A little bit about my Single Cell and VIRUS GENOMICS group
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Photo (from left to right): Monica Lluesma (researcher), Lucia Maestre (PhD student), Francisco Martínez (postdoc), Aitana Llorenç (researcher), Marina Vila (PhD student), Maria Alvarez (PhD student), Nadefa Adda (PhD student) and Manuel Martinez-Garcia (PI, Head of the Group).
Manuel Martinez-Garcia (MMG) is Full Professor of Microbiology at the University of Alicante (Spain). He was graduated with full marks and honors in Biology, and in 2005 he received a PhD in Molecular Microbial Ecology. In Europe, MMG conducted three postdoctoral stays at the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology (Bremen), Ludwig-Maximilians University (Munich), and the Laboratory of Photosynthesis at the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic. During 2009-2011, he moved to USA, where as a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Single Cell Genomics Center (Bigelow Laboratory Maine, USA), he was developing cutting-edge techniques of Single Cell Genomics combined with Metagenomics to study the metabolic capabilities of uncultured marine and freshwater microbes.
Nowadays, in our lab, we are using different omic approaches, such as metagenomics or single cell- and -virus genomics, to study the function of microbes and viruses, with special interest on how the interaction of viruses with their hosts shape the evolution, diversity, and structure of microbial communities in different habitats from past to present in a context of a global change. MMG is funded by National and International Agencies. Contact me for more information about open positions and on-going projects.
Manuel Martinez-Garcia (MMG) is Full Professor of Microbiology at the University of Alicante (Spain). He was graduated with full marks and honors in Biology, and in 2005 he received a PhD in Molecular Microbial Ecology. In Europe, MMG conducted three postdoctoral stays at the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology (Bremen), Ludwig-Maximilians University (Munich), and the Laboratory of Photosynthesis at the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic. During 2009-2011, he moved to USA, where as a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Single Cell Genomics Center (Bigelow Laboratory Maine, USA), he was developing cutting-edge techniques of Single Cell Genomics combined with Metagenomics to study the metabolic capabilities of uncultured marine and freshwater microbes.
Nowadays, in our lab, we are using different omic approaches, such as metagenomics or single cell- and -virus genomics, to study the function of microbes and viruses, with special interest on how the interaction of viruses with their hosts shape the evolution, diversity, and structure of microbial communities in different habitats from past to present in a context of a global change. MMG is funded by National and International Agencies. Contact me for more information about open positions and on-going projects.