CSIC Professor and Principal Investigator of the Quantitative Biology Group @ibfg_es. Previously @yale_eeb, @CNB_CSIC.

Joined June 2015
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Very interesting theoretical paper on BEF and species interactions, presenting an elegant partitioning of species effects on ecosystem function. biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…

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Opportunity for scientists considering moving to Spain as tenured scientists. Happy to see openings in microbiology across the country (including @CNB_CSIC, which has incorporated fantastic microbial eco/evo researchers lately) and functional & systems biology (incl @ibfg_es).
@CienciaGob oferta cerca de 1.900 plazas de acceso libre de las escalas científicas y técnicas de personal de los Organismos Públicos de Investigación. 🗣️ @DianaMorantR: “Es fruto del compromiso del Gobierno con el personal científico y técnico”. ciencia.gob.es/Noticias/2026…
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Importantly, there used to exist additional hurdles for scientists with PhDs from non-spanish institutions, but I believe these no longer exist for scientists with PhDs from the European Higher Education Area. There's still work to do here, but it's a step in the right direction.
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... And the bells are ringing out for Christmas Day! Happy Christmas to all of us around the world who celebrate. Feliz Navidad! youtube.com/watch?v=NrAwK9ju…
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🆕🎙️ El último podcast de 'Ciencia de Cerca' de 2025 llega con un invitado muy especial 🧑‍💻🦠 Álvaro Sánchez (@asanchez_lab), investigador @ERC_Research del @ibfg_es y su novedoso trabajo de "ingeniería" de comunidades microbianas. Escúchalo ya en Ivoox 👉go.ivoox.com/rf/164823351
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Ten PhD contracts at CSIC in Synthetic Biology. Passionate about biophysics or computational molecular biology? Join Daniel Lopez and and me at @CNB_CSIC studying bacterial membrane microdomains! lifehub.csic.es/synbio-cofun… (Please spread the word, thanks!)

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Rafting against the evolutionary waterfall! 🚣‍♂️💨 - see our new paper on the challenge of artificial selection of microbial collectives elifesciences.org/articles/9… Thanks to my patient and brilliant collaborators Juhee Lee & Hye Jin Park. #EcoEvo #MicroEcology @CloeFor @UCL
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29 Jul 2025
🚨 Fully funded PhD position available! Come and join the Department of Systems Biology at @CNB_CSIC. The project is genuinely exciting — don’t hesitate to reach out if you have questions! 📎 Full details in the attached file. Help spreading the word is very welcome! #JobAlert
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How may theoretical ecology & evolutionary theory push microbiology forward? At Environmental Microbiology, I am commissioning a series of Perspectives exploring that question. Excited to share them in the 🧵 below
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This piece by Orr, Armitage & @enterthesloth provides a nice & clear introduction to modern coexistence theory for microbiologists, discussing how it can be applied to microbial communities & highlighting its promise, limitations & opportunities. enviromicro-journals.onlinel…
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This paper by @nacho_belda et al makes the case for wine fermentation as a model system in microbial ecology and evolution, as it hits a sweet spot between experimental tractability and rich ecological and evolutionary dynamics. enviromicro-journals.onlinel…
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➡️Seminario de Excelencia en el #IRNASA. 👩‍🔬@Cris_Vieitez, investigadora del @ibfg_es que desarrolla un prestigioso proyecto ERC Starting Grants, ha impartido la charla ‘Cracking the Post-Translational Modification Crosstalk Code in S. cerevisiae’.
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We are hiring! We are looking forward for candidates to join our Internationalisation Office as a European Research Council - ERC project manager. More information at: lnkd.in/dVT-Wr-s
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📢#IBFG_Predoc | Se buscan personas candidatas para solicitar Contrato Predoc PFIS del @SaludISCIII en el Grupo "Neurobiología Molecular" de la Dra. @AngelesAlmeid10. 🔗ibfg.usal-csic.es/empleo.htm… 🗓️Plazo: 15/02/2025 Más información👇
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