GIBE is a multidisciplinary group comprising research personnel with an extensive track record in molecular biology, genetics and ecology. The various competencies developed by the group members enable them to take on and resolve research projects applied to industry, the environment, biodiversity and conservation, fishing, agriculture and biomedicine.
The group’s basic research lines focus on: (1) the evolution of floral traits and the evolutionary history of populations and species of Gramineae, (2) the evolution of characters in the life history of amphibians and reptiles, (3) the genetic differentiation of populations of terrestrial and marine organisms, (4) the conservation and management of biological populations and communities, particularly birds, amphibians, reptiles and crustaceans (5) the interactions between hosts and guests, (6) the interactions between human society and wildlife, (7) the evolution of retroviral-type mobile elements in different species, including humans, (8) the structure and function of ribosomes, with particular attention to the pathogenic potential of mutations in human mitochondrial ribosomal protein genes, (9) the development of methodologies to elucidate the differences in the gene expression patterns in different individuals (ribosome profiling), (10) the phylogeny of the peroxidases responsible for lignification, as well as the regulation of their expression, and (11) the analysis and characterization of lignines in different taxonomic groups.
The GIBE is able to develop and apply different methodologies in the area of biotechnology: molecular cytogenetics, development of molecular markers, identification of organisms, sexing of poultry, in vitro plant cultures, plant transformation, purification of proteins and proteomic analyses, gene expression analysis.
In the last five years, the group has carried out and continues to conduct the following research projects:
Este grupo de investigación participa en el Programa Oficial de Doctorado en "Biotecnología Avanzada"
Profesor contratado doctor
Área de Genética - Departamento de Biología Celular y Molecular