| TEACHING |
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| Bachelor's Degree |
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| Degree in Biology |
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| Marine invertebrates biology |
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| Zoology I |
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| Zoology II |
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| Degree in Biotechnology |
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| Bioactive molecules extracted from animals, plants and fungi |
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| Master's Degree |
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| Master in Biodiversity |
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| Animal phylogeny |
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| RESEARCH |
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| Research Lines |
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| Ascidian symbioses |
| Diversity and dynamics of microbial symbionts in ascidians. |
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| Invasive ecology |
| Phylogeography, gene flow, biological cycles and growth of introduced ascidians. |
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| Population genetics |
| Genetic structure and phylogeography of sponges and ascidians. |
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| Invertebrate life cycles |
| In Ascidians, Sponges and Cnidarians. |
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| Research Projects |
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| - 2011-2014 European Commission Marie Curie International Reintegration Grant FP7-PEOPLE-2010-RG277038: SYMASC: Bacterial symbiosis in Ascidians (P.I.: Susanna López-Legentil). Funded amount: 87,000€. |
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| - 2010-2013 Spanish Government CTM2010-17755 grant: SOLID: Small organisms, large impacts: Diversity, dynamics, and significance of microbial symbionts in sponges and ascidians. (P.I.: Susanna López-Legentil). Funded amount: € 166,980. |
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| - 2009-2013 Catalan Government 2009 SGR 484 Benthic Biology & Ecology Group funding. Grant for Quality Research Groups. (P.I.: Javier Romero). Funded amount: € 47,840. |
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| Collaborators |
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| Predoctoral students |
| - Mari Carmen Pineda Torres - mcpineda@ub.edu |
| - Lucía Pita Galán - luciapitagalan@gmail.com |
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| Postdoctoral researchers |
| - Patrick M. Erwin - erwin.patrickm@gmail.com |
| - Ana Riesgo - anariesgogil@gmail.com |
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| Research assistants |
| - Roger Espluga Garcia - rogespluga@gmail.com |
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| External collaborators |
| - Xavier Turon Barrera - xturon@ceab.csic.es |
| - Joseph Pawlik- pawlikj@uncw.edu |
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| - Euichi Hirose - euichi@sci.u-ryukyu.ac.jp |
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| - Nicole Webster - N.Webster@aims.gov.au |
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| - Mikel Bezerro - mikel@ceab.csic.es |
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| Selected Publications |
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| - Valero-Jiménez CA, Pérez-Portela R, López-Legentil S (In press) Characterization of novel microsatellite markers from the worldwide invasive ascidian Styela plicata. Conservation Genetics Resources DOI: 10.1007/s12686-011-9591-4 |
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| - Erwin PM, López-Legentil S, Gonzalez-Pech R, Turon X (In press) A specific mix of generalists: Microbial symbionts in Mediterranean Ircinia spp. FEMS Microbiology Ecology DOI 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2011.01243.x |
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| - Loh T-L, López-Legentil S, Song B, Pawlik JR (In press) Phenotypic variability in the Caribbean orange icing sponge Mycale laevis (Demospongiae: Poecilosclerida). Hydrobiologia DOI 10.1007/s10750-011-0806-1 |
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| - Pineda MC, López-Legentil S, Turon X (2011) The whereabouts of an ancient wanderer: Global phylogeography of the solitary ascidian Styela plicata. PLoS ONE 6(9): e25495. PDF |
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| - López-Legentil S, Song B, Bosch M, Pawlik JR, Turon X (2011) Cyanobacterial diversity and a new Acaryochloris-like symbiont from Bahamian sea-squirts. PLoS ONE 6(8): e23938. PDF |
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| - López-Legentil S, Turon X (2011) Pump water or produce larvae? Oscula occulusion during the reproductive period of the sponge Svenzea zeai. Zoological Studies 50(3): 395. |
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| - Martínez-García M, Koblížek M, López-Legentil S, Antón J (2011) Epibiosis of oxygenic phototrophs containing chlorophylls a, b, c, and d on the colonial ascidian Cystodytes dellechiajei. Microbial Ecology 61(1): 13-19 |
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| - Erwin PM, López-Legentil S, Schuhmann PW (2010) The pharmaceutical value of the sea for anti-cancer drug discovery. Ecological Economics 70: 445-451. |
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| - López-Legentil S, Erwin PM, Pawlik JR, Song B (2010) Effects of sponge bleaching on ammonia oxidizing Archaea: Distribution and relative expression of ammonia monooxygenase genes associated with the barrel sponge Xestospongia muta. Microbial Ecology 60(3): 561-571. |
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| - Bontemps N, Bry D, López-Legentil S, Simon-Levert A, Long C, Banaigs B (2010) Structure and antimicrobial activity of three new pyridoacridine alkaloids isolated from different color morphs of the ascidian Cystodytes dellechiajei. Journal of Natural Products 73(6): 1044-1048 |
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| - López-Legentil S, Erwin PM, Henkel TP, Loh T-L, Pawlik JR (2010) Phenotypic plasticity in the sponge Callyspongia vaginalis: morphological and molecular data. Scientia Marina 74(3): 445-453. |
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| - López-Legentil S, Song B, DeTure M, Baden DG (2010) Characterization and localization of a hybrid non ribosomal peptide synthetase and polyketide synthase gene from the toxic dinoflagellate Karenia brevis. Marine Biotechnology 12: 32-41. |
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| - López-Legentil S, Pawlik JR (2009) Genetic structure of the Caribbean giant barrel sponge Xestospongia muta using the I3-M11 partition of COI. Coral Reefs 28:157-165. |
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| - Pawlik JR, Henkel TP, McMurray SE, López-Legentil S, Loh T-L, Rohde S (2008) Patterns of sponge recruitment and growth on a shipwreck corraborate chemical defense resource trade-off. Marine Ecology Progress Series 368: 137-143. |
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| - López-Legentil S, Song B, McMurray SE, Pawlik JR (2008) Bleaching and stress in coral reef ecosystems: Hsp70 expression by the giant barrel sponge Xestospongia muta. Molecular Ecology 17(7): 1840-1850. |
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| - López-Legentil S, Turon X (2007) Lack of genetic variation in mtDNA over the amphiatlantic distribution range of the ascidian Ecteinascidia turbinata. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 45(1): 405-408. |
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| - López-Legentil S, Bontemps-Subielos N, Turon X, Banaigs B (2007) Secondary metabolite and inorganic contents in Cystodytes sp. (Ascidiacea): temporal patterns and association with reproduction and growth. Marine Biology 151: 293-299. |
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| - López-Legentil S, Turon X, Planes S (2006) Genetic structure of the sea star squirt, Botryllus schlosseri, introduced in southern European harbors. Molecular Ecology 15: 3957-3967. |
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| - López-Legentil S, Turon X (2006) Population genetics, phylogeography and speciation of Cystodytes (Ascidiacea) in the western Mediterranean. Biological Journal of the Linnaean Society 88: 203-214. |
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| - López-Legentil S, Bontemps-Subielos N, Turon X, Banaigs B (2006) Temporal variation in the production of four secondary metabolites in a colonial ascidian. Journal of Chemical Ecology 32: 2079-2084. |
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