On Tuesday, December 1 at 11h, Carlos Canchaya, professor at the University of Vigo and researcher in the Comparative Genomics Group of the CIM, will present, within the Café con Sal program, the lecture Genomics of Mytilus galloprovincialis and its microbiota.
The mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis is an organism highly resistant to different biotic and abiotic stresses, which suggests that it possesses an effective innate immunity that makes it less susceptible to pathologies or mass mortalities compared to other bivalves. These characteristics, together with its social and economic importance in Galicia, make the mussel a model organism of great interest for research.
In 2011, thanks to a joint effort by two research groups from the University of Vigo, including researcher Carlos Canchaya, and the Institute of Marine Research of the CSIC, sequencing of its nuclear genome began. Six years later, the first draft of the genome of two female mussels was obtained. Subsequent studies of mussel populations from Italy and Spain made it possible to identify the mussel pangenome.
During his lecture, the speaker will present the methodology and results of these studies, which revealed the high complexity and the large number of genes in the mussel. Likewise, Carlos Canchaya will discuss the relationship between the high variability at the population level and the strong immune resistance to diseases or other stress factors. Finally, the speaker will present some of the studies currently being carried out on the genetic analysis of the mussel’s microbiota, which contributes to its relevance as a model organism and represents a case study of the adaptation of organisms to their host.
The conference will be held virtually and will be broadcast live through the Remote Campus of the University of Vigo. To access it, follow the instructions below:
- Click the access URL to the virtual room “S00-Auditorio Principal”: https://campusremotouvigo.gal/access/public/meeting/928607699
- Access as a student using the following password: 6rAsLWyz
- Select the access mode with microphone and keep it muted until the Q&A session.
The presentation will be permanently available on the CIM-UVigo and UVigoTV websites and channels.
