Phenotypic modeling using computation of massive complementary genomic data and its application to the improvement and conservation of forest species in the face of global change
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Postdoctoral Researcher - Computational Biology and Forest Genetic Improvement
I am a postdoctoral researcher at the Population Genetics and Evolution Lab at the Institute of Forest Sciences (ICIFOR-INIA-CSIC, Spain) as part of the Momentum Program at CSIC (2024-2028). This initiative aims to attract, train, and retain talent in artificial intelligence and advanced digital skills, fostering a new generation of scientists and innovators in Spain.
My research focuses on developing genomic prediction models adapted to forest trees by integrating multi-omics data and artificial intelligence to predict key phenotypes of interest, such as productivity, pest and pathogen resistance, and tolerance to abiotic stresses (e.g., drought), with the aim of helping design forest genetic improvement programs. Additionally, my project involves transferring results to both the public sector (MITECO, Spain) and private industry.
This portfolio serves as a dynamic record of my learning, skills, and training acquired throughout the Momentum Program at CSIC. It documents my progress in computational biology, multi-omics integration, and artificial intelligence applied to forest genetic improvement. Additionally, it provides access to key deliverables, including research outputs, models, and tools developed during the program. By making these resources available through direct links, this portfolio not only tracks my professional growth but also fosters knowledge sharing and collaboration within the scientific community.
Background & Research Experience
I hold a B.Sc. in Biology from the University of Alcalá de Henares (Madrid, Spain) and an M.Sc. in Evolutionary Biology from the Complutense University of Madrid, where I also earned my Ph.D. in Biology.
During my Ph.D. (2015-2020), I investigated the impact of climate change on drought-sensitive relict conifers (Abies pinsapo and Cedrus atlantica), combining population genomics and transcriptomics. I also completed international research stays at the University of Stirling (Scotland, UK) and UC Davis (USA), where I gained expertise in population genomics, bioinformatics and computational biology.
My first postdoc (2020-2022) at the Plant Computational Genomics Lab (University of Connecticut, USA) focused on forest conservation genomics and further developed my expertise in population genomics, bioinformatics and computational biology. Although I participated in several projects related to these fields, my main task was leading the development of CartograPlant, a web application that integrates, visualizes, and analyzes genotypic, phenotypic, and environmental data of georeferenced trees and plants. This FAIR-compliant platform provides accessible cyberinfrastructure for researchers and stakeholders, facilitating decision-making in plant and forest genetic improvement and conservation.
I later obtained a Juan de la Cierva Formación postdoctoral fellowship at the Forest Genomics Lab (ICIFOR-INIA-CSIC, Spain) (2022-2024), where I investigated the molecular response of Pinus pinaster to drought in grafts using different omics approaches. Shortly after joining, I expanded my research by incorporating Machine Learning and multi-omics integration, laying the foundation for an interdisciplinary and internationally innovative project, which was submitted to several national and international competitive research calls (e.g. COMFUTURO 2022, Marie Curie PF 2022, Atracción de talento César Nombela 2023, 2024).
Thanks to this initiative and the experience gained, I was selected for my current postdoctoral position at ICIFOR in the Momentum Program at CSIC, where I continue to advance in computational biology and AI-driven genomic prediction.
Research interests
My research interests lie at the intersection of genomics, bioinformatics, and artificial intelligence applied to molecular ecology and forest conservation. I specialize in integrating, analyzing, and visualizing genomic, phenotypic, and environmental data to understand the response of forest species to climate change and enhance their resilience to biotic and abiotic stressors. I have worked on developing bioinformatics tools such as CartograPlant, applying landscape genomics, GWAS, meta-analysis, and machine learning approaches to address challenges in conservation biology and forest genetic improvement. Additionally, I advocate for open science and the implementation of FAIR standards in scientific data management. My experience includes international collaborations, leadership in data standardization initiatives, and editorial contributions to scientific journals, aiming to improve the accessibility and applicability of omics data in the management and conservation of forest genetic resources.
Research projects
- MMT24-ICIFOR-01. Phenotypic modeling using computation of massive complementary genomic data and its application to the improvement and conservation of forest species in the face of global change. Funding Agency: Momentum Program – Spanish National Research Council (CSIC). PIs: Juan José Robledo, Ricardo Alía, ICIFOR-INIA, CSIC. 2024-2028. 310,000 €. Role: Postdoctoral Contract Momentum-CSIC program - Doctor FC1 (2024-2028).
- RTI2018-098015-B-I00. PErDURE: Molecular study of maritime pine (Pinus pinaster Ait.) response to drought by grafts of genotypes with contrasted response. Funding Agency: Proyectos I+D+i Retos Investigación 2018, MICIU (Spain). PI: Mª Teresa Cervera, ICIFOR-INIA-CSIC. 2019-2022. 193,600 €. ICIFOR-INIA (CSIC, Spain). Role: Postdoctoral Contract Juan de la Cierva Formación (2022-2024)
- PID2021-123322OB-I00. ImPROvE: Molecular study of the response of maritime pine (Pinus pinaster Ait.) to grafting, analyzing genotypes with contrasting behavior to drought. Functional characterization of candidate genes involved in that response. Funding agency: Proyectos I+D+i Retos Investigación 2021, MICIU (Spain). PIs: María Teresa Cervera Goy, Carmen Díaz-Sala. 2022-2025. 160,000 €. ICIFOR-INIA (CSIC, Spain). Role: Postdoctoral contract Juan de la Cierva Formación (2022-2024)
- TED2021-130790B-C32. Variabilidad genética de los alisos españoles, caracterización de la descendencia y propagación de genotipos seleccionados. Convocatoria 2021 de Proyectos Orientados a la Transición Ecológica y a la Transición Digital. 160.000 € (costes directos). Duración real hasta 30/11/2024. PIs: Carmen Díaz-Sala, María Teresa Cervera Goy, ICIFOR-INIA (CSIC, Spain). Role: Postdoctoral contract Juan de la Cierva Formación (2022-2024)
- AG2PI Seed Grant. Project: Community engagement to improve standards and integration for genotype, phenotype, and environmental data for model and non-model plants. Funding Agency: Agricultural Genome to Phenome Initiative (AG2PI), USDA-NIFA awards 2020-70412-32615 and 2021-70412-35233. Lead PI: Dr. Irene Cobo-Simón. Co-PIs: Dr. Jill Wegrzyn and Dr. Margaret Staton. UConn, USA. 28/11/2021-28/11/2022 (12 months). $19,591
- NSF Standard Grant. Award Number 2126334. RCN: Reimagining a Sustainable Data Network to Accelerate Agricultural Research and Discovery. Standard grant. Funding agency: NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION (NSF, USA). PIs: Leonore Reiser (PI), Doreen Main (Co-PI), Margaret Staton (Co-PI), Monica Poelchau (Co-PI), Jacqueline Campbell (Co-PI), Eva Huala (Former PI), Sook Jung (Former Co-PI). Phoenix Bioinformatics Corporation (CA, USA). 01/09/2021-31/08/2025. $600,000. Role: Research Collaborator (as Chair of the Genotype-Phenotype working group of AgBioData).
- IDEA Grant: Expression Analysis of Needle Abscission in the Deciduous Eastern Larch (Larix laricina). Funding agency: UConn (USA). PI: Prof. Jill Wegrzyn. Role: Research collaborator during my postdoctoral contract at UConn (01/10/2021-15/04/2022).
