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Evolutionary Biology Research Group

GIBE
Evolutionary Biology Research Group

At present, the group has thirteen members, twelve of them with permanent links with the institution, belonging to the areas of Genetics (5), Zoology (1), Botany (2), Plant Physiology (3) and Ecology (2). Seven PhD students are also part of the group, at different stages of their thesis projects. The permanent teaching staff includes three full professors, four full professors, and five tenured lecturers. Between them, they have a total of 41 six-year research periods.

The members of the group develop different lines of research in the fields of biodiversity, biological conservation, sustainable exploitation of marine resources, plant evolution and diversity, evolutionary cytogenetics, comparative genomics, evolution of cellular and subcellular machines, and mitonuclear incompatibilities. Although each member of the GIBE certainly has a defined field of specialisation, the aim of the group is to foster collaborative work in evolution from a multidisciplinary approach.

Useful info

Evolutionary conservation biology group (GIBE - Conservation Biology)

We study adaptations to climate change, species conservation, phylogeny and molecular systematics.

Plant evolution and diversity group (GIBE - Plant Diversity)

We study evolutionary patterns and genetic diversity in grasses, plant wall evolution and diversity, as well as pathogen resistance.

Sustainable management of marine organisms populations group (GIBE - Marine)

We study genomics, transcriptomics, population genetics and cytogenetics of crustaceans and bivalve molluscs of commercial interest. We also study the evolution of sex determination, ribosomal DNA evolution, mitochondrial DNA evolution and mitochondrial interactions.

Evolution of cellular and subcellular machinery group (GIBE - Ribosomes)

We study the distribution and effects of ribosomal mutations, mitochondrial pathologies and mitochondrial incompatibilities.

 

Spin offs.

AllGenetics. VAT NUMBER: B70306840

The company, created in 2011, currently has a total of 21 employees, 7 of whom have been PhD students of the GIBE group, starting with its co-founders, Doctors Joaquín Vierna and Alejandra Perina. https://www.allgenetics.eu/company

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Group members

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News

03/03/2026

Veinte estudiantes vuelven a “incrustarse” en el CICA para vivir la investigación desde dentro
24/10/2025

Reunión de lanzamiento del proyecto CLIRAQUA: resiliciencia climática de la acuicultura atlántica
22/07/2025

Investigadores de los grupos Pronamar, GIBE, Grica y Biocost lideran el proyecto europeo CLIRAQUA
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Articles

Bioaccumulation patterns in aquaculture mussels and turbots exposed to different sizes of TiO2NPs

  • Authors: Juan José López-Mayán , Elena Peña-Vázquez , Antonio Moreda-Piñeiro , Pilar Bermejo-Barrera , Julie Maguire, Mick Mackey, María Vázquez, Natalia Mallo , Santiago Cabaleiro , María Carmen Barciela-Alonso
  • Details: Journal of Food Composition and Analysis, 2026, 149
  • URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0889157525016060
  • Quartile: Q1
  • CiteScore: 7.2
  • Impact factor: 4.6
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.jfca.2025.108790

The frequency and importance of polyploidy in tropical rainforest tree radiations

  • Authors: Rowan J. Schley, Rosalía Piñeiro, James A. Nicholls, Michelle L. Gaynor, Gwilym P. Lewis, Flávia Fonseca Pezzini, Kyle G. Dexter, Catherine Kidner, R. Toby Pennington, Alex D. Twyford
  • Details: New Phytologist, 2026, 249
  • URL: https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/nph.70764
  • Quartile: D1 (Wos/Scopus)
  • CiteScore: 8.5
  • Impact factor: 8.1
  • DOI: 10.1111/nph.70764

Marine recreational fisheries in Uruguay: Current status, challenges and opportunities for research and management

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