Dr Hugo Alejandro Álvarez

|| NEW RESEARCH ||📌 "Phenotypic plasticity of a winter-diapause mechanism copes with the effects of summer global warming in an ectothermic predator", out in #BiologyLetters for free to read #openaccess @royalsociety @RSocPublishing @mncn_csic @CanalUGR doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2…

🚨🚨🚨PhD thesis opportunity at Miguel Araujo's Lab on species modelling, focused on developing advanced modelling frameworks to estimate and predict species abundance. More info ➡️ maraujolab.eu/2025/07/04/phd…

Gran contraste esta mañana entre la ciudad de Madrid en sombra y las cumbres de la Sierra de Guadarrama soleadas y cargadas de nieve. En dos de ellas el pico de la Maliciosa (2227 m) es el protagonista, en la otra el macizo de Cabezas de Hierro (2381 m) queda cubierto por nubes.

"Don't be afraid!" Randy Schekman says that the most successful scientists are willing to take risks. He uses 2024 chemistry laureate David Baker as an example of how embracing risk can lead to significant rewards. Before Baker transitioned to researching structural biology he studied systems of protein transport in yeast. Prior to that, he earned a bachelor's degree in philosophy and social science, demonstrating that no career change is too drastic. Schekman was awarded the 2013 medicine prize jointly with James Rothman and Thomas Südhof for their discoveries of machinery regulating vesicle traffic, a major transport system in our cells.

The Developmental Origin of Novel Complex Morphological Traits in Lepidoptera | Annual Reviews 🦋go.shr.lc/4hCYtLr

📢Seis nuevos informes sobre seis retos con impacto social. La sede del #CSIC acoge hoy la presentación de una nueva entrega del programa #Science4Policy 🔴Síguelo en directo (12 h): youtube.com/watch?v=_jfCBL…

Professor Alex Pigot explains the impacts of climate change on biodiversity. Learn more about UCL's biodiversity research ➡️bit.ly/3NCRmWo

In 1929, Alexander Fleming published his paper outlining the antibacterial properties of penicillin, and began the era of antibiotics. Read the Nobel Prize laureate's full article online: goo.gl/G8mUHd #OpenAccessWeek

Insect levitation with ultrasound: capturing 360° views to automate measurements and create 3D models. More fun devices from KIT to join the DiversityScanner family 🦋🔬 techrxiv.org/users/813834/a… @mfnberlin @leeselab @myrmoteras @Brent_C_Emerson @TokeHoye

'The Epigenetic Hallmarks of Cancer' aacrjournals.org/cancerdiscover…

BREAKING NEWS The 2024 #NobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun for the discovery of microRNA and its role in post-transcriptional gene regulation.

@jpcancela1 @RobWilsonMNCN Yes, if needed. Hopefully we will be able to finish it this year.

@Alva_HA01 @RobWilsonMNCN I am out of town Hugo! are you doing the experiments with rapae next year too?

I need to go to the field in the mountains to catch some pieris and maybe others!!!! Right @RobWilsonMNCN ? Would you like to come @jpcancela1 ?

Nice job to one excellent student!!! Great team and super interesting topic, hope to see this research published soon. This is a work made in @RobWilsonMNCN lab and @MNCN_Col entomologica... @mncn_csic

This is an older video of mine but I love to repost it just for the sheer “awe” value it holds. Animals love to have fun too and this video of a flounder who is “hanging fin” proves that point quite dramatically.

Amazing artwork for my communication in SPINOR magazine [#mexico], on 🐜🐜🐜#ant #ecology 🌳🌡with stable-isotopes and trophic networks !!! @mncn_csic @BUAPoficial

"if you don't get it, you don't get it" Download our large database (N = 492) of postdoc fellowships. For each entry, you will find a description, amount, deadline, eligibility criteria. Good luck! Here: research.jhu.edu/rdt/funding-op…

A review of elasmobranch breaching behavior: why do sharks and rays propel themselves out of the water into the air? Spoiler alert…it’s not all about white sharks and seals! #sharkscience ⁦@Mojoshark⁩ ⁦@MantaTrust⁩ #PeteKlimely #EmmettJohnston link.springer.com/article/10.100…