Carlos Canchaya

Associate Professor — University of Vigo (CIM)
Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Immunology, Faculty of Biology

My research focuses on understanding how marine organisms and their associated microbial communities respond to environmental and husbandry-related perturbations, using genomic, transcriptomic and microbiome-based approaches. I study biological systems as dynamic processes, where host regulation, microbial composition and environmental conditions are tightly interconnected.

My current work is oriented toward aquaculture-relevant bivalves, including Mytilus spp., Venerupis corrugata and Ruditapes decussatus, with the aim of identifying microbial and molecular signatures linked to larval performance and production success in hatchery conditions.

I combine experimental sampling with bioinformatic and statistical analysis of high-throughput sequencing data, developing and applying reproducible workflows for genome annotation, RNA-Seq and metabarcoding.

Keywords

Genomics · Transcriptomics · Microbiome · Metagenomics · Bioinformatics · Marine biology · Aquaculture

Links

• ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3463-7459
• Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=X-KLBboAAAAJ
• UVigo: https://www.uvigo.gal/es/universidad/administracion-personal/pdi/carlos-alberto-canchaya-sanchez