Synthetic biology⚙️ & gene circuits🧬 to program our microbiome🦠

Hi, my name is Javier and I am launching my research group at the University Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona. I am interested in using synthetic biology and synthetic gene circuits to program the human microbiome, mostly gut and skin bacteria.

I recently obtained an ERC Starting Grant to program time in cells.

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Gut bacteria (E. coli) engineered to display novel behaviours.

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Research

Our lab has two main research lines:

Engineering biological timers

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Skin microbiome engineering

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Latest news

Javier interviewed by Fundación Ciencias de la Salud

Javier awarded with a Ramón y Cajal grant

Javier is now group leader & tenure-track professor at UPF

Javier awarded with an ERC Starting Grant

Location

The Synthetic Cell Programming lab is located at the Barcelona Biomedical Research Park (PRBB), a biomedical research cluster gathering top-level institutions in front of the Mediterranean sea.