- IDEA Grant: Investigating Genetic Variation in White Ash to Reduce Tree Mortality against Invasive Species. Funding agency: UConn (UConn, USA). PI: Prof. Jill Wegrzyn. Role: Research collaborator during my postdoctoral contract at UConn (01/07/2020-15/04/2022)
- Grant 2019-67021-29920. Project CONW-2018-09223 Enabling association mapping and landscape genomics through the advanced integration of genotype, phenotype, and geospatial data (01/08/2019 – 31/07/2023). Funding Agency: USDA-NIFA (USA) PI: Dr. Jill Wegrzyn, UConn USA. Role: Postdoctoral Research Associate (29/01/2021-15/04/2022) Research specialist (28/02/2020-29/01/2021).
- Project. Morphogenetic characterization of Marchenero pouter breed. Funding agency: Marchena council (Seville). PI: Dr. María Pérez Fernández. University Pablo de Olavide (Seville, Spain). Role: Research collaborator during my Predoctoral contract at UPO (2016-2019).
- Project. Possible effects of the climatic variation in small mammal abundance and altitudinal distribution in La Tigra National Park (Honduras). Funding agency: The Nature Conservancy (TNC), Honduras. PI: Dr. Gustavo Fontecha. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras. Role: Research collaborator during my predoctoral contract at UPO (2017-2018).
- CGL2013-48843-C2-2-R. Selective pressures of climate change on eco-physiology and genetic structure of tree populations and soil microbial communities in front- and read-edges fronts of forest ecosystems. Funding Agency: MINECO. PI: Dr. Juan Carlos Linares Calderón. Dept. of Physical, Chemical and Natural Systems, University Pablo de Olavide. 01/04/2015 – 31/03/2019. 162,140 €. Role: BES-2014-070379 FPI predoctoral contract (2015-2019).
- CGL2010-15231BOS Effects of climate and paleogeographical changes on the western Mediterranean river courses: Demography and phylogeography. Funding agency: MICINN, Spain. PI: Dr. Ignacio Doadrio. MNCN-CSIC. 2010-2013. 205,700 €. Role: Extracurricular Internship (2012-2014)
- CGL2013-37279 Genetic improvement and breeding program of the Spanish Mastiff. Funding Agency: MICINN (Spain). PI: Dr. Ignacio Doadrio. MNCN-CSIC. Role: Curricular Internship (BSc in Biology UAH) and MSc Thesis UCM (2011-2012)
Publications
Editorial Activity
- Cobo-Simón I*, Culley TM*, Baker RL, David AS, Gitzendanner MA, Olson MS, Roy T, Weaver WN, Diggle P, Gross B (2024) (*equal contribution). The Development of Botanical Society of America's Comprehensive Artificial Intelligence Policy for Its Academic Journals. Plant Science Bulletin, Botanical Society of America. 70(3), 205 (Without impact factor).
JCR journals
- Cordeiro D, Pizarro A, Vélez MD, Guevara MA, de María N, Ramos P, Cobo-Simón I, Diez-Galán A, Benavente A, Ferreira V, Martín MA, Rodríguez-González PM, Solla A, Cervera MT, Diez-Casero JJ, Cabezas JA and Díaz-Sala C (2024). Breeding Alnus species for resistance to Phytophthora disease in the Iberian Peninsula. Front. Plant Sci. 15:1499185 (IF 4.1, Q1).
- Manjarrez LF, de María N, Vélez MD, Cabezas JA, Mancha JA, Ramos P, Pizarro A, Blanco-Urdillo E, López-Hinojosa M, Cobo-Simón I, Guevara MA, Díaz-Sala MC, Cervera MT (2024). Comparative Stem Transcriptome Analysis Reveals Pathways Associated with Drought Tolerance in Maritime Pine Grafts. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 25(18), 9926 (IF 4.9, Q1).
- Manjarrez LF, Guevara MA, de María N, Vélez MD, Cobo-Simón I, López-Hinojosa M, Cabezas JA, Mancha JA, Pizarro A, Díaz-Sala MC, Cervera MT (2024). Maritime Pine Rootstock Genotype Modulates Gene Expression Associated with Stress Tolerance in Grafted Stems. Plants, 13(12), 1644 (IF 4.5, Q1).
- Deng CH*, Naithani S*, Kumari S*, Cobo-Simón I, Quezada-Rodriguez EH, Skrabisova M, Gladman N, Correll MJ, Sikiru AB, Afuwape OO, Marrano A, Rebollo I, Zhang W, Jung S* (*equal contribution) On behalf of the Genotype-Phenotype Working Group, AgBioData (2023). Genotype and phenotype data standardization, utilization and integration in the big data era for agricultural sciences. Database, Volume 2023, baad088 (IF 3.4, Q1)
- Cobo-Simón I, Gómez-Garrido J, Esteve-Codina A, Dabad M, Alioto T, Maloof J, Méndez-Cea B, Seco JI, Linares JC, Gallego FJ (2023). De novo transcriptome sequencing and gene co-expression reveal a genomic basis for drought sensitiveness and evidence of rapid local adaptation on Atlas cedar (Cedrus atlantica). Frontiers in Plant Science 14,(IF 4.1, Q1).
- Cobo-Simón I, Maloof J, Li R, Amini H, Méndez-Cea B, García-García I, Gómez-Garrido J, Esteve-Codina A, Dabad M, Alioto T, Wegrzyn J, Seco JI, Linares JC, Gallego FJ (2023). Contrasting transcriptomic patterns reveal a genomic basis for drought resilience in the relict fir Abies pinsapo Boiss. Tree Physiology, 43(2), 315–334 (IF 3.5, Q1, 1st Decile)
- Cobo-Simón I, Méndez-Cea B, Seco J, Wegrzyn J, Gallego FJ, Linares JC (2021). Gene frequency shift in relict Abies pinsapo forests associated with drought-induced mortality. Forests 12(9):1220. https://doi.org/10.3390/f12091220. (IF 3.282, Q1).
- Staton M*, Cannon E*, Sanderson L-A*, Wegrzyn J*, Anderson T, Buehler S, Cobo-Simón I, Faaberg K, Grau E, Guignon V, Gunoskey J, Inderski B, Jung S, Lager K, Main D, Poelchau M, Ramnath R, Richter P, West J, Ficklin S (*equal contribution) (2021). Tripal, a community update after 10 years of supporting open source, standards-based genetic, genomic and breeding databases. Briefings in Bioinformatics 22(6): bbab238 (IF 13.994, Q1, 1st Decile).
- Cobo-Simón I, Méndez-Cea B, Jump A, Seco J, Gallego FJ, Linares JC (2020). Understanding genetic diversity of relict forests. Linking long-term isolation legacies and current habitat fragmentation in Abies pinsapo Boiss. Forest Ecology and Management 461, 117947 (IF 3.558, Q1, 1st Decile).
- Cobo-Simón I, Márquez-Rodríguez J, Méndez-Cea B, Gallego FJ, Pérez-Fernández M (2020). Understanding the morphological and genetic distinctiveness of Spanish pouter pigeons: Marchenero pouter as a case study. Ibis 162(3):766-777 (IF 2.517, Q1, 1st Decile).
