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lab profile
Inaki Ruiz-Trillo Institut de Biologia Evolutiva (UPF-CSIC)
Passeig Marítim de la Barceloneta 37-49
Barcelona, Barcelona 8003
Spain
inaki.ruiz@ibe.upf-csic.es
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| PI: |
YES |
| Taxa Studied: |
Other, Protists |
| Techniques Employed: |
Degenerate PCR, Bioinformatics/Sequence Analysis, Epifluoresence Microscopy |
| Research Description: |
our goal is to understand how unicellular organisms became multicellular. Specifically, we focus on the origin of multicellular animals from their single-celled ancestors. To this end, we obtain the genomes of animal's closest relatives in order to perform comparative and functional genomics. |
| Lab Web Page: |
http://www.multicellgenome.com/ |
| Willing to Host Undergraduates: |
YES |
| Actively Seeking Undergraduates: |
YES |
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