Natalia Palacios‐Rojas
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Natalia Palacios‐Rojas is a leading researcher in plant biochemistry and metabolism, with a focus on understanding how plants regulate central carbon and nitrogen pathways. Her most influential work introduced a groundbreaking robot-based platform for measuring multiple enzyme activities in *Arabidopsis thaliana*, a tool that has become a cornerstone in plant metabolic research. This platform, detailed in her 2004 paper (547 citations), enables the simultaneous assay of 23 enzymes involved in central metabolism, using optimized stopped assays and enzyme cycling techniques. By comparing changes in enzyme activities and transcript levels during diurnal cycles and prolonged darkness, Palacios‐Rojas provided critical insights into how plants coordinate metabolism with environmental cues. Her work has significantly advanced the field of plant systems biology, offering a high-throughput method to dissect metabolic regulation. Palacios‐Rojas’s contributions are widely recognized, with her platform being adopted by labs worldwide to explore plant responses to stress, development, and genetic perturbations, solidifying her impact on both fundamental and applied plant science.
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