- Méndez-Cea B, Cobo-Simón I, Pérez-González A, García-García I, Linares JC, Gallego FJ (2019). DNA extraction and amplification from Pinaceae wood. Silvae Genetica 68:55-57 (IF 1.111, Q3).
- Cobo-Simón I, Méndez-Cea B, Portillo H, Elvir F, Vega H, Gallego FJ, Fontecha G (2019). Testing the effectiveness of conservation management within Biosphere Reserves: the case of Mexican Deer Mouse (Peromyscus mexicanus) as a bioindicator. Integrative Zoology 14(5):422-434 (IF 2.514, Q1, 1st Decile).
- Pérez-González A, Marconi M, Cobo-Simón I, Méndez-Cea B, Perdiguero P, Linacero R, Linares JC, Gallego FJ (2018). Abies pinsapo Boiss. transcriptome sequencing and molecular marker detection: a novel genetic resource for a relict Mediterranean fir. Forest Science 64(6):609- 617 (IF 1.058, Q3).
Congresses and Conferences
23 oral presentations (O), 22 posters (P), 1 round table as invited speaker (I), and 6 Workshop sessions (W), 31 as first author, presented in 32 congresses and conferences, of which 20 international and one as a Member of the Organizing Committee.
- Irene Cobo-Simón, Nicolás Lobato, Julio Ramírez, Lorenzo Federico Manjarrez, Nuria de María, Miriam López-Hinojosa, María Dolores Vélez, Paula Ramos, José Antonio Mancha, Alberto Pizarro, José Antonio Cabezas, María Ángeles Guevara, Carmen Díaz-Sala, María Teresa Cervera. Predicting drought tolerance-related biomarkers in maritime pine (Pinus pinaster Ait.) using Machine Learning. International Botanical Congress (IBC Madrid 2024). 21-27 July 2024. Madrid, Spain (O).
- Irene Cobo-Simón, Laura Piccoli, Daniel Ramírez, Nuria de María, María Ángeles Guevara, María Dolores Vélez, José Antonio Cabezas, Paula Ramos, José Antonio Mancha, Alberto Pizarro, Miriam López-Hinojosa, Lorenzo Federico Manjarrez, Carmen Díaz-Sala, María Teresa Cervera. Transcriptomic analysis reveals an effect of the scion on rootstock gene expression in maritime pine (Pinus pinaster Ait.). International Botanical Congress (IBC Madrid 2024). 21-27 July 2024. Madrid, Spain (P).
- Lorenzo F. Manjarrez, Nuria de María, María Á. Guevara, María D. Vélez, José A. Cabezas, José A. Mancha, Paula Ramos, Alberto Pizarro, Miriam López-Hinojosa, Irene Cobo-Simón, María C. Díaz-Sala, María T. Cervera.
miRNA profiling in maritime pine (Pinus pinaster Ait.) subjected to water stress using grafting as an experimental system. International Botanical Congress (IBC Madrid 2024). 21-27 July 2024. Madrid, Spain (O).
- Marcela K. Tello-Ruiz, Kazim Ali, Gul Shad Ali, Nahla V. Bassil, Sebastian Beier, Jill M. Bushakra, Irene Cobo-Simón, Sarah Dyer, Osman Gutierrez, Melanie L. Harrison, Jodi Humann, Vivek Kumar, Rex Nelson, Mazdak Salavati, Moira Sheehan, Doreen Ware, Sharon Wei, Timothee Cezard. Standardizing biocuration of genetic variation data to promote FAIRification. Plant and Animal Genome Conference / PAG 31. 12-17 January 2024. San Diego, California, USA (W).
- Emily Grau, Irene Cobo-Simón, Risharde Ramnath, Meghan Myles, Jeffrey Gamer, Isabella Harding, Rachel Wolther, Noah Caldwell, Stephen P. Ficklin, Margaret Staton, Jill L. Wegrzyn. TreeGenes and Cartograplant: Enabling Forest Tree Genomics. Plant and Animal Genome Conference / PAG 31. 12-17 January 2024. San Diego, California, USA (Forest Tree Workshop) (W).
- Irene Cobo-Simón, Spiros Michalakopoulos, Eleana Spavento, Rasmus Astrup, Andrés Bravo. Invited speaker at the round table Challenges and dangers of integrating artificial intelligence into sustainable ecosystem management. International Conference Artificial Intelligence and Ecosystems Management. 20/04/2023. University of Valladolid, Palencia (Spain) (I).
- Irene Cobo-Simón, Fernando Montes, Ricardo Alia, Santiago González-Martínez, Miriam López-Hinojosa, José Antonio Cabezas, María Ángeles Guevara, Nuria de María, María Dolores Vélez, Lorenzo Manjarrez, María Teresa Cervera. Joining Artificial Intelligence with human expertise in the plant big data era: A paradigm shift to improve forest health and productivity in a changing climate. International Conference Artificial Intelligence and Ecosystems Management. 17-21 April 2023. University of Valladolid, Palencia (Spain) (O).
- Maurice Amee, Irene Cobo-Simón, Olivia Marie Maher, Alison Scott, Jill Wegrzyn. The Evolution of Deciduous Behavior: A Case of Needle Abscission Transcriptomics in a Conifer (Larix laricina). Plant and Animal Genome Conference PAG 30, January 13-18, 2023. San Diego (California, USA) (O).
- Emily Grau, Irene Cobo-Simón, Risharde Ramnath, Jill Wegrzyn. Cartograplant: Leveraging Ontologies for Landscape and Association Genetics. Plant and Animal Genome Conference PAG 30, January 13-18, 2023. San Diego (California, USA) (O).
- Sushma Naithani, Cecilia H. Deng, Sunita Kumari, Irene Cobo-Simón, Elsa H. Quezada-Rodríguez, Maria Skrabisova, Nick Gladman, Melanie Correll, Akeem Babatunde Sikiru, Olusola O Afuwape, Inés Rebollo, Wentao Zhang and Sook Jung. The AgBioData Consortium: Challenges and Recommendations for FAIR Genetic, Genomic and Breeding Data. Session entitled: Challenges and Opportunities in Connecting Genotype to Phenotype Data. 13/01/2023. 2.5 hours. Plant and Animal Genome Conference PAG 30, January 13-18, 2023. San Diego (California, USA) (W)
- Irene Cobo-Simón, Emily Grau, Jill Wegrzyn. CartograPlant Workshop: Hands-On Training With an Analysis Framework Integrating Genotype, Phenotype, and Environmental Data. 13/01/2023. 2.5 hours. Plant and Animal Genome Conference PAG 30, January 13-18, 2023. San Diego (California, USA) (W).
- Irene Cobo-Simón, Risharde Ramnath, Sean Buehler, Peter Richter, Charles Demurjian, Barnaly Pande, Emily Strickland, Victoria Burton, Nicole Butch, Alicia Abrams, Alex Lowe, Emily Grau, Abdullah Almsaeed, Nic Herndon, Margaret Staton, Jill Wegrzyn. CartograPlant: Cyberinfrastructure to improve plant health and productivity in the context of a changing climate. Botany 2022, Anchorage (Alaska, USA), Hybrid virtual/in person July 24-27, 2022 (O).
