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Research on developmental timing, cell fates and RNA
We wish you all the best in your future endeavors!



Foivos is trained as a bioinformatician. During his PhD at the University of Basel, he focused on the development of computational methods for the identification and quantification of transcript isoforms from next-generation sequencing data.

Lucas studied Biotechnology at the Universidad of Valencia and obtained an MSc in Biophysics from the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. In his PhD, he studied how spatially repeated structures, such ribs and vertebrae, emerge from temporally rhythmic gene expression. In our lab he will study how time is encoded in gene regulatory networks to ensure each developmental event is played in the right order at the right time to form a proper multicellular organism.

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UPDATE: Our preprint has been successfully published as a peer-reviewed paper in Life Science Alliance. Read more on the FMI webpage!
Andrea is currently enrolled at the University of Bologna. In our lab he will work together with Chiara on the heterochronic pathway.