Research group
Research overview
Previous positions
My fundamental question is “how are genes regulated?”. In my PhD at the University of Zaragoza, I studied transcription factors in cyanobacteria, followed by postdoctoral research on plant miRNAs with Tamas Dalmay at the University of East Anglia and other small (s)RNAs with David Baulcombe at the University of Cambridge. In my current project, as Broodbank Senior Research Fellow, I have found a novel mechanism that associates regulatory sRNAs with a type of transposable elements, and these with regulation of gene expression.
Qualifications
- 2007 PhD in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. University of Zaragoza
- 2004 B.Sc in Organic Chemistry. University of Zaragoza
- 2003 M.Sc in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. University of Zaragoza
- 2001 B.Sc in Biochemistry (5-year degree). University of Zaragoza
Key publications
Lopez-Gomollon, S., Müller, S.Y., Baulcombe, D.C. “Interspecific hybridization in tomato influences endogenous viral sRNAs and alters gene expression” Genome Biology (2022) 23(1):120.
Lopez-Gomollon, S. & Baulcombe, D.C. “Roles of RNA silencing in viral and non-viral plant immunity and in the crosstalk between disease resistance systems” Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology (2022) doi: 10.1038/s41580-022-00496-5.
Corrêa, R.L., Sanz-Carbonell, A., Kogej, Z., Müller, S.Y., Lopez-Gomollon, S., Gómez, G., Baulcombe, D.C., Elena, S.F. “Viral fitness determines the magnitude of transcriptomic and epigenomic reprograming of defense responses in plants” Molecular Biology and Evolution (2020) 36(7): 1866-1881.
Benoit, M., Drost, H.G., Catoni, M., Gouil, Q., Lopez-Gomollon, S., Baulcombe, D.C., Paszkowski, J. “Environmental and epigenetic regulation of Rider retrotransposons in tomato”. PLoS Genet. (2019) 15(9): e1008370.
Mathers, T.C., Chen,Y.,(..), Lopez-Gomollon, S., (..),Swarbreck, D., Hogenhout,S.A. “Rapid transcriptional plasticity of duplicated gene clusters enables a clonally reproducing aphid to colonise diverse plant species”. Genome Biology (2017) 18:27. Erratum in Genome Biology (2017) 18:63.
All publications
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Awards and fellowships
2019 - 2023 Broodbank Reseach Fellowship, Broodbank Fund, University of Cambridge
2012 - 2015 JAE-DOC Postdoctoral fellowship, EEAD-CSIC
2010 - 2011 Ibercaja Trust postdoctoral fellowship, University of East Anglia
2008 - 2010 Spanish Government postdoctoral fellowship, University of East Anglia
2008 - 2011 Alfonso Martin Escudero Trust fellowship, University of East Anglia
2010 - 2011 FPU Spanish Government PhD studentship, University of Zaragoza
2010 YSF Award by IUBMB, FAOBMB, ComBio2010 and Biochemical Society
2007 Ph.D Award (“Premio extraordinario” - annual award for the best PhD in the subject area)
2006 CESA Award to the project “New risks in drinking water: microcystin. Improving water quality by cyanotoxin elimination” in collaboration with the company OX-CTA
Teaching
2019 - present Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
2018-2023 Lecturer in Plant genomes and synthetic biology (Part II students, 3rd year), University of Cambridge
2018-2023 Supervisor in Plant genomes and synthetic biology (Part II students, 3rd year), University of Cambridge
2017-2023 Demonstrator in IB Plant and Microbial Sciences (2nd year), University of Cambridge
2013-2015 Guest Lecturer in Plant Biotechnology (4th year) and Plant Physiology (2nd year), Degree in Biotechnology. University of Zaragoza
2012-2014 Lecturer in New Methodologies in Molecular biology, Master in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Faculty of Sciences, University of Zaragoza
2010-2011 Research supervisor in “Analyses in Biology” (BIO-3C32), Degree in Biology and Degree in Biochemistry, University of East Anglia
2003-2005 Demonstrator in Plant Physiology (2nd year), Degree in Biochemistry, University of Zaragoza
Committees
2022 - present Associate Feature Editor, The Plant Cell
2010 - present Journal referee for Molecular Plant, Nature Plants, Plant Journal, FEBS Letters, Plant Cell Reports, Frontiers in Plant Sciences, Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology
2016 - 2019 Member of the Plant Sciences Department Postdoctoral Committee
2017, 2018 Co-organizer of the Cambridge Epigenetics Symposium
2016 - 2018 Organizer of the Postdoc-invited Departmental Talks, Department of Plant Sciences
2016 - 2017 Organizer of the Internal Departmental Talks, Department of Plant Sciences
2016 - 2017 Co-organizer of the Cambridge Epigenetics Club
2005 Member of “I Symposium in microcystin research” conference committee, Zaragoza
Outreach/public engagement
2021 - present STEM Ambassador in primary schools and high schools
2021 - present Member of StepWide, making more visible the research of underrepresented groups
2019 Speaker, Science Day, Trinity College, University of Cambridge
2005 - 2007 Volunteer in the “Week of Science”, University of Zaragoza