- Maurice Amee, Irene Cobo-Simón, Alison Scott, Olivia Maher, Jill Wegrzyn. Transcriptomics of seasonal leaf senescence in a deciduous conifer (Larix laricina). Botany 2022, Anchorage (Alaska, USA), Hybrid virtual/in person July 24-27, 2022 (O).
- Lorenzo Federico Manjarrez, Nuria de María, María Ángeles Guevara, María Dolores Vélez, José Antonio Cabezas, José Antonio Mancha, Alberto Pizarro, Miriam López-Hinojosa, Irene Cobo-Simón, María Carmen Díaz-Sala, María Teresa Cervera. Comparative transcriptional dynamics in scion and rootstock stems of grafted maritime pines. The 20th IUFRO Tree Biotech and the 2nd Forest Tree Molecular Biology and Biotechnology Conference. July 7-9, 2022 (hybrid virtual/in person) (O).
- Irene Cobo-Simón, Risharde Ramnath, Sean Buehler, Peter Richter, Charles Demurjian, Barnaly Pande, Emily Strickland, Victoria Burton, Nicole Butch, Alicia Abrams, Alex Lowe, Emily Grau, Abdullah Almsaeed, Nic Herndon, Margaret Staton, Jill Wegrzyn. Cartograplant: Cyberinfrastructure to Improve Plant Health and Productivity in the Context of a Changing Climate. Plant Genomes Online, April 27-28, 2022. Virtual (O).
- Maurice Amee, Irene Cobo-Simón, Alison Scott, Olivia Maher, Jill Wegrzyn. Transcriptomics of seasonal leaf senescence in a deciduous conifer (Larix laricina). Plant Genomes Online, April 27-28, 2022. Virtual (O).
- Irene Cobo-Simón, Nic Herndon, Margaret Staton, Emily Grau, Sean Buehler, Peter Richter, Risharde Ramnath, Charlie Demurjian, Abdullah Almsaeed, Jill Wegrzyn. Integrating, visualizing and analyzing tree environment, phenotype and genotype using CartograPlant, WildType and Tripal Galaxy. Digital Tools and Resources, Session 3. Plant and Animal Genome International Conference (PAG) XXIX. Jan. 11, 2022. Virtual (O).
- Irene Cobo-Simón, Risharde Ramnath, Sean Buehler, Peter Richter, Charlie Demurjian, Barnaly Pande, Emily Strickland, Alicia Abrams, Alex Lowe, Emily Grau, Abdullah Almsaeed, Nic Herndon, Margaret Staton, Jill Wegrzyn. Cartograplant: Cyberinfrastructure to Improve Forest Health and Productivity in the Context of a Changing Climate. Forest Tree Session. Plant and Animal Genome International Conference (PAG) XXIX. Jan. 9, 2022. Virtual (O).
- Irene Cobo-Simón, Nic Herndon, Margaret Staton, Emily Grau, Sean Buehler, Peter Richter, Risharde Ramnath, Charlie Demurjian, Abdullah Almsaeed, Jill Wegrzyn. Integrating, visualizing and analyzing tree environment, phenotype and genotype using CartograPlant, WildType and Tripal Galaxy. Plant and Animal Genome International Conference (PAG) XXIX. Jan. 8-11, 2022. Virtual (P).
- Maurice Amee, Irene Cobo-Simón, Alison D. Scott, Olivia M. Maher, Jill Wegrzyn. Differential Expression Analysis of Needle Abscission in the Deciduous Eastern Larch. Plant and Animal Genome International Conference (PAG) XXIX. Jan. 8-11, 2022. Virtual (P).
- Jill Wegrzyn, Irene Cobo-Simón. Tripal Database Network and Initiatives. PAG Conference XXIX. 08/01/2022 (W).
- José Ignacio Seco, María Trujillo-Ríos, Irene Cobo-Simón, Belén Mendez-Cea, Isabel García García, Raúl Sánchez-Salguero, Pablo Casas-Gómez, David Martín Gálvez, Francisco Javier Gallego, Juan Carlos Linares. Plasticidad fenotípica en los balances de agua y carbono en plántulas de Abies pinsapo y Cedrus atlantica sometidas a estrés hídrico. XV National AEET Meeting. El valor de la Naturaleza para una Sociedad Global. 18-21 Oct. 2021, Plasencia, Cáceres (Spain) (O).
- Irene Cobo-Simón, Nic Herndon, Margaret Staton, Emily Grau, Sean Buehler, Peter Richter, Risharde Ramnath, Charlie Demurjian, Abdullah Almsaeed, Jill Wegrzyn. From CartograTree to CartograPlant: improving plant health and productivity in the context of a changing climate. Botany 2021 Conference. 18-23 July 2021. Virtual (O).
- Irene Cobo-Simón, Jeremy Bennett, Ava Fritz, Jeanne Romero-Severson, Megan Reid, Jennifer Koch, Noah Reid, Jill Wegrzyn. Breeding Resistant Ash for North America: Identifying genetic signatures associated with the lingering phenotype in green ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica). Botany 2021 Conference. 18-23 July 2021. Virtual (P).
- Jill Wegrzyn, Abdullah Almasaed, Margaret Staton, Risharde Ramnath, Irene Cobo-Simón. Data Collection to Analysis: Landscape Genomics with CartograPlant and WildType. Botany 2021 conference (virtual). 18/07/2021 (W).
- Irene Cobo-Simón, Nic Herndon, Margaret Staton, Emily Grau, Sean Buehler, Peter Richter, Risharde Ramnath, Charlie Demurjian, Abdullah Almsaeed, Stephen Duncanson, Barnaly Pande, Emily Strickland, Jessica Gunoskey, Jill Wegrzyn. From the landscape to the plant: Integrating, visualizing and analyzing plant environment, phenotype and genotype using CartograPlant, WildType and Tripal Galaxy. 2021 Galaxy Community Conference. 5-10 Jul. 2021. Virtual (P).
- Emily Grau, Irene Cobo-Simón, Risharde Ramnath, Peter Richter, Jill Wegrzyn. TreeGenes: Resources for Forest Tree Genetics. 2021 Forest Genetics symposium. 19-20 May 2021, (P).
- Jeremy Bennett, Irene Cobo-Simón, Ava Fritz, Jeanne Romero-Severson, Megan Reid. Investigating Genetic Signatures Associated with Reduced Mortality Against Emerald Ash Borer in Green Ash. 2021 Forest Genetics Symposium. 19-20 May 2021, Virtual (P).
- Irene Cobo-Simón, Risharde Ramnath, Sean Buehler, Peter Richter, Charlie Demurjian, Emily Grau, Abdullah Almsaeed, Nic Herndon, Margaret Staton, Jill Wegrzyn. CartograTree: Cyberinfrastructure to improve forest health and productivity in the context of a changing climate. 2021 Forest Genetics symposium. 19-20 May 2021, Virtual (P)
- Irene Cobo-Simón. CartograTree: Cyberinfrastructure to improve forest health and productivity in the context of a changing climate. Spring Institute for System Genomics (ISG) Virtual Networking event, University of Connecticut. 17 May 2021. Virtual (P)
- Irene Cobo Simón. From CartograTree to CartograPlant: Cyberinfrastructure to improve plant health and productivity in the context of a changing climate Fall ISG's Virtual Networking Event, University of Connecticut, 11 Dec. 2020, Virtual (P)
- Irene Cobo-Simón, Nic Herndon, Margaret Staton, Emily Grau, Sean Buehler, Peter Richter, Risharde Ramnath, Charlie Demurjian, Abdullah Almsaeed, Jill Wegrzyn. Integrative imputation-driven meta-analysis of genome-wide and genome-environment association analyses provides insights into genetic control of fitness related traits in trees: Populus trichocarpa as case study. Botany 2020 Conference. 27-31 July 2020, Virtual (P).
