The main purpose of this doctorate is to provide research personnel in training with the opportunity to develop their research potential. The culmination of the program is the presentation and defence of a doctoral dissertation on one of the areas of knowledge belonging to the different disciplines included in the field of functional biology and genomics. Additionally, after acquiring in-depth knowledge through the completion of the degree, researchers are expected to have sufficient capacity to open their own research lines and carry out work in a self-directed way.
Research areas
• Cell wall assembly and cell separation in fungi and yeasts
• Fungi cell wall biogenesis
• Intracellular traffic in proteins and yeasts
• Vesicle transport and morphogenesis of yeasts
• GTPases and polarity
• Rho1 GTPase regulation in cell polarity and integrity
• Functional organization of eukaryotic genomes
• Maintenance of genome integrity
• Chromosome replication and DNA damage response
• Chromosome dynamics in meiosis: epigenetic regulation
• Chromosome behaviour in S. pombe meiosis
• RNA viruses in yeasts
• Transcription and processing of RNA in yeasts
• Translational regulation of gene expression in eukaryotes
• Gene regulation in Streptomyces
• Coordination among cell growth, division and differentiation. Genome instability
• Regulation of the cell cycle and pathogen virulence
• Molecular neurobiology
• Bioenergetics and oxidative stress
For admission to this Doctorate in Functional and Genomic Biology, students should have at least completed an undergraduate degree in the field of biomedicine (Biology, Biotechnology, Pharmacy, Medicine, Chemistry, Veterinary Medicine or Computing) or be licentiates in Biology, Biochemistry, Biotechnology, Pharmacy, Medicine, Veterinary Medicine or Computing.