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Antonio Giraldez, PhD

Fergus F. Wallace Professor of Genetics
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Fergus F. Wallace Professor of Genetics

Biography

Antonio studied Chemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of Cadiz and the University Autonoma of Madrid. During undergraduate, he worked with Gines Morata at the CBM in Madrid. Antonio did his PhD with Stephen Cohen at the EMBL (Heidelberg) (1998-2002) and a post-doc with Alex Schier at the Skirball Institute (NYU) and Harvard (2003-2006). Antonio established his laboratory at Yale in 2007 where he investigates the regulatory codes that shape gene expression during embryonic development. He was Director of Graduate Studies (2012-2016) and was Chair of the Genetics Department (2017-2023).

Appointments

Other Departments & Organizations

  • Biochemistry, Quantitative Biology, Biophysics and Structural Biology (BQBS)
  • Center for Biomedical Data Science
  • Center for RNA Science and Medicine
  • Computational Biology and Biomedical Informatics
  • Dean's Workshops
  • Genetics
  • Genomics, Genetics, and Epigenetics
  • Molecular Cell Biology, Genetics and Development
  • Yale Cancer Center
  • Yale Center for Genomic Health
  • Yale Combined Program in the Biological and Biomedical Sciences (BBS)
  • Yale Stem Cell Center

Education & Training

Post.Doc.
Harvard University, MA. (2006)
Post.Doc.
Skirball. New York University, School of Medicine.N.Y (2006)
PhD
European Molecular Biology Laboratorium (EMBL) (2002)
BS
University Autonoma of Madrid (1998)

Research

Overview

Medical Research Interests

Autism Spectrum Disorder; Computational Biology; Developmental Biology; Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental; Genomics; Microscopy; RNA Recognition Motif; Systems Biology

Public Health Interests

Child/Adolescent Health

Research at a Glance

Yale Co-Authors

Frequent collaborators of Antonio Giraldez's published research.

Publications

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Academic Achievements & Community Involvement

  • honor

    HHMI Faculty Scholar

    National AwardHoward Hughes Medical Institute
  • honor

    Blavatnik Award for Young Scientists National Finalist

    National AwardNew York Accademy of Sciences
  • honor

    Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Biomedical Science

    National AwardVilcek Foundation
  • honor

    Pew Scholar in Biomedical Sciences

    National AwardPew foundation
  • honor

    NYAS Blavatnik Young Investigator Award (Finalist)

    National AwardNew York Accademy of Sciences
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