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Rodrigo GONZALEZ-ROMERO

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Curriculum Vitae

First Name: RODRIGO

Last Name: GONZALEZ-ROMERO

Birth Date: APRIL 10th, 1982

Birth Place: A Coruna, SPAIN

Actual position

Ph. D. Student.

Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of A Coruna. Science Building, A Zapateira s/n, 15071 A Coruna. Spain. Supervisor: Jose M. EIRIN-LOPEZ and Josefina MENDEZ

E-mail: rgonzalezr@udc.es

Educational Background

Advanced Studies Degree (DEA). Program: Genetics, Biochemistry and Biotechnology. University of A Coruna, Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology. Genetics Area. July 2007.

Honors Degree. Dissertaton title: Structure, function and evolution of histone gene family in the Family Veneridae. University of A Coruna, Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Genetics Area. July 2007.

Bachelor of Sciences in Biology. University of A Coruna. July 2005.

Published Refereed Papers

1. Gonzalez-Romero, R., Mendez J., Ausio J. and J. M. Eirin-Lopez. 2007. Quickly evolving histones, nucleosome stability and chromatin folding: all about histone H2A.Bbd. Gene (in press)

2. Gonzalez-Romero, R., Ausio J., Mendez J. and J. M. Eirin-Lopez. 2007. Early Evolution of histone genes: prevalence of an orphon H1 lineage in protostomes and birth-and-death process in the H2A family. Journal of Molecular Evolution (in press)

Congress Communications

1. Eirin-Lopez, J. M., Gonzalez-Romero R, Ausio J and J. Mendez. Molecular evolution of the histone gene family: Archaebacteria and the origin of eukaryote histones through birth-and-death evolution. Congress of the Spanish Society of Genetics (SEG). October 2005, Almeria (Spain).

2. Gonzalez-Romero R, Eirin-Lopez, J. M. and J. Mendez. Structure, function and evolution of histone gene family in the Family Veneridae. Congress of the Spanish Society of Genetics (SEG). September 2007, Leon (Spain).

Complementary research experience

Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Victoria. August 2006 - December 2006. Victoria (Canada).

Fellowships

1. Predoctoral Fellowship, University of A Coruña, January 2006 - December 2007. Genetics Area, University of A Coruña