Curso Nacional de Genética (National Genetics Course)
From the 13th to the 17th of March, Aurora Ruiz-Herrera and Lluis Montoliu, organised the 9th National Genetics Course on … Continue Reading
News
We have extended the application deadline: recruiting two postdocs!
We are recruiting two postdoctoral researchers, one with wet-lab expertise and one with bioinformatic expertise to carry out a research … Continue Reading
PSL-QLife Winter School: The Genomics of Transposable Elements
Gonzalez Lab members participated in the PSL-QLife Winter School on The Genomics of Transposable Elements, held in Paris from the … Continue Reading
Season’s greetings
Our best wishes for the new year 2023!
New lab publication!
Happy to share our work on the genomic basis of copper tolerance led by Dr. Llewellyn Green. Check this twitter … Continue Reading
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
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
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
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
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
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
Max Planck symposium on Rapid Polygenic Adaptation
Dr. González was invited, together with a selected group of researchers, to share the lab results and discuss about Rapid … Continue Reading
Transposable element meeting @CSHL
The 2022 Cold Spring Harbour Laboratory meeting on transposable elements took place from the 11th to 15th October. The meeting … Continue Reading
5th Spanish Drosophila Conference
From the 26th to the 28th of September, the 5th Spanish Conference on The Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology of … Continue Reading
The citizen science weather station is in the field
Our weather station prototype designed by Pepe and Irene González is at the IES Eladio Cabañero in Tomelloso. This school … Continue Reading
Progress and prospects in adaptation genomics at ESEB
Thomas Flatt, Alan Bergland and Josefa González organized on behalf of the DrosEU consortium the symposium “Progress and prospects in … Continue Reading
DrosEU summer school at ESEB
Sonja Grath, Pau Carazo and Katja Hoedjes organized the 2nd DrosEU summer school on “Integrating -omics approaches for eco-evolutionary research” … Continue Reading
New lab protocol
Led by Dr. Miriam Merenciano, our and La Ciència Al Teu Món citizen science activity “Citizen Fly Lab” has now a … Continue Reading
DrosOmics: a Drosophila -omics browser
Marta Coronado-Zamora has developed a genomics browser that compiles -omics datasets generated in the lab from several -omic techniques. Check … Continue Reading
12th DrosEU workshop in Belgrade
The 13th DrosEU workshop took place on the 13rd and 14th of June 2022 at the University of Belgrade, Serbia, … Continue Reading
Marta presents at FASEB2022
Marta Coronado-Zamora presented her latest results on the contribution of transposable elements on the diversification of the D. melanogaster trascriptome across … Continue Reading
Welcome Simón!
Welcome to the lab Simón! Simón Orozco did his PhD at the Universidad de Caldas where he applied machine learning … Continue Reading
Gonzalez Lab @ Barcelona Science Fair
González Lab members and volunteers from the Impulsem cooperative participated in an activity organized by La Ciència Al Teu Món … Continue Reading
Welcome Masse!
We are very happy to host Dr. Masse Tahami, a postdoctoral researcher with Dr. Maaria Kankare at the University of … Continue Reading
DEST on the cover of Molecular Biology and Evolution
We are very happy that our recent publication on the new population genomics resource DEST: Drosophila Evolution over Space and … Continue Reading
González Lab research highlighted at The Scientist
We are very happy to see our lab research on the adaptive role of transposable elements featured in TheScientist together … Continue Reading
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
Happy new year!
We wish you a healthy and happy new year! For a 2022 full of discoveries, collaborations and in person conferences!
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
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
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
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
2nd AsiaEvo conference
From the 16th to the 19th August, the second AsiaEvo conference took place virtually organized by the Tokyo Metropolitan University. … Continue Reading
Postdoc position open!
We are looking for a postdoctoral researcher to join our lab! The postdoc researcher will join a project aimed at … Continue Reading
Congratulations Pia!
We are very happy to share that Pia’s has successfully defended her master thesis (110/110)! Pia joined the lab in … Continue Reading
For Women in Science
At Gonzalez lab we are committed to provide equal opportunities to women and men in science. This 11th February, we … Continue Reading
Congrats to Dr. Vivien Horvath!
We are very happy and very proud of Vivien who has successfully defended her thesis. Vivien has made important contributions … Continue Reading
Congratulations on your master Javi!
Congratulations Javi on your Master thesis defense. Javi has contributed to the characterization of an adaptive transposable element insertion under … Continue Reading
Josefa González elected as SMBE Council member
Josefa González has been elected by the SMBE members to be a Councillor for the society. The Society for Molecular … Continue Reading
Pia Viscomi ERASMUS fellowship has been extended!
