From left to right. Upper: Núria Ros, Helena Parra, David López, Marta Álvarez, Dan Richter, Alberto Pérez, Omaya Dudin, Aleix Antón, Sabastián Najle, Dani Caravaca, Eduard Ocaña, Cecília Corbella, Maria Ferrer
Lower: Meritxell Antó, Konstantina Mitsi, Alicia S. Arroyo, Michelle Leger, Aleksandra Kozyczkowska, Iñaki Ruiz-Trillo
Iñaki Ruiz Trillo
Principal Investigator
ICREA research professor at the Institut de Biologia Evolutiva (CSIC–UPF). Associate professor Dept. Genètica (Universitat de Barcelona). Member of EMBO. Faculty Member of F1000Prime and member of the editorial board of EvoDevo, Biology Letters and Molecular Biology and Evolution.
| Iñaki Ruiz-Trillo’s Website |
| +34 93.230.96.40 | inaki.ruiz@ibe.upf-csic.es |
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I joined the lab in January 2013. Besides the management of the lab, I collaborate in several projects of the different lines of research. +34 93.230.95.00-ext. 6037 I did my undergraduate at the Universitat de Vic. I joined the MCG lab in June 2014. +34 93.230.95.00-ext. 6037 I joined the MCG lab in November 2014. +34 93.230.95.00-ext. 6018
Lab manager
meritxell.anto@ibe.upf-csic.es
Postdoctoral Researcher
I’m trying to understand the role of some transcription factors in Capsaspora owczarzaki, as well as developing a transfection protocol for this organism.
nuria.ros@ibe.upf-csic.es
Postdoctoral fellow; Moore Foundation contract
I’m working on functional analyses of several proteins in Capsaspora and Creolimax and developing single-cell RNA-seq protocols for these and other organisms.
sebastian.najle@upf.edu
I joined MCG lab in September 2015. I did my undergraduate and master studies at the Universitat de Barcelona (UB). I am using comparative genomics to understand the origins of multicellularity in fungi and animals. +34 93.230.95.00-ext. 6037 I joined the lab in October 2015. I am developing genetic tools for Capsaspora for further studies in cell signalling in unicellular holozoans. I work on development of new model organisms among unicellular relatives of animals such as Corallochytrium limacisporum and Creolimax fragrantissima. That includes development of genetic tools and study the biology of those organisms. +34 93.230.95.00-ext. 6023
PhD student; FPI fellowship
eduard.ocana@ibe.upf-csic.es
Alberto Pérez Posada
PhD student; La Caixa fellowship
+34 93.230.95.00-ext. 6037
alberto.perez@upf.edu
Aleksandra Kozyczkowska
PhD student; Moore Foundation contract
aleksandra.kozyczkowska@upf.edu
I joined the MCG lab in September 2016. I will work in single-cell genomics and transcriptomics of opisthokonts. +34 93.230.95.00-ext. 6037 I joined the MCG lab in November 2016. I’m exploring the distribution and function of apoptosis-related elements in unicellular opisthokonts, to shed light on the origins of the apoptotic machinery of animals. +34 93.230.95.00-ext. 6037 I joined the lab in 2017 after an undergrad at the University of Grenoble and a PhD at the University of Lausanne. I’m interested in the cytoskeletal changes requiered during the unicellular to multicellular transition. In parallel, I’m developing novel genetic tools to understand multicellularity stabilization using experimental evolution.
Predoctoral Researcher; Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant
konstantina.mitsi@ibe.upf-csic.es
Postdoctoral Researcher; Marie Sklodowska-Curie Grant
michelle.leger@upf.edu
Postdoctoral Researcher; Marie Sklodowska-Curie Grant
+34 93.230.95.00-ext. 6018
omaya.dudin@outlook.com
Dan RichterPostdoctoral Researcher; “la Caixa” Junior Leader
I joined the lab in February, 2018, arriving from the Station Biologique de Roscoff, France. I study the biology, community structure and evolution of the most abundant microbial eukaryotes in the surface ocean.
+34 93.230.95.00-ext. 6037
daniel.richter@ibe.upf-csic.es
Jesus LozanoBeatriu de Pinós Fellow
I joined the MCG lab in April 2019, after postdocs at Bristol and Barcelona. I am trying to understand how and when multicellularity evolved in animals and fungi.
+34 93.230.95.00-ext. 6018
jesus.lozanof@gmail.com
Mami NomuraPostdoctoral Researcher; Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
I belong to Kyoto University (Japan) and joined the MCG lab in April 2019. I am interested in morphogenesis mechanism of testate amoeba. I will work on single-cell RNA-seq to reveal its molecular mechanism.
+34 93.230.95.00-ext. 6037
nomura.mami.36x@st.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Former members
Marta Alvarez (2019). Research Associate. Currently at University of Bristol (UK).
Andrej Ondracka (2016-2019). Postdoctoral Researcher.
Aleix Antón (2019). Master student.
Dani Caravaca (2019). Master student.
Alicia S. Arroyo (2015-2019). PhD. Currently at European Commission (Scientific Advice Mechanism).
