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Lines of research

  • Molecular epidemiology. Use of genetic and genomic information of pathogenic microorganisms (bacteria and viruses) to study their dissemination in human populations and their natural reservoirs, thereby complementing the epidemiological surveillance and control tasks.

 

  • Evolutionary systems biology. Study of the evolution of complete genomes and the genes present within them, with special emphasis on bacteria and viruses.

 

  • Viral mutation and evolution. Through the use of diverse experimental approaches, we intend to identify and characterise mechanisms of diversity generation of RNA viruses and to obtain quantitative estimates of their mutation rates.

 

  • Experimental evolution of viruses. In our laboratory, viruses are used as model organisms for studying evolutionary processes in an experimental manner.