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
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
Analyses at IRB Barcelona rule out that the African swine fever outbreak in Catalonia originated at IRTA-CReSA
The comparative genomic analysis, led by Dr. Toni Gabaldón, finds no matches between the virus detected in wild boars and the variants studied at IRTA-CReSA. The sequence shows genetic changes that point to a variant not previously described in the databases consulted. Read the article at IRB website
ESEB 2025: Congress of the European Society for Evolutionary Biology
ESEB 2025 Congress Website & Pre-Registration Now Open !! Join us at the CCIB from August 17 to 22, 2025, for a congress that promises to be a landmark in the field of evolutionary biology. This event, hosted by the European Society for Evolutionary Biology (#ESEB) and proudly organized by the Spanish Society for Evolutionary Biology (#SESBE),…