Cecília Corbella (2018-2019). Lab technician. Currently at Roger’s Vila lab in IBE.
Helena Parra-Acero (2012-2019). Master and PhD.
David López Escardó (2012-2018). Master and PhD. Currently at ICM.
Alfonso Mendaña (2017-2018). Master student
Maria Ferrer Bonet (2016-2018). Research Assistant.
Xavier Grau i Bové (2012-2018). Master, PhD and postdoc.
Maria Rubio Brotons (2016-2017). Lab technician. Currently in ZE clinics.
Matija Harcet (2013-2016). Postdoctoral Researcher.
Cristina Aresté Calero (2015-2016). Postdoctoral Researcher.
Xavi Florenza (2015-2016). Master’s student. Awarded PhD ITN Marie Curie grant in Uppsala (Sweden).
Marta Ledesma (summer 2016). Undergraduate student.
Maria Buendía (summer 2016). Undergraduate student.
Takaaki Kai, (2016). Undergraduate student. Prefecural University of Hiroshima, Japan.
Gema Blasco (Jan2015-Mar2016). Lab technician. Currently in the Genetics Department of the Universitat de Barcelona.
Xènia Pérez Sitjà (Summer 2015). Undergraduate student.
Lourdes Riquelme (2014), màster student, Universitat Autonòma de Barcelona.
Ferran Porté (summer 2013), Joves i Ciència from CatalunyaCaixa. Project: Developing genetic tools in ichthyosporeans.
Núria Ros (summer 2012). Undergraduate student. Universitat de Vic. Project: Developing genetic tools in Capsaspora.
Alan Ordoño (summer 2012). Joves i Ciència from CatalunyaCaixa. Project: Developing genetic tools in Capsaspora.
Maria José Mazón (2012). Research associate.
Alexandre Prats (July 2012). Undergraduate student.
Diego Mallo (April-July 2012). Visiting researcher from David Posada’s lab.
Javier del Campo (2011-2013), postdoctoral researcher. Currently at University of British Columbia with a Marie Curie postdoctoral grant.
Gemma Prunés (summer 2011), program Joves i Ciència from CatalunyaCaixa.
John Shadwick (2010-2011), graduate researcher. Currently an assistant professor at University of Arkansas.
Lora Lindley (2010-2011), postdoc. Currently at University of Arkansas.
Núria Sánchez-Pons (2009-2013). Postdoc. Development of transgenesis tools in Capsaspora.
Jordi Paps (2009-2010), postdoc. Currently group leader at University of Bristol (UK).
Lluis Medina-Chacón (2009-2010), master student.
Hiroshi Suga (2008-2014). Currently group leader at Prefectural University of Hiroshima (Japan).
Romain Derelle (2008-2009), postdoc. Currently at CRG.
Alex Pérez (2008-2009), lab manager. Currently 454 representative at Roche-Spain.
Alex de Mendoza (2008-2014), PhD and postdoc. Awarded an EMBO postdoctoral grant.
Guifré Torruella (2008-2014), PhD. Awarded a Marie Curie postdoctoral grant.
Arnau Sebé-Pedrós (2008-2015), PhD and postdoc. Awarded an EMBO postdoctoral grant.
A list of some of our friends and current collaborators
Hiroshi Suga, Prefectural University of Hiroshima, Japan.
Cristina Grande, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain.
Elena Casacuberta, Institut de Biologia Evolutiva (UPF-CSIC), Barcelona, Spain.
Claudio Scazzochio
Maureen A. O’ Malley, University of Sidney, Australia.
Jeremy G. Wideman, Arizona State University, USA.
Javier del Campo, University of Miami, USA.
Luís Ribas de Pouplana, Institut de Recerca Biomèdica de Barcelona, Spain.
David Bass, Natural History Museum, London, UK.
Nick Brown, University of Cambridge, UK.
Nicole King, UC Berkeley, USA.
Andrew J. Roger, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada.
Franz Lang, Université de Montreal, Canada.
Gertraud Burger, Université de Montreal, Canada.
Stuart Donachie, University of Hawaii at Manoa, USA.
Kamran Shalchian-Tabrizi, University of Oslo, Norway.
Duojia Pan, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, USA.
José Luis Gómez-Skarmeta, CABD, Sevilla, Spain.
Maja Adamska, Sars International Centre for Marine Molecular Biology, Bergen, Norway.
Todd Miller, Stony Brook University, USA.
Phil Donoghue, University of Bristol, UK.
David Posada, Universidad de Vigo, Spain.
Ariadna Sitjà-Bobadilla, Instituto de Acuicultura de Torre de la Sal, Castellón, Spain.
Crisanto Gutiérrez, Centro de Bioilogía Molecular Severo Ochoa, Spain.
Jordi Paps, University of Bristol, UK.
Kevin J. Peterson, Darmouth College, USA.
Colomban de Vargas, Station Biologique de Roscoff, France.
Fernando Rodríguez Pascual, Centro de Biología Molecular “Severo Ochoa”, Spain.