Pia Viscomi was awarded an ERASMUS fellowship to carry out her master thesis research in our laboratory. Pia started to … Continue Reading
Congratulations Irene on your Bachelor honors thesis!
Congrats Irene on your bachelor honors thesis! Irene has designed CRISPR experiments that will allow us to experimental validate several … Continue Reading
María Bogaerts is awarded a short term EMBO fellowship
María Bogaerts has been awarded an EMBO short-term fellowship to work with Dr. Mathieu Gautier at the “Centre de Biologie … Continue Reading
New publication in collaboration with JR González @ISGlobal
We are very happy to have had the opportunity to contribute to this study linking chromosomal inversions with obesity-related diseases. … Continue Reading
Two postdoc positions open!
Join our research team and collaborate with us in understanding the genetic basis of adaptation to natural and urban environments. … Continue Reading
Royal Society special issue is out!
The Discussion meeting issue ‘Crossroads between transposons and gene regulation’ organized and edited by Miguel R. Branco and Edward B. … Continue Reading
Happy 2020!
This year we will be holding our 10th DrosEU workshop at the ICG in Oeiras, Portugal. Looking forward to one … Continue Reading
A benchmark of transposon insertion detection tools using real data
This time for real… Our last 2019 publication is another collaboration with a great transposable element group in Spain, Pep … Continue Reading
Genomic adaptations to aquatic and aerial life in mayflies
We close the year with our small contribution to a big work lead by Isabel Almudi: Genomic adaptations to aquatic … Continue Reading
Ciència i Convivència 2019
In the 4th Edition of the interactive workshops Ciència i Convivència, the users of Impulsem, a center for education, training … Continue Reading
Distinct genotypes and phenotypes in D. suzukii
We have collaborated with Omar Rota-Stabelli lab and colleagues in the analysis of European and American populations of the invasive … Continue Reading
A new Anopheles complex species
You can watch a video summarising the rationale, the discovery and the prospects of this work here. A collaborative work … Continue Reading
T-lex3 is available
We are very happy to share the new improved inversion of T-lex: a software that accurately estimates population frequencies of … Continue Reading
Job offer: Communication assistant
We are looking for a highly motivated professional to assist in the science communication projects and activities develop by González … Continue Reading
González Lab at EDRC2019
From the 5th to the 8th of September the European Drosophila Research Conference took place at the Swiss Tech Convention … Continue Reading
González Lab at ESEB2019
The lab has participated at ESEB2019 with multiple activities On the 19th August, together with Thomas Flatt (U. Fribourg), we … Continue Reading
CNET2019 and Mobil-ET symposium
From the 8th to the 10th of July, the 22nd French National Congress on Transposable Elements (CNET) took place in … Continue Reading
The mobile DNA conference
From Sunday 26th to Friday 28th June a diverse group of researchers from the Mobile DNA community met at Rancho … Continue Reading
Teach And Fly second edition!
On the 14th and 15th June, eleven secondary school and one elementary school teachers travel to Barcelona to learn and … Continue Reading
New lab publication
Diverse families of transposable elements affect the transcriptional regulation of stress-response genes in Drosophila melanogaster.
Crossroads between transposons and gene regulation
On the 13th and 14th May, we participated in the Royal Society discussion meeting Crossroads between transposons and gene regulation. The event … Continue Reading
Vivien Horvath is awarded an SMBE Travel award!
