SA
I am interested in the use of phylogenomics, transcriptomics and genomics for studying diversity and evolution, with particular emphasis on invertebrates. My PhD studies focused on the phylogeny and venom evolution of the medically important cone snails, but then I pursued my postdoctoral research on sponges and acoelomorph worms. During this time, I explored several important questions regarding early animal evolution. I am also involved in the study of other invertebrates. Currently, I am using molecular methods to study the genomics of miniaturisation in gastropods.
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Publications
- Abalde, S., Jondelius, U. (2024). A Phylogenomic Backbone for Acoelomorpha Inferred from Transcriptomic Data. Systematic Biology: syae057
- Abalde, S., Tellgren-Roth, C., Heintz, J., Vinnere Pettersson, O., and Jondelius U. (2023). The draft genome of the microscopic Nemertoderma westbladi sheds light on the evolution of Acoelomorpha genomes. Frontiers in Genetics, 14: 1244493
- Abalde, S., Crocetta, F., Tenorio, M.J., D’Aniello, S., Fassio, G., Rodríguez-Flores, P.C., Uribe, J.E., Afonso, C.M.L., Oliverio, M., and Zardoya, R. (2023). Hidden species diversity and mito-nuclear discordance within the Mediterranean cone snail, Lautoconus ventricosus. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 186: 107838
- Pardos-Blas, J.R., Irisarri, I., Abalde, S., Afonso, C.M.L., Tenorio, M.J., and Zardoya, R. (2021). The genome of the venomous snail Lautoconus ventricosus sheds light on the origin of conotoxin diversity. GigaScience, 10: 1-15.
- Abalde, S., Tenorio, M.J., Afonso, C.M.L., and Zardoya, R. (2020). Comparative transcriptomics of the venoms of continental and insular radiations of West African cones. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 287: 20200794.
- Abalde S., Tenorio, M.J., Uribe, J.E. and Zardoya, R. (2019). Conidae phylogenomics and evolution. Zoologica Scripta, 48 (2): 194 - 214.
- Abalde, S., Tenorio, M.J., Afonso, C.M.L. and Zardoya, R. (2018). Conotoxin diversity in Chelyconus ermineus (Born, 1778) and the convergent origin of piscivory in the Atlantic and Indo-Pacific cones. Genome Biology and Evolution, 10 (10): 2643-2662.
- A Phylogenomic Backbone for Acoelomorpha Inferred From Transcriptomic Data