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

23 December, 2022

Season’s greetings

Our best wishes for the new year 2023!

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

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SMBE IDEA taskforce 1 day ago

We are so excited to read your abstract submissions for symposium #30 which will be dedicated to Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Access in Molecular Biology and Evolution. 🧬 twitter.com/officialsmbe/s… Retweeted by Dr. Josefa González (@GonzalezLab@ecoevo.social)

EDRC2023 3 days ago

Registration and Abstract submission to #EDRC2023 are now open (links below on our website) Early bird registration and abstract submission deadlines: May 15th Looking forward hosting you in #Lyon October 20-23th for the 27th #EDRC edrclyon.sciencesconf.org Retweeted by Dr. Josefa González (@GonzalezLab@ecoevo.social)

Anindita Bhadra 4 days ago

Feeling happy and proud to see how this initiative of our students is shaping up: evobio2023.my.canva.site The event is funded by an outreach grant from @eseb_org and @sse_evolution and will be held at @iiserkol @ManishJNV99 @SniffsBarksWags Retweeted by Dr. Josefa González (@GonzalezLab@ecoevo.social)

DrosEU 6 days ago

CONGRATULATIONS Jan @ParasitoidWebs 🎉! We are very happy for you and very much looking forward to continue working with you in @Dros_EU! twitter.com/ParasitoidWebs… Retweeted by Dr. Josefa González (@GonzalezLab@ecoevo.social)

TEHub 6 days ago

Next #TEhub update: Tuesday February the 7th (9AM PST // 12AM EST // 6PM CEST) You can find the Zoom link in the #te-hub channel on TransposonsWorldwide Slack. Join us to discuss developments of #transposon resources for TE Hub (tehub.org) #transposon Retweeted by Dr. Josefa González (@GonzalezLab@ecoevo.social)