CURRICULUM VITAE
Isaac SALAZAR CIUDAD
Phone: 358-40-740-3478 Email: Isaac.salazar@helsinki.fi
CURRENT POSITIONS:
Ramón y Cajal Researcher, Deparment of Genetics and Microbiology
Autonomous University of Barcelona
EDUCATION:
Licenciature in Biology, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. 1992-1996
Ph.D. in Genetics, Department of Genetics, University of Barcelona and
Department of Nuclear Physics and Engineering, Polytechnic University of
Catalonia, Spain, 2002. Thesis title: Genetic network models in embryonic
development and evolution. 1996-2002
POSITIONS HELD:
-Marie-Curie postdoctoral Fellowship (Institute of Biotechnology, University of
Helsinki, Finland). 2002-2004
-Generalitat de Catalunya Ph.D. Fellow, (FI) formation of researchers. 1998-2001
- Finnish Academy postdoctoral Fellowship
Institute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki)
- Juselius postdoctoral Fellowship
Institute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki
GRANTS:
Juselius Fellow
Finnish Academy independent research
081/07-3/08
120,000
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postdoctoral fellowship
08/04-12/06
120,000
Marie-Curie postdoctoral fellowship (30)
08/02-07/04
120,000
Generalitat de Catalunya Ph.D.
Fellowship, (FI) formation of researchers. 1998-2001
01/98-12/01
75,000
Memberships in Scientific Committees and Boards:
Council member of European society for Evolutionary Developmental Biology, 2006-
LECTURES (First autor):
In Meetings:
Inivited:
2008
18th Annual Meeting of Japanese Society for Mathematical Biology (JSMB),
Doshisha University, Kyoto Japan
2008
Second meeting of the European society for Evolutionary Developmental
biology (EEDB), Ghent, August. (Organizing committee)
2008
International Symposium in networks in Bioinformatics. Amsterdam.
2007
Phenotypic and developmental plasticity. Indian Institute of Science
Trivandrum, India.
2007
Developmental Systems Biology at the European congress in complex systems
ECCS 2007. Dresden.
2007
Linking genes and morphology in vertebrates. In SICB 2007. Phoenix (USA).
2006
Morphogenesis from different viewpoints. Faculty of Science at Göteborg
University. Göteborg
2006.
First European Exploratory Workshop on Evolutionary Developmental
Biology, Venice
2006
First meeting of the European society for Evolutionary Developmental biology
(EEDB), Prague, August. (Organizing committee)
2004
Seminars in Algorithmica and Biology. "Genomes, Chromosomes, Cells and
Developmental Biology". Lyon. France. Invited
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2001
Evolution of Genetic Networks Symposium. University of Oregon, Eugene,
OR. USA. Invited.
Contributed speaker:
2007
ICVM-8. International Congress in Vertebrate Morphology. Paris.
2005
Developmental Basis Of Evolutionary Change. Chicago. Chicago University
2005
Sysbio Annual Symposium, Finnish Academy. Espoo, finland. (Price to the
best talk)
2005
3rd TICSP workshop on computational systems biology (wcsb 2005). Tampere
University of Technology
2004
7th International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology. Florida. USA
2000
European symposium of evolutionary biology. Barcelona. Spain
Invited to give a talk to the institution:
2005
Institut für Entwicklungsbiologie. Universität zu Köln. Germany
2005
EMBL. Heidelberg. Germany
2004
Biogeosciences. Université de Bourgogne. Dijon. France
2003
Faculty of Biology. University of Manchester. United Kingdom
2000
Konrad Lorenz Institute for evolutionary and congitive biology. Viena.
Austria.
2000
Cell Biology and Anatomy department at New York Medical College.
USA
VISITS AND PERIODS ABROAD.
01/10/99-15/12/99
01/06/00-30/06/00
01/10/00-15/11/00
New York Medical College, New York, U.S.A. (Stuart Newman)
New York Medical College, New York, U.S.A. (Stuart Newman)
Konrad Lorenz institute on cognition and evolutionary biology, Vienna,
Austria (Gerd Müller)
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15/11/00-01/12/00
15/04/01-15/05/01
15/03/02-Present
Institute of Biotechnology, Helsinki, Finland (Jukka Jernvall)
New York Medical College, New York, U.S.A. (Stuart Newman)
Institute of Biotechnology, Helsinki, Finland (Jukka Jernvall)
REFEREE:
Journals
Nature Review Genetics
Bioessays
Evolution and Development
Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental
Evolution
BMC Evolutionary Biology
Journal of Theoretical Biology
Physica A
Biosystems
Evolutionary Bioinformatics
Theoretical Biology and Medical Modelling
Grant agencies
NSF: National science foundation, USA
NRF: National Research foundation. Southafrican Republic.
