Dr. Josué Barrera Redondo

Profile

Academic positionLecturer, Assistant Professor, Researcher
Research fieldsEvolution and Systematics of Plants and Fungi,Plant Genetics and Genomics
Keywordsde novo gene birth, phylostratigraphy, Phaeophyceae, life cycle, biological function
Honours and awards

2025: Humboldt Return Fellowship

2024: Winner of the Alfonso Caso Medal for outstanding PhD theses of 2020

2022: Humboldt Research Fellowship for Postdocs

2020: "Mención honorífica" (cum laude) for PhD dissertation

Current contact address

CountryMexico
CityIrapuato
InstitutionCentro de Investigacion y de Estudios Avanzados (CINVESTAV)

Host during sponsorship

Dr. Susana CoelhoMax-Planck-Institut für Biologie Tübingen, Tübingen
Start of initial sponsorship01/11/2022

Programme(s)

2022Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme for Postdocs

Publications (partial selection)

2024Luthringer, R., Raphalen, M., Guerra, C., Colin, S., Martinho, C., Zheng, M., Hoshino, M., Badis, Y., Lipinska, A.P., Haas, F.B., Barrera-Redondo, J., Alva, V., Coelho, S.M.: Repeated co-option of HMG-box genes for sex determination in brown algae and animals. In: Science, 383, 2024, eadk5466
2023Barrera-Redondo, J., Lotharukpong, J.S., Drost, H-G., Coelho, S.M.: Uncovering gene-family founder events during major evolutionary transitions in animals, plants and fungi using GenEra. In: Genome Biology, 24, 2023, 54