Tomás and Miguel present the work of the lab with a poster and a short talk at the Recombination Mechanisms Conference in Lisbon. Amazing speakers, very useful feedback for both our communications and great chats with old and new colleagues.

Tomás has presented and outstandingly defended his doctoral work to obtain his PhD. Very grateful to the members of his PhD committee - Dr. Rodrigo Bermejo (CIB, Madrid), Dr. Uli Rass (GDSC, Univ. of Sussex) and Dr. Pablo Huertas (CABIMER. Sevilla) for enabling an open, but extremely thorough discussion that made both the candidate and the work shine. Many congratulations, Tomás!

The lab welcomes Samuel Bensoussan, exchange student from Université Paris Cité that will be carrying out a 3-month research stay with us. We hope you enjoy the experience.

Patricia Sanmiguel (Chemistry degree) and David Alvar (Chemistry-Biology double degree) join the lab for their BSc theses. Patricia will be co-tutored with Prof. Eugenio Vázquez and David with Prof. Miguel Vázquez, both from CIQUS. Best luck to both!

The STEM-BACH students from IES Blanco Amor in Ourense visited the lab for a “hands-on”. It was a fun day, with very interesting questions from the students. Congratulations to Paco Boán and the rest of the Faculty of Blanco Amor for nurturing their scientific vocations.

Second PhD thesis from the lab!
Raquel has defended and passed her PhD viva with flying colours! Thanks a lot to the members of her PhD committe: Dr. Dana Branzei (IFOM, Milan), Dr. Aura Carreira (CBMSO, Madrid) and Dr. Anxo Vidal (CIMUS, USC) for a great discussion both during and after the viva. Many thanks and congratulations to Raquel for all her accomplishments in the lab. A strong candidate joins the postdoc job market!
Moreover, Dana Branzei was also kind enough to participate in our CIMUS seminar series and delivered a magistral seminar on the latest advances from her group. It was a great pleasure to have you here!

Congratulations to Amaia for passing her MSc viva with top marks! Amaia will continue her PhD in Prof. Juan Granja´s group at CIQUS, but we will keep working together in our exciting collaborations. Best luck!

Miguel gives an invited lecture on eukaryotic DNA repair mechanisms at the Laboratorio Subterráneo de Canfranc (LSC) - Retreat 4.0 on Mathematical Modelling in Biology. It was an amazing experience to visit these facilities and to establish new collaborations in such a beautiful location. Thank you Dr. Daria Stepanova and Prof. Tomás Lázaro for the invitation.

Miguel presents the latest results from the lab at Universidad de Sevilla. Thanks to Prof. Belén Gómez González for the invitation! It was a fantastic day.

Raquel presented her latest results at the EMBO Workshop “The DNA-damage response in cell physiology and disease”, in Sounio, Greece, for which she won a Travel Grant! Congratulations!