Dr. Stuart McDaniel (U. of Florida, Gainsville) will be visiting our lab. Looking forward to his talk on sex chromosomes and ancestral state reconstruction   .

Marta has obtained a prestigious scholarship  to visit the Field Museum in Chicago. Marta will be working with Felix Grewe on population genomics of lichen woodland species. Bravo Marta! We will miss you in the lab!

Marta's research on lichen microbial and viral biology has been highlighted! Bravo Marta!

Congratulations to Adriel Sierra!!!, a new PhD student in the Villarreal lab, for obtaining the BESS Create Program fellowship!! Adriel's thesis will focus on the impact of forest fragmentation in the Amazonian rainforests.  

An article published through the Université Laval Faculté des sciences et de génie website! A quick overview on the recent accomplishments of the lab in securing funding for exciting research!  

Aleida Samaniego from La Prensa (Panamá) asked questions about the laboratory and current projects

Exciting article on how the National Science Foundation (NSF) recently awarded $1.1 million towards a partnered plant-cyanobacteria research! This project is led by Fay-Wei Li and done in collaboration with some colleagues at the Boyce Thompson Institute (BTI). Click HERE to read the full article!

Helkin Guevara from  La Prensa (Panamá) is finding out about our research plans.

Lucía Blasco (BBC Mundo) is curious about the lab and the different objectives pursued by our team: (in Spanish) http://www.bbc.com/mundo/noticias-43811164