Persistent Digital Identifiers (UIDs)
ORCID :
0000-0001-6866-7029
Subject Area
Marine Biotechnology, Marine Products
Activities
Innate
immune responses in invertebrate species. Physiological and molecular studies
of molecules involved in extracellular and intracellular signaling pathways.
Molecules involved in immune recognition. Immune genes expression studies and
their regulation (transcription-regulation). Mechanisms of pattern recognition,
non-self recognition and host-defense reactions to microorganisms. Effect of
environmental factors on gene expression and genotoxicity. Transcriptomic (mRNA
expression) and proteomic (expression of proteins) responses to experimental
challenges and/or in natural habitats.
Marine
Biotechnology: looking for new marine derived compounds of bacterial origin
with potential biotechnological use. Biomaterials of marine origin and their
application in tissue regeneration and biological glues
Skills
Solid
background and full comprehension of molecular biology methods and their
application in experimental research: DNA and RNA analyses, PCR-based methods
including reverse-Transcriptase-PCR, use of RNA/DNA modifying enzymes for downstream
applications: cloning and sequencing and expression of proteins or peptides.
cDNA library construction and screening methods using colony–hybridization or
Northern blot techniques, use of Real-Time PCR methodologies for gene
expression and quantification of mRNA. Use of fluorescence microscopy,
including FISH methodologies for the detection mRNA (genes) in tissue sections.
Marine microbiology handling techniques: isolation, culture maintenance and 16S
characterization. Bioinformatics knowledge; RNAsequencing; next generation
sequencing, analyses of metagenomes.
