bioloxia
mussels

Associate Professor, Genetics. Google Scholar

Contact Information

Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Immunology
School of Biology
Campus Universitario
University of Vigo
36310 Vigo
Spain

email: canchaya@uvigo.es
Tel:  +34 986 130048

Education

  • Doktor der Naturwissenschaften, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, (ETHZ), Switzerland. 2004
  • M.S. Master in Bioinformatics. University of Namur (FUNDP), Belgium. 2001
  • B.S. Department of Biology, Universidad Nacional Agraria la Molina (UNALM), Peru. 1992

Interests

  • Comparative Genomics
  • Bacteriophage and Bacterial Genomics
  • Bioinformatics
  • Phylogenomics
  • Ecological Genomics

Teaching Activities

  • General Genetics
  • Methods in Genetics
  • Genetics I
  • Genetics II
  • Advanced Techniques in Biology 

Selected Publications

  • Bellisario, B., Fais, M., Duarte, S., Vieira, P.E., Canchaya, C., Costa, F.O. (2021). The network structure of intertidal meiofaunal communities from environmental DNA metabarcoding surveys in Northwest Iberia. Aquatic Sciences, 83 (4), art. no. 71. doi:10.1007/s00027-021-00828-1
  • Gerdol, M., Moreira, R., Cruz, F., Gómez-Garrido, J., Vlasova, A., Rosani, U., Venier, P., Naranjo-Ortiz, M.A., Murgarella, M., Greco, S., Balseiro, P., Corvelo, A., Frias, L., Gut, M., Gabaldón, T., Pallavicini, A., Canchaya, C., Novoa, B., Alioto, T.S., Posada, D., Figueras, A. Massive gene presence-absence variation shapes an open pan-genome in the Mediterranean mussel. 2020. Genome Biology, 21 (1), p. 275. doi: 10.1186/s13059-020-02180-3
  • Fais, M., Bellisario, B., Duarte, S., Vieira, P.E., Sousa, R., Canchaya, C., Costa, F.O. Meiofauna metabarcoding in Lima estuary (Portugal) suggests high taxon replacement within a background of network stability. 2020 Regional Studies in Marine Science, 38, 101341. doi: 10.1016/j.rsma.2020.101341
  • Ribeiro ÂM, Canchaya C., Penaloza F, Galindo J, da Fonseca RR. Population genomic footprints of environmental pollution pressure in natural populations of the Mediterranean mussel. Marine Genomics. 2019. doi:10.1016/j.margen.2018.10.009
  • Ormeño-Orrillo E, Gomes DF, Del Cerro P, Vasconcelos ATR, Canchaya C., Almeida LGP, et al. Genome of Rhizobium leucaenae strains CFN 299(T) and CPAO 29.8: searching for genes related to a successful symbiotic performance under stressful conditions. BMC Genomics. 2016;17: 534.
  • Murgarella M, Puiu D, Novoa B, Figueras A, Posada D, Canchaya C.. A First Insight into the Genome of the Filter-Feeder Mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis. PLoS ONE. 2015;11: e0151561–e0151561. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0151561.
  • Moreira R, Pereiro P, Canchaya C, Posada D, Figueras A, Novoa B. RNA-Seq in Mytilus galloprovincialis: comparative transcriptomics and expression profiles among different tissues. BMC Genomics. 2015;16: 728. doi:10.1186/s12864-015-1817-5
  • Wegmann U, O’Connell-Motherway M, Zomer A, Buist G, Shearman C, Canchaya C, Ventura M, Goesmann A, Gasson MJ, Kuipers OP, van Sinderen D, Kok J.
    Complete genome sequence of the prototype lactic acid bacterium Lactococcus lactis subsp. cremoris MG1363.
    J Bacteriol. 2007 Apr;189(8):3256-70. Epub 2007 Feb 16.
  • Canchaya C, Claesson MJ, Fitzgerald GF, van Sinderen D, O’Toole PW.
    Diversity of the genus Lactobacillus revealed by comparative genomics of five species.
    Microbiology. 2006 Nov;152(Pt 11):3185-96.
  • Claesson MJ, Li Y, Leahy S, Canchaya C, van Pijkeren JP, Cerdeño-Tárraga AM, Parkhill J, Flynn S, O’Sullivan GC, Collins JK, Higgins D, Shanahan F, Fitzgerald GF, van Sinderen D, O’Toole PW.
    Multireplicon genome architecture of Lactobacillus salivarius.
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 Apr 25;103(17):6718-23. Epub 2006 Apr 14.
  • Brüssow H, Canchaya C, Hardt WD.
    Phages and the evolution of bacterial pathogens: from genomic rearrangements to lysogenic conversion.
    Microbiol Mol Biol Rev. 2004 Sep;68(3):560-602. Review.
  • Canchaya C, Fournous G, Brüssow H.
    The impact of prophages on bacterial chromosomes.
    Mol Microbiol. 2004 Jul;53(1):9-18. Review.
  • Canchaya C, Fournous G, Chibani-Chennoufi S, Dillmann ML, Brüssow H
    Phage as agents of lateral gene transfer.
    Curr Opin Microbiol. 2003 Aug;6(4):417-24. Review.
  • Canchaya C, Proux C, Fournous G, Bruttin A, Brüssow H.
    Prophage genomics.
    Microbiol Mol Biol Rev. 2003 Jun;67(2):238-76
  • Desiere F, Lucchini S, Canchaya C, Ventura M, Brüssow H.
    Comparative genomics of phages and prophages in lactic acid bacteria.
    Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek. 2002 Aug;82(1-4):73-91. Review.