Evolutionary Genomics and Bioinformatics
Departament de Genètica, Microbiologia i Estadísitica. Universitat de Barcelona

Alejandro Sánchez-Gracia

Principal Investigator

Research interests:

Origin and evolution of chemosensory system genes in animals. Molecular adaptation and convergent evolution of the odorant and gustatory receptor gene families in Arthropods.

Research organisms:

Arthropods, including Drosophila.

Expertise:

Population genetics and genomics. Comparative genomics and transcriptomics. NGS data analysis. Bioinformatics. Software development.