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

11 January, 2022

Congrats Dr. Bogaerts-Márquez

Congratulations María on your well-deserved PhD! María Bogaerts-Márquez joined the lab in February 2017 thanks to an ERC-Consolidator grant that … Continue Reading

3 January, 2022

Happy new year!

We wish you a healthy and happy new year! For a 2022 full of discoveries, collaborations and in person conferences!

23 November, 2021

The Citizen Fly Lab at EvoKEbcn2021

We shared our citizen science activity Citizen Fly Lab with the participants of the EvoKEbcn2021 meeting. EvoKEbcn2021 is an open-minded, … Continue Reading

28 October, 2021

Launching of LifeHUB.CSIC

We are part of the steering committee of the CSIC network LifeHub that brings together 90 research groups from 40 … Continue Reading

14 September, 2021

New publication on TEs and immune response

We are happy to share our latest publication on the effect of transposable elements in the regulation of immune-related genes. … Continue Reading

1 September, 2021

DEST publication is out!

We are very happy to see the first joint publication of the DrosEU and DrosRTEC consortium together with the citizens … Continue Reading

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Dr. Josefa González 23 hours ago

@juliusbrennecke @RNASociety @embl @CSHL Congrats @juliusbrennecke!

PosnienLab 2 days ago

Join us for exciting scientific exchange during our meeting "Mind the gap: From Genotype to Phenotype and the role of Modelling, Genomic Prediction and Development" on March 2-4, 2022. More info and registration here: posnien-lab.net/dzg-gradmeetin… Retweeted by Dr. Josefa González

Juliette de Meaux 2 days ago

Vacant postdoc position available here for three years to study gene #expression variation, its impact on #fitness variation and the role of #epigenetics in the magic #Alyrata. Review of application will begin on Feb 15th, start April 2022, please RT! #evolsysbiol #QGen #Popgen Retweeted by Dr. Josefa González

Clément Goubert (he/him) 3 days ago

You love #transposons and want to take part a vibrant, worldwide community project? Join us at the next #TEhub update next week (01/18/22 - 5p CET/11a EST) twitter.com/hub_te/status/… Retweeted by Dr. Josefa González

Peer Community In 3 days ago

Research institutions pay to access and publish articles that their researchers write, review and proof-read for free! It is time to change the #scientificpublication system to save money for research, and you can do it now! Go @PeerCommunityIn @PeerComJournal #diamondopenaccess twitter.com/anariverolynch… Retweeted by Dr. Josefa González