Victor Moles Casas

• First reported reversible memory switch for plant synthetic biology based on the phage ϕC31 integration system. • Achivement of herbicide resistant tomatoes plants using a CRISPR-Cas9 nickase-cytidine deaminase fusion base editing system. • Development and characterization of new molecular tools for plant breeding. • Synthesis of multigenic DNA constructs for genetic engineering using GoldenBraid. • Establishment of plant in vitro culture, plant transformation and regeneration.

• Self-limiting insect version developed to suppress a target pest population. • Microinjection for transformation and downstream characterisation. • Insect rearing at small scale.

• Development of an in vitro controlled system for testing the ecotoxicity of plastic constituents delivered to the soil during mulch biodegradation on crop plants. • Lettuce germination, growth and stress markers monitoring. • Assessment of plastic films toxicity.