We are very happy to learned that Vivien Horvath, a third year PhD student in our lab, was awarded a … Continue Reading
Second meeting of the EuroScitizen COST Action
On the 23rd and 24th April the working groups of the EuroScitizen COST action met at the National History Museum … Continue Reading
8th DrosEU workshop in Barcelona
We are very happy to have hosted another successful workshop of the DrosEU consortium at the PRBB in Barcelona. 43 … Continue Reading
EuroScitizen COST Action Steering Committee meeting at the PRBB
We are hosting, together with La Ciència Al Teu mòn, the first steering committee meeting of the EuroScitizen COST Action. … Continue Reading
IES Eladio Cabañero hosted an outreach event about our citizen science project
On Saturday 6th March, IES Eladio Cabañero and La Ciència Al Teu Mòn spearheaded an event to share with the … Continue Reading
TE day at the University of Turin
The Complex Systems Life Sciences PhD Program at the University of Turin organized a “Transposable Element Day” as part of their … Continue Reading
Gonzalez Lab at YOMO2019
Carlos Vargas, Vivien Horváth, María Bogaerts, Miriam Merenciano, Judit Salces and Josefa González shared with the YOMO2019 public the research … Continue Reading
Vivien Horváth is awarded an EMBO Short-Term Fellowship
Vivien, a third year PhD student in our lab, has been an EMBO Short-Term Fellowship to visit the laboratory of … Continue Reading
New lab publication
Very happy to see our bioRxiv preprint now published in PLoS Genetics. The work was started at Dmitri Petrov lab … Continue Reading
MCTF project at the Museu Blau in Barcelona
We are very happy to have our citizen science project Melanogaster Catch The Fly (MCTF) showcased as part of the … Continue Reading
2018 Year in Review
The year 2018 was full of events, we would like to highlight the most positive ones! Students awards and accomplishments … Continue Reading
New lab publication in collaboration with TREEP researchers
Together with Cristina Vieira, Emmanuelle Lerat, and Clement Goubert from the Equipe Eléments transposables, Evolution, Populations (TREEP), we have analyzed the population … Continue Reading
New lab publication
We have reviewed the recent literature to identify some of the evolutionary insights obtained from large scale resequencing datasets in Drosophila … Continue Reading
Vector Revolution in Montpellier
Diego Ayala, a researcher at MIVEGEC (IRD), has put together a colloquium with the aim of bringing together vector and … Continue Reading
New lab publication
We are very happy to share our latest publication that analyzes the population structure and the evidence for local adaptation … Continue Reading
aDaptNAtion in Zaragoza
We have shared our citizen science project aDaptNAtion: Melanogaster Catch The Fly at the Jornadas de divulgación innovadora in Zaragoza. … Continue Reading
Congratulations Camillo!
Camillo Iacometti, an ERASMUS master student in the lab, has succesfully defended her master thesis (110/110) at the Università di … Continue Reading
Students, teachers, and researchers shared our citizen science project at the PRBB Open Day
Students, teachers, and researchers shared the citizen science project aDaptNAtion: Melanogaster Catch The Fly with the PRBB Open Day visitors. … Continue Reading
Miriam Merenciano is awarded an EMBO Short term fellowship
Miriam Merenciano, a third-year PhD student, has been awarded an EMBO Short term fellowship to work with Fillip Port at the … Continue Reading
New lab publication in collaboration with Cristina Vieira
We have added a new chapter to our research on Bari-Jheh transposable element: 2008. Bari-Jheh was first identified as a … Continue Reading
Congrats Vivien!
Vivien won the Prevosti Prize for Best Oral Presentation at the XVIII Jornada de Biology Evolutiva that was held in … Continue Reading
González Lab at the Barcelona Science Festival
Vivien Horvath and Maria Bogaerts shared the research in our lab and our citizen science project aDaptNAtion: Melanogaster Catch The … Continue Reading
ESEB Outreach Initiative Fund
We have been awarded an ESEB Outreach Initiative Fund together with Diego Ayala (MIVEGEC; IRD; Montpellier) and Roberto Torres (La … Continue Reading
Teach and Fly: a course for high school teachers
Fourteen secondary school teachers from Castilla-La Mancha, Valencia, Andalucía, Aragón and Catalunya participated on June the 28th in the course Teach and … Continue Reading
González Lab at PRBB BioJunior
Vivien Horváth, Sara Guirao-Rico, Judit Salces and Gabriel Rech from González lab and La Ciència Al Teu Món designed an activity … Continue Reading
The EuroScitizen COST Action proposal gets funded!
We are very happy to be part of the COST Action proposal Building on scientific literacy in evolution towards scientifically responsible … Continue Reading
New outreach project AdaptNation gets funded
FECYT selected our project AdaptNation: the European Drosophila community to receive funding in their 2017 Call. The project will run from January 2018 … Continue Reading
Congratulations Miriam!
Miriam Merenciano, a PhD student in the lab, got a Travel award to present her research at the annual meeting … Continue Reading
González Lab at the Saló de l’Ensenyament
Miriam Merenciano, from González Lab, and Roberto Torres from La Ciencia Al Teu Mon, shared the lab ERC project and … Continue Reading
GonzálezLab at YOMO
Miriam Merenciano, Vivien Horváth, Maria Bogaerts, Lain Guio, and Josefa González shared their ERC research project with high school students at … Continue Reading
Judit Salces gets a JdC fellowship to work in the lab!
We are very happy to learn the Judit Salces will be joining the lab as a Juan de la Cierva … Continue Reading
AdapNet is renewed!
AdapNet, the Spanish excellence network in adaptation genomics was renewed in the latest call of the Spanish Ministry for Economy, … Continue Reading
