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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2018 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2017 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Overview

Ginés Morata is affiliated with the Spanish National Research Council in Spain. Their research primarily spans the field of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with a focus on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, Genetics, Immunology, and Physiology as subfields.

Their work engages with several main topics, including:

  • Hippo pathway signaling and YAP/TAZ
  • Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation
  • Invertebrate Immune Response Mechanisms
  • Telomeres, Telomerase, and Senescence
  • Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research
  • Marine Invertebrate Physiology and Ecology
  • Animal Genetics and Reproduction

Recent publications by Ginés Morata highlight contributions to developmental biology and cell competition. Notable papers include:

  • Cell competition: A historical perspective, 2021, Developmental Biology
  • An exciting period of Drosophila developmental biology: Of imaginal discs, clones, compartments, parasegments and homeotic genes, 2022, Developmental Biology

Coauthors frequently collaborating with Ginés Morata include:

  • Noelia Pinal
  • Juan Manuel García-Arias
  • Natalia Azpiazu
  • Carlos Estella
  • Rafael Alejandro Juárez-Uribe

Ginés Morata's research has been published in several journals, with multiple articles appearing in:

  • Developmental Biology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Cell Death Discovery
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology

Recognition for their scientific career includes being named a Member of the National Academy of Sciences in 2018, a Fellow of the Royal Society in the United Kingdom in 2017, and a Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO).

Best Publications

  • Minutes: Mutants of Drosophila autonomously affecting cell division rate

    Ginés Morata;Pedro Ripoll

  • Developmental compartmentalisation of the wing disk of Drosophila.

    Antonio García-Bellido;Pedro Ripoll;Ginés Morata

  • Genetic organization of Drosophila bithorax complex

    E. Sánchez-Herrero;I. Vernós;R. Marco;G. Morata

  • Colinearity and functional hierarchy among genes of the homeotic complexes

    Denis Duboule;Gines Morata

  • Visualization of gene expression in living adult Drosophila.

    Manuel Calleja;Eduardo Moreno;Soraya Pelaz;Ginés Morata

  • Control of compartment development by the engrailed gene in Drosophila

    G. Morata;P. A. Lawrence

  • Cells compete for Decapentaplegic survival factor to prevent apoptosis in Drosophila wing development

    Eduardo Moreno;Konrad Basler;Ginés Morata

  • Developmental compartmentalization in the dorsal mesothoracic disc of Drosophila

    Antonio García-Bellido;Pedro Ripoll;Ginés Morata

  • Caspase inhibition during apoptosis causes abnormal signalling and developmental aberrations in Drosophila.

    Ainhoa Pérez-Garijo;Francisco A. Martín;Ginés Morata

  • Homeobox genes: Their function in Drosophila segmentation and pattern formation

    Peter A. Lawrence;Gines Morata

  • Compartments in the wing of Drosophila: A study of the engrailed gene

    P.A. Lawrence;G. Morata

  • Conserved regulation of proximodistal limb axis development by Meis1/Hth

    Nadia Mercader;Esther Leonardo;Natalia Azpiazu;Antonio Serrano

  • Differential mitotic rates and patterns of growth in compartments in the Drosophila wing.

    Pat Simpson;Ginès Morata

  • Developmental analysis of some mutants of the bithorax system ofDrosophila.

    Ginés Morata;Antonio García-Bellido

  • The role of Dpp and Wg in compensatory proliferation and in the formation of hyperplastic overgrowths caused by apoptotic cells in the Drosophila wing disc.

    Ainhoa Pérez-Garijo;Evgeny Shlevkov;Ginés Morata

  • The developmental and molecular biology of genes that subdivide the body of Drosophila.

    Richard S. Mann;Ginés Morata

  • The development of wingless, a homeotic mutation of Drosophila.

    Gines Morata;Peter A. Lawrence

  • A tumor-suppressing mechanism in Drosophila involving cell competition and the Hippo pathway

    Javier Menéndez;Ainhoa Pérez-Garijo;Manuel Calleja;Ginés Morata

  • The developmental effect of overexpressing a Ubx product in Drosophila embryos is dependent on its interactions with other homeotic products.

    Acaimo González-Reyes;Ginés Morata

  • The early development of mesothoracic compartments in Drosophila: An analysis of cell lineage and fate mapping and an assessment of methods

    Peter A. Lawrence;Gines Morata

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter A. Lawrence
Peter A. Lawrence University of Cambridge
Gary Struhl
Gary Struhl Columbia University
Antonio García-Bellido
Antonio García-Bellido Spanish National Research Council
Markus Affolter
Markus Affolter University of Basel
Konrad Basler
Konrad Basler University of Zurich
Masayo Takahashi
Masayo Takahashi Kyoto University
Isabelle Vernos
Isabelle Vernos Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats
Richard S. Mann
Richard S. Mann Columbia University
Denis Duboule
Denis Duboule Collège de France
Walter J. Gehring
Walter J. Gehring University of Basel

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