- Irene Cobo-Simón, Nic Herndon, Margaret Staton, Emily Grau, Sean Buehler, Peter Richter, Risharde Ramnath, Charlie Demurjian, Abdullah Almsaeed, Jill Wegrzyn. Integrating and analyzing genotype, phenotype, and environmental data through CartograTree and Tripal Galaxy. BCC2020 Conference. 17-21 July 2020, Virtual (O).
- Irene Cobo-Simón, Julin N Maloof, Ruijuan Li, Hajar Amini, Belén Méndez-Cea, Jèssica Gómez-Garrido, Anna Esteve-Codina, Marc Dabad, Tyler Alioto, José Seco, Juan Carlos Linares, Francisco Javier Gallego. Transcriptome analysis reveals different physiological mechanisms of drought avoidance between the relict conifers Abies pinsapo Boiss and Cedrus atlantica. International Scientific Conference: Genetics to the rescue. 27-31 January 2020. Avignon Université, Avignon France (P). Conference results published at: Fady B, Aravanopoulos F, Benavides R. et al. (2020) Genetics to the rescue: managing forests sustainably in a changing world. Tree Genetics & Genomes 16, 80.
- Juan Carlos Linares Calderón, Francisco Javier Gallego-Rodríguez, Irene Cobo-Simón, Belén Méndez-Cea, Raúl Sánchez-Salguero, Pablo Casas-Gómez, José Ignacio Seco, José Ángel Merino. Looking for genomics and dendroclimatic adaptive dynamics to climate change in declining tree species. 1st Meeting of the Iberian Ecological Society & XIV AEET Meeting. Universidad de Barcelona (UB), Barcelona, Spain, 4-7 February 2019 (O).
- Irene Cobo-Simón. Climate change and relict tree species evolutionary potential: understanding the molecular basis of the Southernmost European fir (Abies pinsapo Boiss.). 2º PhDay Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM), Spain, 28 Nov. 2018 (O).
- Irene Cobo-Simón, Belén Méndez-Cea, Alistair Jump, Francisco Javier Gallego, Juan Carlos Linares. Climate change-related shifts in the genetic diversity of relict tree species: understanding the patterns of molecular markers in Abies pinsapo. 2º PhDay Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM), Spain, 28 Nov. 2018 (P).
- Irene Cobo-Simón, Belén Méndez-Cea, Carlos Marti, José Ignacio Seco, Francisco Javier Gallego, Juan Carlos Linares. Climate change and relict tree species evolutionary potential: The Southernmost European fir (Abies pinsapo Boiss.) as a case study. IBS Climate Change Biogeography Meeting, 20- 24 Mar. 2018, Évora, Portugal (O).
- Belén Méndez-Cea, Irene Cobo-Simón, Francisco Javier Gallego, Juan Carlos Linares. Range-wide genomic patterns and adaptive potential of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) to climate change. IBS Climate Change Biogeography Meeting, 20-24 Mar. 2018, Évora, Portugal (P).
- Irene Cobo-Simón. Climate change-related shifts in the genetic diversity of relict tree species: understanding the patterns of molecular markers in Abies pinsapo. 1st PhDay Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM), Spain, 14 Dic. 2017 (O and P).
- Irene Cobo-Simón, Francisco Javier Gallego, Juan Carlos Linares Calderón. Climate change related shifts in the genetic diversity of relict tree species: understanding the patterns of nuclear and chloroplast markers in Abies pinsapo. CNIC PhDay: State of the Art. Centro Nacional de Investigación Cardiovascular (CNIC), Madrid, Spain, 24 Nov. 2017 (P).
- Irene Cobo-Simón, Francisco Javier Gallego, Juan Carlos Linares Calderón. Selective pressures of climate change in the genetic structure of the Spanish fir Abies pinsapo Boiss. Jornadas de Jóvenes Investigadores 2017, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain, 24-28 Apr. 2017 (O).
- Irene Cobo-Simón, Alistair Jump, Francisco Javier Gallego Rodríguez, Juan Carlos Linares Calderón. Selective pressures of climate change on genetic structure of conifer populations in front and rear-edges of forest ecosystems. Biological and Environmental Sciences (BES) Winter Symposium, University of Stirling, UK, 5-6 December 2016 (O).
- Ana Pérez-González, Marco Marconi, Pedro Perdiguero, Irene Cobo-Simón, Belén Méndez-Cea, Rosario Linacero, Francisco Javier Gallego. De novo transcriptome assembly and molecular marker detection in Spanish Fir (Abies pinsapo Boiss.). IUFRO Genomics and Forest Tree Genetics Conference, Arcachon, France, 30 March. - 3 Apr. 2016 (P).
- Irene Cobo-Simón, Ignacio Doadrio. Sistemática Molecular del género Phoxinus Rafinesque, 1820 (Actynopterygii: Cyprinidae) en la Península Ibérica. VII Jornadas del Departamento de Biodiversidad y Biología Evolutiva, MNCN-CSIC, Madrid, Spain, 26 Nov. 2014 (O).
- Irene Cobo-Simón, Ignacio Doadrio. Molecular systematic of the genus Phoxinus Rafinesque, 1820 (Actynopterygii: Cyprinidae) in the Iberian Peninsula. Young Systematists’ Forum, London, UK, 21 Nov. 2014 (P).
- Irene Cobo-Simón, Ignacio Doadrio. Molecular systematic of the genus Phoxinus Rafinesque, 1820 (Actynopterygii: Cyprinidae) in the Iberian Peninsula. V Iberian Meeting of Ictiology, Lisbon, Portugal, 24-26 June 2014 (P).
- Irene Cobo-Simón, Ignacio Doadrio. Sistemática Molecular del género Phoxinus Rafinesque, 1820 (Actynopterygii: Cyprinidae) en la Península Ibérica. VI Jornadas del Departamento de Biodiversidad y Biología Evolutiva, MNCN-CSIC, Madrid, Spain, 20-21 Nov. 2013 (O).
- Irene Cobo-Simón, Ignacio Doadrio. Molecular systematic of the genus Phoxinus Rafinesque, 1820 (Actynopterygii: Cyprinidae) in the Iberian Peninsula. II Iberian Congress of Biological Systematics, Universidad de Barcelona, 25-27 Sept. 2013 (P).
- Irene Cobo-Simón, Ignacio Doadrio. El origen de los perros macromorfos en la Península Ibérica. IV Congreso de Biodiversidad, Bilbao, Spain, 6-8 Feb. 2013 (P).
- Irene Cobo-Simón, Ignacio Doadrio. El origen de los perros macromorfos en la Península Ibérica. V Jornadas del Departamento de Biodiversidad y Biología Evolutiva, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (MNCN-CSIC), Madrid, Spain, 5-6 Nov. 2012 (O).
