​Marta Robledo holds a PhD in Microbiology and Genetics from the University of Salamanca. After her postdoctoral period at Centre for Synthetic Microbiology (Marburg Universität, Germany) and at Estación Experimental del Zaidín (CSIC, Granada), she joined the IBBTEC. She currently leads research transfer projects in collaboration with the company Biomar Microbial Technologies. Her work includes the systematic study of the regulation of adaptive strategies used by bacteria to survive and progress in changing environments, especially during the colonization and infection of eukaryotes. During her scientific career, she has revealed key molecular mechanisms in the rhizobia-legume symbiosis, non-coding sRNAs that regulate essential prokaryotic functions such as the cell cycle, and novel proteins that assist riboregulation. Her current lines of research also include specific control methods against human and plant pathogens (EHEC, Xylella fastidiosa...) present in complex bacterial communities and the development and breeding of plant biostimulants on the dynamics and structure of seed microbiomes.​