Molecular basis of adaptation

Our lab is focused on adaptive and evolutionary aspects of integrons, beautiful bacterial machineries that act as low-cost memories and serve…

Microtubule Dynamics

Microtubules provide essential mechanical support and drive key processes like cell division and intracellular transport. Our research explores how…

Plant bio-factories as a sustainable source of high-value compounds

Engineering plant bio-factories as a sustainable source of high-value compounds Plants have played a vital role in human history providing us with…

Effect of viral and host factors on innate immunity, respiratory virus replication and pathogenesis

Influenza viruses and coronaviruses are respiratory pathogens with drastic health and economic consequences for many animal species, including humans…

Ecology and Marine Biodiversity

ECOBIOMAR works with biodiversity, particularly with engineer species (zooplankton), emblematic species (cephalopods), and pathogenic species (…

Marine & Coastal Social Sciences

MARSOCIAL is the only group at the IIM focused on social science research. This is a group that in addition to developing its own lines of research,…

Light signalling and plant adaptation to the environment

As sessile photoautotrophic organisms, plants evolved sophisticated strategies to perceive light environmental signals and to transduce them into…

Functional and comparative multiomics

For over 500 million years, evolution has shaped animal species, resulting in a vast array of unique traits and molecular configurations. Studying…

Biocomputation Lab

Microbial Population and Comparative Genomics

Our research group focuses on comparative genomics and population genomics of microorganisms to better understand their diversity, evolution and…