Management, Leadership and Editorial Activities
- Member of the Natural Language Processing for Biocuration Working Group of AgBioData. 26/03/2025-present
- Associate Editor. Applications in Plant Sciences Journal. 01/09/2024-present.
- Guest Editor in Applications in Plants Sciences Journal. Special Issue Quantifying plant and fungal dispersal: New methods from multiple disciplines. March 2024-January 2025.
- Member of the Phenotypic data standardization and management working group of AgBioData (February 2024-present).
- Member of the Botanical Society of America (BSA) Ad Hoc Committee for Developing Policies and Guidelines for Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Publications (2023-2024). Tasks: To discuss generative AI tools as they apply to publishing and to develop guidelines and best practices for the authors, reviewers and editors of BSA journals (AJB, APPS and PSB). I co-led the resulting paper for the Plant Science Bulletin. September 2023-September 2024. Deliverables: AI-related guidelines for authors and reviewers of BSA journals (APPS, PSB and AJB) published in their respective webpages and in the Plant Science Bulletin. Fall 2024 (Volume 70, Number 3, page 205) (see Publications section)
- Ambassador of the American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB). Tasks: To communicate the mission and vision of the ASPB to other plant biologists, to the public, and to help ensure the ongoing vitality of the Society (03/04/2023- 02/04/2024).
- Member of the AgBioData Consortium Standards for Genetic Variation Working Group. 08/03/2023-present. Deliverables: Workshop in PAG 31 conference (see Publications - Congresses and conferences section)
- Reviewer Editor. Applications in Plant Sciences Journal. 01/09/2022- 31/08/2024.
- Chair of the Genotype-Phenotype Working Group, AgBioData 28/11/2021–15/03/2023. Deliverables: White paper . Preprint (see Publications section), PAG 31 conference workshop (see Publications - Congresses and Conferences).
- Vice-Chair of the National Postdoctoral Association Outreach Committee. NPA (USA) 01/11/2021 – 01/11/2022.
- Member of the Post-Doc Steering Committee, UConn (USA), 01/07/2021- 15/04/2022
- Collaborator with World Forest ID (WFID) consortium (worldforestid.org/). Tasks: Using CartograPlant to tackle fraud, illegal logging and deforestation. 05/01/2021–15/04/2022.
- Moderator of the Population Genomics IV Session. Botany 2021 conference. 21/07/2021.
- Member of the Organizing Committee, 1st PhDay Fac. of Biological Sciences, UCM, 14/12/2017.
Reviewer of journals (see my WoS Researcher ID M-9357-2018)
2024. Tree physiology (2), Ecology and Evolution (1)
2023. Tree physiology (1), BMC Plant Biology (1)
2022. International Journal of Molecular Sciences (1), Applied Sciences (1), Agronomy (2), Forests (2), Horticulturae (2)
2021. Forests (1)
2020. Silvae Genetica (1); Plant, Ecology & Diversity (1).
Member of scientific societies
2023. American Society of Plant Biologists, Postdoc membership, 01/02/2023-present.
2020. Botanical Society of America, Postdoc membership, 01/06/2020 – present.
2018. The International Biogeography Society, Student membership, 01/02/2018 – 01/02/2019.
Training and skills
International experience
- Univ. of Connecticut: USA; 28/02/2020–15/04/2022. Lead PI/Postdoctoral researcher/Research specialist. Dr. Jill Wegrzyn's team.
- Univ. of California Davis: USA; 02/04/2018-22/07/2018. PhD short stay fellowship, Dr. Julin Maloof’s team.
- Univ. of Stirling: UK, 01/09/2016- 21/12/2016; PhD short research stay fellowship, Dr. Alistair Jump’s team.
Languages
- French: DALF C2, French Ministry of Education, 10/12/2021
- English: C2 Proficiency, Cambridge Assessment English, 06/12/2018
- Spanish: Native
Bioinformatic and biostatistic programming languages and skills
Programming languages
R, Unix, Python
Biostatistical and bioinformatic skills
Bayesian, frequentist and Machine Learning models and analytic workflows for conservation genomics and molecular ecology (landscape genomics, association mapping e.g. GWAS, QTLs, meta-analysis, differential expression analysis using transcriptomics, population genomics, genomic prediction using Machine Learning), Galaxy Developer (see Publications and Congresses section, Relevant courses and workshops and my gitlab page).
Relevant Courses and Workshops
Specialized biology
- 2020. Tree Rescue Workshop. 06/03/2020, Forest Ecosystems Monitoring Cooperative (FEMC, USA). Hanover Inn, New Hampshire (USA). 6.5 hours.
- 2017. Course Climate Change, an inevitable reality? – International University Menendez Pelayo (UIMP). 31/07/2017-04/08/2017, 20 hours.
- 2016. Postgraduate course. Study of plant and fungal biodiversity. RJB-CSIC. 16 hours.
Bioinformatics and biostatistics
- 2025. Curso ESTADÍSTICA APLICADA CON R. Módulo 2: Visualización Interactiva de Datos con el paquete Shiny, Módulo 3: Métodos de regresión y análisis multivariante con R, Módulo 4: Métodos de regresión avanzados para la investigación en ciencias naturales, Módulo 6: Modelos Mixtos con R, Módulo 7: Machine Learning con R y tidymodels, Modulo 8: Deep Learning con R, Módulo 9: Análisis de datos funcionales con R, Módulo 10: Análisis estadístico de redes con R. Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM). 8 April – 24 June 2025 (13 ECTS).
- 2025. Workshop Machine Learning Methods for Longitudinal Data with Python. Physalia courses (online). 6-9 May 2025. 24 hours (1 ECTS).
- 2025. Curso Epigenomic data analysis. Physalia courses (online). 14-18 April 2025. 30 hours (1 ECTS)
- 2025. Workshop Genome-Wide prediction of complex traits. Physalia courses (online). 24-28 March 2025. 30 hours (1 ECTS)
- 2025. Workshop AI in Biology. National Center of Biotecnology (CNB-CSIC), Madrid, Spain. 14 feb 2025. 7 hours
- 2024. MOOC Machine Learning y Big Data para la Bioinformática. 4ª Edición, (Machine Learning and Big Data for Bioinformatics), University of Granada (Spain) (online), 15 April-17 June 2024, 100 hours (4 ECTS).
- 2024. Course Introduction to programming in Python (online). CSIC (Spain). 6 May-7 June 2024. 35 hours.
- 2023. Course Advanced Machine Learning Techniques and their application (with R) in Scientific Research). Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (MNCN, Madrid, Spain). 13-24 March 2023. 40 hours.
- 2023. Course Machine Learning - A hands-on introduction in R. Physalia courses (https://www.physalia-courses.org/), 13-17 February 2023. 30 hours (online).
- 2023. Webinar A Beginner's Guide to Next Generation Sequencing: Principles & Recent Developments. Novogene. 19/01/2023. 1 hour (online).
- 2021. GCC2021 Training. Galaxy Developer Training Track. 28/06/2021 – 10/07/2021 (online)
- 2021. AG2PI Workshop: A Practical Guide to GWAS. 24 June 2021. 2 hours (online)
- 2020. Workshops: Getting your hands on climate data, Machine Learning, Scalling analysis in Galaxy and Introduction to Using Galaxy. BCC2020 conference, 17/07/2020-18/07/2020. 2.5 hours each (online).
