Translational regulation of gene expression and development of yeast strains for biotechnological applications.

We carry out basic research using the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae as model organism. Using molecular genetics, we currently explore the structure…

Cell growth, division and differentiation

The main interest of our group is to understand how cells coordinate cell growth and division with cell differentiation. To study this biological…

Molecular Neurobiology

Bioenergetics and Oxidative stress

Our laboratory is interested in understanding the molecular mechanisms that regulate the energetic and redox homeostasis in the cells of the central…

Developmental Control

Our work aims at understanding how gene networks and their architecture control cell specification and the patterning, size and shape of organs. To…

Genetic Control of tissue Morphogenesis in Vertebrates

The main focus of our laboratory is to study cellular and molecular mechanisms involved in the morphogenesis of the vertebrate eye.

Nuclear Dynamics in Cell and Developmental Biology

Role of nuclear pore proteins (nucleoporins) in nuclear envelope structure and function; chromatin organization; chromosome segregation; post-mitotic…

Molecular Embryology Team: Functional Genomics, mouse transgenesis and myogenesis.

Research on the mechanisms of skeletal muscle specification, determination, and differentiation during embryonic and postnatal development as well as…

Cell integration of diverse genetic inputs during the morphogenesis of complex organs

Our group studies how two-dimensional epithelial sheets of cells reorganize during development to make specific organs. To address this issue we are…

Mitochondrial signalling crosstalk in the regulation of ageing

Study of cellular mechanisms that interact with mitochondrial function and affect metabolism and ageing