Gene Expression and Morphogenesis Unit (GEM, CABD) Areas of research: Genomics, Developmental Biology, Evolution. Location: Seville. Website: www.cabd.es/en-home.html; Contact: fcasfer@upo.es
The Gene Expression and Morphogenesis (GEM) Unit, part of the CABD (Andalusian Centre for Developmental Biology), has recently been named Unit of Excellence María de Maeztu. Research at GEM aims at understanding the process of decision-making in cell collectives during development, homeostasis and evolution of animals to generate, sustain and modify organ form and function. Research programmes at GEM integrate analyses spanning from the genomic and subcellular to the organ and organismal levels. The current main areas of research at GEM are: • structure, dynamics and function of the genome; • genetic, epigenetic and signaling regulatory networks; • collective cell behavior and morphogenesis; • morphological evolution Currently GEM comprises ten research teams but plans to grow in the next four years. As part of the CABD, GEM teams enjoy state-of-the-art scientific platforms providing services of Advanced Light Microscopy and Imaging (ALMI), Functional Genomics (FG), Mouse Transgenesis and Genome Editing (MTGE) and Proteomics (PMiCS), as well as access to the computation cluster at Universidad Pablo de Olavide (UPO). GEM’s strategic plan is to expand its research programmes into biocomputation and biophysics. The CABD is located within the UPO campus, in Seville. It hosts an international community of scientists and programmes an intensive seminar series. GEM/CABD teams are part of the UPO Biotechnology master and PhD programmes.
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