-Smith TM, Chapman KD, Dünser K, Gu Y, Jaillais Y, Kirchhoff H, Otegui MS, Rosado A, Tang Y, Kleine-Vehn J, Wang P, Zolman BK

The Plant cell2022

DOI: 10.1093/plcell/koab247 PMID: 34633455

Synaptotagmins at the endoplasmic reticulum-plasma membrane contact sites maintain diacylglycerol homeostasis during abiotic stress.

Ruiz-Lopez N, Pérez-Sancho J, Del Valle AE, Haslam RP, Vanneste S, Catalá R, Perea-Resa C, Damme DV, García-Hernández S, Albert A, Vallarino J, Lin J, Friml J, Macho AP, Salinas J, Rosado A, Napier JA, Amorim-Silva V, Botella MA

The Plant cell2021

DOI: 10.1093/plcell/koab122 PMID: 33944955

Geometry and cellular function of organelle membrane interfaces.

Rosado A, Bayer EM

Plant physiology2021First author

DOI: 10.1093/plphys/kiaa079 PMID: 33793898

Sticking With It: ER-PM Membrane Contact Sites as a Coordinating Nexus for Regulating Lipids and Proteins at the Cell Cortex.

Zaman MF, Nenadic A, Radojičić A, Rosado A, Beh CT

Frontiers in cell and developmental biology2020

DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2020.00675 PMID: 32793605

Rare earth elements induce cytoskeleton-dependent and PI4P-associated rearrangement of SYT1/SYT5 endoplasmic reticulum-plasma membrane contact site complexes in Arabidopsis.

Lee E, Santana BVN, Samuels E, Benitez-Fuente F, Corsi E, Botella MA, Perez-Sancho J, Vanneste S, Friml J, Macho A, Azevedo AA, Rosado A

Journal of experimental botany2020Senior author

DOI: 10.1093/jxb/eraa138 PMID: 32179893

ABA Alleviates Uptake and Accumulation of Zinc in Grapevine (Vitis vinifera L.) by Inducing Expression of ZIP and Detoxification-Related Genes.

Song C, Yan Y, Rosado A, Zhang Z, Castellarin SD

Frontiers in plant science2019

DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2019.00872 PMID: 31333708

Ionic stress enhances ER-PM connectivity via phosphoinositide-associated SYT1 contact site expansion in Arabidopsis.

Lee E, Vanneste S, Pérez-Sancho J, Benitez-Fuente F, Strelau M, Macho AP, Botella MA, Friml J, Rosado A

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2019Senior author

DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1818099116 PMID: 30610176

From shaping organelles to signalling platforms: the emerging functions of plant ER-PM contact sites.

Bayer EM, Sparkes I, Vanneste S, Rosado A

Current opinion in plant biology2017Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2017.08.006 PMID: 28865976

Multiscale Structural Analysis of Plant ER-PM Contact Sites.

McFarlane HE, Lee EK, van Bezouwen LS, Ross B, Rosado A, Samuels AL

Plant & cell physiology2017

DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcw224 PMID: 28100648

A Quantitative platform to expedite gene and genomic discovery from model species to crops and wild berries.

Co-investigatorNSERC2023Research Tools and Instruments

Principal investigators: Song, Liang

$108,650

A vertical stage stereofluorescence microscope for documenting plant responses to environmental signals

Co-investigatorNSERC2020Research Tools and Instruments

Principal investigators: Wasteneys, Geoffrey

$144,364