Group leader: Toni Gabaldón
Gabaldon’s group is jointly affiliated to the Biomedical Research Institute (IRB) and the Barcelona Supercomputing Centre (BSC), at Barcelona (Spain) . The main research interest of our group is to understand the complex relationships between genome sequences and phenotypes and how these two features evolve within and across species. We generally use large-scale phylogenetics and molecular evolution approaches that allow looking at the evolution of genomes from the perspective of all of their genes, and we apply these analyses to a variety of biological questions related the evolution and function of biological systems, ranging from individual molecules to entire biological communities.
News
A study by BSC and IRB Barcelona rethinks the origin of our cells as a story of microbial alliances
In a new study published in Nature, Dr. Toni Gabaldón and his team used the MareNostrum supercomputer to reconstruct the genetic origin of the last common ancestor of all eukaryotes — the cellular lineage to which animals, plants, fungi and protists belongRead the article
How the closest relatives of eukaryotes grew a larger genome
Asgard archaea have emerged as key organisms to understand eukaryogenesis. Among their many fascinating features is their atypically large genomes. Here, we dive deep into Asgard genome evolution to understand the interplay of gene transfer and duplication in shaping eukaryotes’ closest relatives. Read the article