University of Padua
4. Other:
Teaching experience:
Five hour course in systems biology of development in the Ecole Normale
superior of Lyon, Complex systems institute.
Phenotypic evolution and the evolution of development. 24h course. Main organizer and
teacher. 12h. For Graduate and undergraduate students. April-May 2005
I have a accreditation as a lecturer from the AQU (Agència per a la Qualitat del Sistema
Universitari de Catalunya (AQU)) Agence for the quality of the universitary
system in catalonia
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5. Languages
Languages I speak fluently: Catalan, Spanish, English and French
Languages I speak to some extent: Finnish and Italian
Languages I can write properly: Catalan, Spanish, English and French
Languages I can write to some extent: Finnish and Italian
Languages I can read fluently: Catalan, Spanish, English and French
Languages I can read to some extent: Finnish and Italian
PUBLICATIONS (excluding abstracts):
Journals:
2007
Salazar-Ciudad, I. Tooth morphogenesis in vivo, in vitro and in silico. Current Topics
in Developmental Biology.
2007
Salazar-Ciudad, I On the origins of morphological variation, canalization, robustness
and evolvability. Integrative and Comparative Biology.
2007
Veitia, R and Salazar-Ciudad, I. A theoretical perspective about patterning of the
developing pituitary gland. Trends in endocrinology and metabolism. Trends in
Metabolism and Endocrinology.
2006
Elina Järvinen, Isaac Salazar-Ciudad, Walter Birchmeier, Makoto M. Taketo , Jukka
Jernvall, and Irma Thesleff. Increased epithelial β-catenin unlocks renewal of mouse
teeth. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA. Dec 5;103(49):1862732
2006
Salazar-Ciudad. I. On the origins of novelty: phenotypic disparity and its diverse
developmental basis. Bioessays. 2006. 2006 Nov;28(11):1112-22.
2006
Salazar-Ciudad. I. Developmental constraints versus variational properties: how
pattern formation can help to understand evolution and development. Journal of
Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution. 2006. Volume
306B, Issue 2. p 107-125
2005
Salazar-Ciudad I. and Jernvall J. Graduality and innovation in the evolution of complex
phenotypes: insights from development. Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B:
Molecular and Developmental Evolution. 2005. vol 304B No 6: 619-631
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2004
Salazar-Ciudad, I. & Jernvall, J. — How different types of pattern formation
mechanisms affect the evolution of form and development. Evolution and Development
Jan-Feb;(1):6-16 2004
2003
Salazar-Ciudad, I., Jernvall, J. & Newman, S. A. — Mechanisms of pattern formation
in development and evolution. Development 130: 2027-2037.
2002
Salazar-Ciudad, I. & Jernvall, J. — A gene network model accounting for development
and evolution of mammalian teeth. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences,
USA 99: 8116-8120.
2002
Solé, R.V., Salazar-Ciudad, I. and García-Fernandez, J. Common Pattern Formation,
Modularity and Phase Transitions in a Gene Network Model of Morphogenesis.
Physica A 305, 640-647
2001
Salazar-Ciudad, I., Newman, S.A. and Solé R.V. — Phenotypic and dynamical
transitions in model genetic networks I: Emergence of patterns and genotypephenotype relationships. Evolution and Development. Mar-Apr;3(2):84-94.
2001
Salazar-Ciudad, I., Solé, R.V. and Newman, S.A. — Phenotypic and dynamical
transitions in model genetic networks II: Application to the evolution of segmentation
mechanisms. Evolution and Development, Mar-Apr;3(2):95-103.
2000
Solé, R.V., Salazar-Ciudad, I. and Newman, S.A. Gene network dynamics and the
evolution of development. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 15, 479-480.
2000
Salazar-Ciudad, I., García-Fernandez, J. and Solé, R.V. Gene networks capable of
pattern formation: from induction to reaction-diffusion. Journal of Theoretical Biology
205, 587-603.
1999
Solé, R.V., Salazar-Ciudad, I. and García-Fernandez, J. Landscapes, Gene Networks
and Pattern Formation: on the Cambrian Explosion. Advances in Complex Systems 2,
313-337
Chapters in books:
2007
Jernvall, J. & Salazar-Ciudad, I. 2007 The economy of tinkering mammalian teeth. In:
Tinkering: Mechanisms of Microevolution, Novartis Foundation, London, pp. in press.
2007
Salazar-Ciudad, I. 2007 Making evolutionary predictions about the structure of
development and morphology: beyond the neo-Darwinian and constraints paradigm. In:
(eds. Minelli A. and Fusco G.). Evolutionary Developmental Biology. Cambridge
University Press. in press
Book review:
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2007
Jernvall, J. & Salazar-Ciudad, I. Where the genes meet the road. Review of Biological
Physics of the Developing Embryo (G. Forgacs & S. A. Newman). BioEssays
29: in press.