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Biological and ecological studies of large marine vertebrates (Chondrichthyes, chelonian, cetacean and pinniped) focused on management and conservation of populations.

Comparative genomics approaches that allow us to study the origin of families of genes and proteins, and to infer functional innovations during evolution. The origin and evolution of the signaling pathway by retinoic acid, the route of steroids, or the DNA methylation machinery in metazoans have been the subject of our studies.

Phylogenetic and population genetics studies of bacteria and in particular those of interest in the field of Health.

El laboratorio está interesado en comprender cómo evolucionaron las redes de genes para dar lugar a nuevos órganos y estructuras que favorecieran la radiación de los insectos. La especie de efímera Cloeon dipterum es un modelo privilegiado para estudiar las novedades evolutivas.

La Dra. Laura Armengot és biòloga i doctora en agroecologia. La seva experiència principal se centra en el camp de les pràctiques agrícoles sostenibles, incloent-hi l’agricultura ecològica i els sistemes agroforestals. Ha treballat a regions mediterrànies, temperades i tropicals desenvolupant i avaluant estratègies de gestió innovadores per a agricultors ecològics en temes com el control de males herbes, la captura de carboni i l’ús eficient dels recursos.

Arthropod systematics and evolution, with special interest in spiders and their kind. Molecular tools for arthropod inventorying and monitoring and conservation.

The two main areas of my research are marine chemical ecology (natural products benthic invertebrates temperate, tropical and polar) and integrated coastal zone management (use of benthic invertebrates as indicators of environmental conditions in coastal management processes).

Evolutionary dynamics and specificity of the symbiosis between vertebrates and intestinal microbiota. The role of diet, genotype and geography in the dynamics of the microbiota, as well as the role of the microbial communities in the process of ecological adaptation of the host, are examined. Adaptive radiation is used as models for African and Central American cichlid fish and for lizards on the Balearic Islands.

Mi actividad investigadora se centra en el estudio de los mecanismos que determinan la dinámica espacial y temporal de los ecosistemas, y especialmente la influencia de las perturbaciones y sus interacciones en la resiliencia de los ecosistemas mediterráneos teniendo en cuenta el nicho climática de las especies.

Icnology, Tafonomy, Palaeontology

Field of research: Ecophysiology and diversity of complex natural ecosystems (e.g., microbial tapestries and intestinal tract of xylophagous insects) and simple systems, such as the study of biofilm formation in in vitro cultures using a single bacterial strain.

Conservation biology of plants, with special emphasis on the biology of small populations of endemic species and subjected to fragmentation processes in the Mediterranean region (demography, reproductive biology, population genetics). Databases of genetic biodiversity. Pharmaceutical botany.

I study the patterns of diversity (plant and animal) in agricultural landscapes, with special attention to the contrast between conventional and organic systems, and the impact of changes in diversity on functionalism of these systems and the implications for management and conservation. Also dedicate part of my work analyzing spatial data diversity, floristic studies in the biology of invasions.

I am an Associate Professor 'Serra Húnter' at the University of Barcelona and the lead of the Freshwater Ecology, Hydrology and Management (FEHM-Lab) research group. My research interests mainly focus on the biodiversity, ecology, and conservation of freshwater ecosystems. In particular, I have been working on large-scale spatial patterns of aquatic macroinvertebrates mediterranean climate rivers and their responses to past, present, and future disturbances, combining community and population approaches. I have conducted my research mainly on of the world, where intermittent rivers are part of the daily landscape and have triggered many evolutionary adaptations of species.

Biological and ecological studies of large marine vertebrates (Chondrichthyes, chelonian, cetacean and pinniped) focused on management and conservation of populations.

Reproductive biology of plants, with special attention to the tribe Delphinieae. Conservation biology (reproductive biology, genetic diversity and population) of endemic plants, endangered and/or rare in the Mediterranean region.

Our research is in the areas of Evo-Devo, and Comparative and Population Genomics. The research of our group focuses on the study of the impact of gene loss on the evolution of the mechanisms of development, mostly those related with the evolution of body plans and central nervous system in the different subphyla of Chordates. Among our favorite signaling pathways we study the retinoic acid, FGF and WNT, using the urochordate Oikopleura dioica, the cephalochordate amphioxus, and the vertebrate zebrafish as our preferred animal models.

Mi investigación se enmarca en los campos de la biología animal, la conservación de la biodiversidad y la zoogeografía. Mi principal objetivo es comprender los patrones de distribución espacio-temporal de los animales y los mecanismos que los originan, considerando factores extrínsecos e intrínsecos, como la estrategia de vida o el comportamiento. El objetivo final es mejorar la capacidad de predecir sus respuestas a los cambios ambientales. Me centro especialmente en el estudio de las aves y las invasiones biológicas.

Biological and ecological studies of large marine vertebrates (Chondrichthyes, chelonian, cetacean and pinniped) focused on management and conservation of populations.

Conservation of biodiversity - Ecology of communities - Ecology of populations - Forest ecology - Management and restoration of the natural environment

Mi investigación se centra en la genética y genómica de organismos marinos con características biológicas muy diversas, desde tortugas marinas hasta organismos bentónicos. Esto incluye estudios de filogeografía, adaptación local, migraciones oceánicas y genética para la conservación de especies amenazadas.

Investigación sobre temas florísticos y tipología de vegetación en la región de los Pirineos. Fitocenología y hábitats CORINE. Unidades de fitocenología y su aplicación en la evaluación y gestión ambiental. Adaptación al mapeo digital de productos analógicos y métodos de mapeo. Mapeo de vegetación y hábitat CORINE.

Estudios de flora y vegetación en la región pirenaica y mediterránea. Investigación a largo plazo en comunidades frágiles a factores ambientales. Cartografía de la vegetación catalana.