González Lab BCN

Genetic basis of adaptive evolution

We aim at identifying all adaptive transposable element insertions in Drosophila melanogaster natural populations

Molecular mechanisms underlying adaptive mutations

We want to understand how adaptive mutations induce phenotypic changes

Fitness traits most relevant for adaptation

We aim at elucidating which phenotypic traits play an important role in adaptive evolution

4 December, 2022

New lab preprint on gene-TE chimeric transcripts

We are sharing the most recent lab preprint by Marta Coronado-Zamora. Marta has developed a pipeline to identify gene-TE chimeric … Continue Reading

2 December, 2022

Check out our PCR protocol for high schools: first 2023 publication!

We are very happy that our protocol that would allow high school students to experimentally validate transposon insertions is now … Continue Reading

14 November, 2022

Annual meeting of the Life.Hub CSIC network

Josefa González participated in the annual meeting of the Life.Hub CSIC that took place at El Escorial on the 14th-16th … Continue Reading

4 November, 2022

SMBE Satellite meeting of UrbanOmics

Josefa González participated in the SMBE satellite meeting on Urban Evolutionary and Ecological ‘Omics that took place in Washington, D.C., … Continue Reading

27 October, 2022

Simón Orozco presents MCHelper at the Uppsala TE meeting

Simón Orozco, a postdoctoral researcher in the lab, presented the MCHelper pipeline, which automatically curates de novo transposable element (TE) … Continue Reading

26 October, 2022

We are recruiting: two postdocs and one lab tech!

We are recruiting two postdoctoral researchers, one with wet-lab expertise and one with bioinformatic expertise, and one laboratory technician/manager to … Continue Reading

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European Research Council (ERC) 3 days ago

@UniLeidenNews @CitSciLab @iSPEXnl Big thank you to our speakers and audience online and at the ERC in Brussels! And if you missed any part of #CitizenScience and Frontier Research event, we get you covered. You'll find all the recordings on our website: erc.europa.eu/news-events/ev… #ERCengage Retweeted by Dr. Josefa González (@GonzalezLab@ecoevo.social)

Susana Nascimento 3 days ago

Also check out in our webpage: ✔️Showcase of projects working with citizen scientists funded by the ERC and EU programmes 👉erc.europa.eu/news-events/ev… ✔️Factsheet Citizen Science in ERC projects 👉 erc.europa.eu/sites/default/… Retweeted by Dr. Josefa González (@GonzalezLab@ecoevo.social)

LaCiènciaAlTeuMón 3 days ago

#brussels Ready to start! Follow online Join us👉bit.ly/3F1xclm #MelanogasterCTF participation at the @ERC_Research Annual Event 2022 #CitizenScience and Frontier Research” #ERCengage With Josefa @GonzalezLab_BCN @LCATMon @FECYT_Ciencia @Dros_EU @CSIC Retweeted by Dr. Josefa González (@GonzalezLab@ecoevo.social)

LaCiènciaAlTeuMón 3 days ago

#MelanogasterCTF #brussels Today's set up for tomorrow @ERC_Research Annual Event 2022 #CitizenScience and Frontier Research” #ERCengage With Josefa @GonzalezLab_BCN @LCATMon @FECYT_Ciencia @Dros_EU @CSIC Join us👉bit.ly/3F1xclm Retweeted by Dr. Josefa González (@GonzalezLab@ecoevo.social)

European Research Council (ERC) 4 days ago

In the run up to the ERC #CitizenScience event tomorrow (more about it at europa.eu/!kdkH9M), here is a question to you, our knowledgable community of followers: ❓Can citizen science help push the frontiers of knowledge? Your comments very much welcome! Retweeted by Dr. Josefa González (@GonzalezLab@ecoevo.social)