Functional Genomics and Evolution

Our group takes inspiration from the field of Evo-Devo. We approach basic evolutionary questions taking into account the embryological (developmental…

Biodiversity

The ABE programme clearly fits the scope of the area VIDA and we study animal biodiversity from a phylogenetic perspective, aiming at an increased…

Complex Systems

Our main goal is to explore the origins of the complexity on the biologic systems, searching for possible underlying universal laws in the emergence…

Population genetics

Our research is based on the study of human genetic variation and its diversity. The purpose of the studies carried out in our group is to…

BEYOND DROSOPHILA: THE ROLE OF TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS IN ADAPTATION IN ANOPHELES AND HUMANS

ORIGINS OF METAZOA: UNRAVELLING THE NATURE OF THE UNICELLULAR ANCESTOR BY PROTEOMICS, METAGENOMICS, COMPARATIVE AND FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS. 

SEQUENCING OF THE GENOME OF THE IBERIAN DESMAN FOR ITS APPLICATION IN STUDIES OF POPULATION EVOLUTION AND CONSERVATION

GENOMIC ANALYSIS OF THE POPULATION MOVEMENTS AFTER THE FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE 

THE HAJAR MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHEASTERN ARABIA A LABORATORY FOR UNDERSTANDING HOW MOUNTAIN BIODIVERSITY IS GENERATED AND MAINTAINED, AND HOW TO CONSERVE IT

CONTROL OF INSECT METAMORPHOSIS BY THE TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR E93