EMBO Associate Member
Luis Larrondo
EMBO 2026
Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, Santiago de Chile, Chile
Fungal circadian biology and environmental sensing
We study how diverse fungi perceive environmental signals and integrate them with circadian mechanisms to regulate organismal physiology and ecological interactions. By combining circadian biology, photobiology, and synthetic biology, we seek to uncover general principles governing organismal responses across time and space. We also pioneer optogenetic tools that enable optoecology; the use of light to study and manipulate community behavior.
Keywords
Fungi / chronobiology / circadian clock / functional genomics / microbiology / optogenetics