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ROSARIO GIL, Associate Professor of Genetics
Evolutionary Genetics Research Group,
Department of Genetics and Institut Cavanilles de Biodiversitat i
Biologia Evolutiva (ICBiBE), Universitat de València
Phone: +34 963543824
Fax: +34 963543670
E-mail: [email protected]
Education
PhD in Pharmacy, Universitat de València, 1991
Present research interest
Evolutionary genomics and transcriptomics of endosymbiotic bacteria of insects
Genome size reduction and minimal genome content
Selected publications
Gil R, Sabater-Muñoz B, Latorre A, Silva FJ, Moya A. 2002. Extreme genome reduction in
Buchnera spp.: towards the minimal genome needed for symbiotic life. PNAS 99:44544458.
Gil R, Silva FJ, Zientz E, Delmotte F, González-Candelas F, Latorre A, Rausell C,
Kamerbeek J, Gadau J, Hölldobler B, van Ham RCHJ., Gross R, Moya A. 2003. The
genome sequence of Blochmannia floridanus: comparative analysis of reduced genomes.
PNAS 100:9388-9393.
Gil R, Silva FJ, Peretó J, Moya A. 2004. Determination of the core of the minimal bacterial
gene set. Microbiol Mol Biol Rev 68:518-537.
Pérez-Brocal, V., Gil, R., Ramos, S., Lamelas, A., Postigo, M., Michelena, J.M., Silva, F.J.,
Moya. A., Latorre, A. 2006. A small microbial genome: the end of a long symbiotic
relationship? Science 314:312-313.
Moya A, Pereto J, Gil R, Latorre A. 2008. Learning how to live together: genomic insights
into prokaryote-animal symbioses. Nature Rev Genet 9:218-229.
López-Madrigal S, Latorre A, Porcar M, Moya A., Gil R. 2013. Mealybugs nested
endosymbiosis: going into the ‘matryoshka’ system in Planococcus citri in depth. BMC
Microbiol 13:74.
Oakeson KF.*, Gil R*, Clayton AL, Dunn DM, von Niederhausern AC, Hamil C, Aoyagi A,
Duval B, Baca A, Silva FJ, Vallier A, Jackson DG, Latorre A, Weiss RB, Heddi A, Moya A,
and Dale C 2014. Genome degeneration and adaptation in a nascent stage of
symbiosis. Genome Biol Evol 6:76-93. (* equal contribution)
FUNDACIÓN PARA EL FOMENTO DE LA INVESTIGACIÓN SANITARIA Y BIOMÉDICA DE LA COMUNIDAD VALENCIANA. C/ Micer
Mascó nº 31. 46010 Valencia. CIF.: G98073760 Inscrita Rgtro.fundaciones: 501 V -
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Main courses taught
Genetics (for undergraduates in Biology)
Molecular Genetics (for undergraduates in Biotechnology)
‘Omic’ technologies (Master Programs in Research in Molecular, Cellular and Genetic
Biology and Bioinformatics)
FUNDACIÓN PARA EL FOMENTO DE LA INVESTIGACIÓN SANITARIA Y BIOMÉDICA DE LA COMUNIDAD VALENCIANA. C/ Micer
Mascó nº 31. 46010 Valencia. CIF.: G98073760 Inscrita Rgtro.fundaciones: 501 V -
www.fisabio.es