- 2019. Workshop Landscape Genomics, Physalia courses. Free Univ. of Berlin (Germany). 25/11/2019-29/11/2019. 40 hours.
- 2018. Workshop SDM: a reproducible and extensible R package for species distribution modelling. IBS Climate Change Biogeography Meeting, 20/03/2018. 8 hours.
- 2017. Course Mathematical tools for the biological data analysis. Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM), Madrid, Spain, 07/09/2017-11/09/2017. 8 hours.
- 2017. Introductory course to NGS techniques. U. Rey Juan Carlos (URJC), Spain, 03/07/2017-07/07/2017. 36 hours.
- 2016. PhD courses, Faculty of Biology (UAH): Data Exploratory Analysis with R, Phylogenetic and functional diversity, Island Biogeography . 24 hours each.
- 2016. Technical conference. Next Generation Sequencing. Scientific Park of Madrid. 8 hours.
- 2016. Introductory course to Genomic Technologies (with Mention). John Hopkins Univ. 6 hours.
- 2015. Introductory course to R. Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM). 6 hours.
- 2015. Practical course in Biostatistics with R. University San Pablo CEU. 6 hours.
Teaching, mentorship and team management
- 2023. Course Team management and leadership in science. CSIC (Madrid, Spain). 10-12 May 2023. 18 hours.
- 2023. Course Supervision of doctoral students: management and improvement of skills) (1st edition). CSIC (Madrid, Spain). 12-13 April 2023. 16 hours.
Knowledge transfer
- 2025. Microcredencial El portfolio como herramienta de aprendizaje y desarrollo profesional. Campus Aprende CSIC (online). 3 March-4 April 2025. 75 hours (3 ECTS).
- 2024. Course Rédiger et publier un article scientifique. France Université Numerique. 20 March 2024 (online).
- 2021. Workshop Ace it! - Give a Better Talk. Botany 2021 Conference, 15/06/2021. 3 hours (online)
- 2020. Workshop Ace it! - Give a Better Talk. Botany 2020 Conference, 27/07/2020. 3 hours (online)
- 2019. Course Braille reading and writing. ONCE (Spain). 20 and 22 May 2019. 4 hours.
- 2017. Practical course of Scientific journalism and outreach. Universidad Complutense de Madrid (OTRI-UCM), Madrid, Spain, 20/02/2017-27/02/2017. 20 hours.
- 2016. PhD course, Faculty of Biology (UAH): Transference of knowledge (24 hours)
Occupational Health and Safety (OHS)
- 2025. Radiological Risk Course: Ionizing Radiation – Prevention and Control in CSIC Centers. 09/04/2025. 3 hours (online)
- 2025. Course Chemical Risk: Prevention and Control in CSIC Centers. Organizer: Occupational Risk Prevention Area of CSIC. 20/03/2025. 3 hours (online)
- 2025. Course Occupational Risk Prevention in Activities Related to Display Screen Equipment. Organizer: Occupational Risk Prevention Area of CSIC. 25/02/2025. 2 hours (online)
- 2025. Course Emergencies: Occupational Risk Prevention. Organizer: Occupational Risk Prevention Area of CSIC. 25/02/2025. 2 hours (online)
- 2025. Course Tools to address psychosocial risks. Organizer: Occupational Risk Prevention Area of CSIC. 20/02/2025. 3 hours (online)
- 2022. Course Fieldwork: Prevention and control in CSIC centers. Organizer: Occupational Risk Prevention Area of CSIC 25/10/2022. 3 hours (online).
Teaching, mentorship and training of students and junior/senior scientists: Experience and training
Training (see Training - Relevant Courses and Workshops section)
Experience
Doctoral Thesis co-supervisor (2024-2028):
- PhD student Adrián Miguel Pizarro. Predoctoral contract-Momentum CSIC. Doctoral Program in Biology (UCM). Research title: Phenotypic modeling using large-scale genomic data computation and its application to the improvement and conservation of forest species in the face of global change. Supervisors: Drs Juan José Robledo, David Macaya, Irene Cobo Simón.
Master´s Thesis supervisor (2023-2024):
- MSc Student Nicolás Lobato. MSc Análisis de Datos Ómicos y Biología de Sistemas. Research title:
Prediction of Drought Tolerance and Identification of Gene Biomarkers in Pinus pinaster Aiton using Machine Learning Models. Universidad de Sevilla. 350 hours = 14 ECTS. Score 9.2 out of 10.
- MSc Student Julio Ramírez Guerrero. MSc Análisis de Datos Ómicos y Biología de Sistemas. Universidad Internacional de Andalucía. Research title: Supervised Learning metabolite analysis of drought tolerance, grafting effects, and long-distance organ communication in Pinus pinaster Aiton. 350 hours = 14 ECTS. Score: 8.1 out of 10.
Internship students supervisor and co-supervisor
- Undergraduate Internship (curricular) supervisor (2022-2023): BSc Student Laura Piccolo. BSc in Biotechnology, University San Pablo CEU (2022-2023). Supervisor: Dr. Irene Cobo Simón (22-05-2023 - 02/08/2023). Research title: Comparative transcriptomic analysis reveals genes and pathways involved in the drought tolerance of Maritime pine (Pinus pinaster Ait.). 398 hours. Score 8.9 out of 10.
- Graduate Internship (extracurricular) supervisor (2022-2023): MSc Student Daniel Ramírez Rodríguez-Solís. MSc in Industrial and Environmental Biotechnology, Complutense University of Madrid (2022-2023). Supervisor: Dr. Irene Cobo Simón (27/02/2023 - 03/07/2023). Research title: Molecular study of maritime pine (Pinus pinaster Ait.) response to drought by grafts of genotypes with contrasted response. 324 hours.
- International undergraduate internship (curricular) co-supervisor: Erasmus+ Internship student Sanne Martens (BSc in Medical and Biological Laboratory Research, Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences). Research title: Selective pressures of climate change on the genetic structure of Abies pinsapo. Dept. of Genetics, UCM. Supervisors: Karin Langereis (Rotterdam U.), Irene Cobo and Fco. Javier Gallego (UCM), 01/02/2017 – 31/07/2017.
- Internship student San Juan de la Cruz High School, Professional Training co-supervisor. Dept of Genetics UCM. Supervisores: Irene Cobo and Fco Javier Gallego (UCM). January-March 2017
Mentorships
- Mentor of the Botanical Society of America´s Graduate Research Fellowship Program Workshop for plant researchers. September-October 2022.
Graduate Teaching Assistant (390 hours)
- BSc. in Biology, UCM (2015-2019, 240 hours). Courses: Genetics (177 hours), Evolutionary Biology (36 hours), Conservation Biology (12 hours), Fundaments of Genomic Engineering (6 hours), Biological Analysis/Quality Control (6 hours), Methods in Biology (3 hours).
- BSc in Environmental Sciences, UPO (2016-2017, 6 ECTS=150 hours). Courses: Ecology (3.1 ECTS=77.5 hours), Sampling methods in Ecology (2.9 ECTS=72.5 hours).
