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lab profile
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Raul Montanez Institute of evolutionary Biology
Passeig Maritim de la Barceloneta
37-49
Barcelona, Barcelona E-080003
España
raul.montanez@ibe.upf-csic.es
656491525
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| PI: |
NO, Postdoctoral Researcher |
| Taxa Studied: |
Invertebrate Animals |
| Techniques Employed: |
Degenerate PCR, Quantitative PCR (qPCR), 454 Pyrosequencing, Solexa (Illumina) Sequencing, Bioinformatics/Sequence Analysis, In Situ Hybridization, Antibody Staining, RNA interference(RNAi), Scanning Electron Microscopy, Epifluoresence Microscopy, Confocal Microscopy |
| Research Description: |
We are interested in the regulation of metamorphosis not only from a developmental point of view but also from an evolutionary perspective. As most information has been obtained in holometabolan species (mainly in the fly Drosophila melanogaster and the beetle Tribolium castaneum), we focus our research on the cockroach Blattella germanica, a phylogenetically basal species showing a gradual metamorphosis that might be close to the ancestral hemimetaboly. We aim at elucidating the mechanisms that regulate metamorphosis in B. germanica and then to compare them with those operating in holometabolans. The idea is to infer the evolutionary history underlying the transition from hemimetaboly to holometaboly. |
| Lab Web Page: |
http://molevol.cmima.csic.es/belles/index.html |
| Willing to Host Undergraduates: |
NO |
| Actively Seeking Undergraduates: |
NO |
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