Workshop/Webinar Instructor/organizer (see Publications - Congresses and Conferences section for the workshops I instructed at various congresses and conferences)
- Talk at the Workshop of Forest Genetic Common Gardens entitled CartograPlant: Cyberinfrastructure to help improve forest health and productivity in a changing climate. 27-29 Nov. 2024. Online and on-site (CSIC Headquarters, Madrid, Spain). Organized by IUFRO WP 2.02.13 Breeding and Genetic Resources of Mediterranean Conifers. In collaboration with: RG 2.04.00 Genetics. and WP 2.04.02 Breeding strategy and progeny evaluation.
- Organizer and instructor of the AG2PI training workshop entitled CartograPlant Workshop: Integrating, Visualizing and Analyzing Genotype, Phenotype, and Environmental Data from Geo-Referenced Plants. 12 July 2023 (virtual). 2.5 hours.
- Invited speaker, AgBioData monthly webinar. Presentation: CartograPlant: Cyberinfrastructure to improve plant health and productivity in the context of a changing climate. 01/03/2023 (online).
- Organizer and instructor of the online workshop Introduction to CartograPlant (GxPxE). 22/08/2022. 2.5 hours.
Dissemination
Article - Las coníferas mediterráneas resisten al cambio climático gracias a sus genes
The Conversation 07/09/2023
Dissemination activities
2024. Participant in Cientificos en Practicas program. Tutor of three students 3ºESO level at the Institute of Forest Science (ICIFOR-INIA, CSIC). Organizers: ASOCIACIÓN ESPAÑOLA PARA EL AVANCE DE LA CIENCIA (AEAC) and CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS (CSIC). 17-21 June 2024.
2024. ICIFOR Seminar. Estudio molecular de la respuesta a la sequía del pino resinero (Pinus pinaster Ait.) mediante el uso de injertos de genotipos con respuesta contrastada. 20 June 2024.
2024. Participant in the 4ºESO + Empresa program of Madrid (Spain) as tutor of 4 students of the Obispo Perelló School, Antonio fraguas High School. Educational stays at the ICIFOR-INIA-CSIC (Spain). April- May 2024.
2023. Participant in Cientificos en Practicas program. Tutor of two students 3ºESO level at the Institute of Forest Science (ICIFOR-INIA, CSIC). Organizers: ASOCIACIÓN ESPAÑOLA PARA EL AVANCE DE LA CIENCIA (AEAC) and CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS (CSIC). 19-23 June 2023.
2023. Participant in the 4ºESO + Empresa program of Madrid (Spain) as tutor of 3 students of the IES Calderón de la Barca. Educational stays at the ICIFOR-INIA-CSIC (Spain). 10-14 April 2023.
2022. Participant talk in Erasmus+ educational program Forest and Climate Change. IES Federico García Lorca. ICIFOR-INIA-CSIC, Spain. 11/05/2022
2022. Participant in the 4ºESO + Empresa program of Madrid (Spain) as tutor of 7 students of the IES Arquitecto Peridis and La Inmaculada Puerta de Hierro School. Educational stays at the ICIFOR-INIA-CSIC (Spain). April - May 2022.
2021. Participation in Women in Science talk 2021, University of Connecticut (USA).
2021. Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (EEB) Department Seminar (UConn, USA). From CartograTree to CartograPlant: Cyberinfrastructure to improve plant health and productivity in the context of a changing climate. University of Connecticut. 18 Feb. 2021, Virtual.
2019. Participant in the 3rd competition Three minutes thesis. Complutense University of Madrid, 26/04/2019
2019. Talk in Pint of Science Madrid 2019 “Los últimos de Grazalema”.
2018. Outreach talks Woman and girls in Science Day entitled “Carrera científica en España y mujeres en ciencia”. Rafael Alberti and Palas Atenea High Schools, Madrid, Spain.
2018/2015. Juvenalia 2018 and 2015. Stand “Apadrina la Ciencia”. Science dissemination activities for children
2017/2015. Science Week 2017 and 2015. Workshop From ADN to eye color for senior high-school students. UCM.
Papers in the press
Genes de sensibilidad a la sequía del cedro del atlas abren la esperanza a su conservación
Diario de la Universidad Pablo de Olavide 06/2023
Genes de sensibilidad a la sequía del cedro del atlas abren la esperanza a su conservación
OTRI UCM 06/2023
Dicyt 06/2023
Genes de sensibilidad a la sequía del cedro del atlas abren la esperanza a su conservación
Madri+D 05/2023
La genética del pinsapo, clave en su resistencia a la sequía
COPE 10/2022
La resistencia a la sequía del pinsapo está escrita en sus genes
Dicyt 10/2022
La genética del pinsapo, clave en su resistencia a la sequía
EFE Verde 10/2022
La genética del pinsapo, clave en su resitencia a la sequía
El Diario 10/2022
La genética "camaleónica" del pinsapo, frente a la sequía
Fundación DesQbre 10/2022
La resistencia a la sequía del pinsapo está escrita en sus genes
La Noción, Sevilla, 10/2022
Europapress 10/2022
Por qué el pinsapo resiste la sequía si científicamente no debería hacerlo
Novaciencia 10/2022
Este es el abeto andaluz capaz de adaptarse a la sequía
El Correo Andalucía 10/2022
La resistencia a la sequía del pinsapo está escrita en sus genes
El Diario de la Universidad Pablo de Olavide 10/2022
La resistencia a la sequía del pinsapo está escrita en sus genes
Biotech Spain 10/2022
El pinsapo se adapta a la sequía gracias a sus genes
Ambientum 10/2022
Other Relevant Grants and Awards
2022. Botanical Society of Americal Professional/PostDoc Travel Award 2022. Botanical Society of America. $500
2021. Finalist. Research Award 2021. PhD Thesis Selective Pressures of Climate Change in Drought-Sensitive Relict Forests: Genetic Responses in Abies pinsapo and Cedrus atlantica. Royal Academy of Doctors - Spain.
2021. Contract Margarita Salas for training of young doctors. Postdoctoral Contract. UCM, Spain. 67,200 €.
2021. Most Creative Poster Award. CartograTree: Cyberinfrastructure to improve forest health and productivity in the context of a changing climate. ISG Virtual Networking event, University of Connecticut (USA). 17/05/2021. $200
2017. Finalist. Proposal Breaking the Wall of Trees and Climate Change. Falling Walls Lab Madrid 2017 contest for innovative ideas/breakthroughs in Science/Society. R&D&i Secretary of State, FECYT, DAAD Spain. 21/09/2017.
2017. Course and Accommodation Grant. Course Climate Change, an inevitable reality? – UIMP.
2014. FPI-UAH contract. Project: CGL2013-48768-P. Funding: UAH. PI: Dr. Miguel A. Rodríguez.
2014. Reserva. Convocatoria 2014 de las ayudas para contratos predoctorales para la formación de doctores en centros o unidades de Excelencia Severo Ochoa. Funding: Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (MINECO).
2011. BSc in Biology, UAH. Grade 8.51 out of 10, 10 Courses with Maximum Grade and Honors.
2008. University Scholarship. MEC (Spanish Government), 1000 €. Renewed in 2009, 2010 ad 2011
2006. Academic Excellence Scholarship for newly admitted students, UAH, 1000 €. Renewed in 2007.
2006. Award: Best Academic Record in Senior High School Year with Mention. Palas Atenea High School (Torrejón de Ardoz, Madrid, Spain).
