Urrutia's lectures and meetings

Transcriptome evolution: shaping genes, genomes… and proteins. 2009. Award Lecture at the Biochemical Society / Wellcome Trust Focused Meeting: Protein evolution – sequences, structures and systems celebrating Darwin’s 200^th birth.

DNA50. 2004. Plenary lecture at Universum, Mexico on invitation from the British Council as part of the international celebrations of the 50 years since the discovery of the DNA structure.

Human genome: tracking the footprints of natural selection. 2003. Award Lecture at the Royal Institution of Great Britain.

Seminar series and oral presentations by invitation

Exploring the genomic basis of complexity through the analyses of 30million sequences from 112 species. 2014. Seminar at the HPC conference at the University of Bath.

Genomic basis of complexity. 2014. Seminar at Centre for Genomic Sciences, UNAM, Mexico by invitation of Dr Girard and Dr Ramirez-Castillo.

From genomes to phenotypes through gene co-expression networks. 2013. Short presentation at launch event for Centre for Networks and Complex Behaviour on invitation by Dr Jonathan Dawes.

Alternative splicing and the evolution of the eukaryotic genome. 2012. Departmental research day, University of Bath on invitation by Dr Wolf.

What makes us human: in search of the genetic basis of complexity. 2011. Vice chancellors research day, University of Bath (Nominated by Prof. Tosh).

Transcription profiles and their genomic consequences in human and yeast. 2010. Distinguished speaker seminar series. Center for Genomic Regulation, Barcelona (on invitation by Dr Beato, Head of centre).

Genomics: an evolutionary perspective. 2009. National Institute of Genomic Medicine [INMEGEN], Mexico (on invitation by Prof. Soberon, Director of INMEGEN).

Transcriptome and genome organisation: from yeast to humans. 2009. Invited speaker at the Centre for BioMedical Informatics 4th Annual Symposium, University of Kent.

How genes choose their place in the genome? Evolution of gene order. 2009. Lunchtime Darwin Seminar Series at the University of Bath, organised by Dr Steve Dorus.

The transcriptome and the evolution of genes and genomes. 2009. Year of Darwin Seminar at the School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham on invitation by Prof. Kevin Chipman, Head of School.

The evolution of transcriptomes. 2008. Seminar at School of Biosciences, Cardiff University (on invitation by Prof. Adrian Harwood).

Evolution of the human transcriptome. 2008. Seminar at the Wales School of Medicine in Cardiff (on invitation by Dr Lesley Jones).

Opposites in the yeast transcriptome: characterising negatively co expressed gene pairs. 2007 Departmental research day, University of Bath on invitation by Prof. Brown.

Optimisation of protein synthesis in the human genome. 2006. Seminar at the Neurobiology Institute, National University of Mexico (on invitation by Prof. Carlos Valverde).

Evolution of the human genome. 2006. Seminar at the Institute of Biotechnology, National University of Mexico (on invitation by Prof. Xavier Soberon).

An optimal genome? 2005. Seminar at the Instituto de Fisiologia Celular, National University of Mexico (on invitation from Prof. Garcia Sainz, Director of Institute).

Functional Optimization of Human Genome. 2004. Seminar at the University of Texas, Dallas, Texas (on invitation by: Center of Mexico-USA Studies & Institute of Biomedical Sciences and Technology).

Model of transcription and translation optimisation in the human genome 2004. Lecture at the Dept. of genetics & cellular biology, CINVESTAV, Mexico (on invitation by Dr Esther Lopez Bayghen Patiño).

Protein synthesis optimisation in the human genome. 2004. Lecture at Faculty of Science, National University of Mexico.

The human genome: Keeping genes in order. 2003. Lecture at the Bath Royal Scientific and Literary Institution (on invitation from Andy Pepperdine)

Human genome: tracking the footprints of natural selection. 2003. Invited speaker at Oxford University for the First Mexican Conference of Graduate Students in the United Kingdom.

The evolution of introns in human genes: transcription efficiency vs. regional effects. 2002. Seminar imparted at the NCBI from the National Institutes of Health Bethesda (on invitation from Prof. Alexey Kondrashov).

Conference contributions

Ockendon N, O’Connell L, Bush SJ, Székely T, Hofmann H, Dorus S, Ball A, Zachar G, Pogány A and Urrutia AO. 2014. Comparative transcriptomics in wild songbirds: exploring differences in behavioural ecology. GRC Genes and Behaviour, Galveston, USA.

Bush SJ, Tovar-Corona JM, Chen L, Kover PX, Urrutia AO. 2013. Exon Presence/Absence in A. thaliana is Primarily Associated with Genomic Signatures Consistent with Relaxed Selective Constraints. SMBE, Chicago, USA.

Ockendon N, O’Connell L, Szekely T, Hoffman H, Dorus S, Ball, A, Zachar G, Pogany A, and Urrutia AO. 2013. Transcriptome signatures of making systems in wild avian species: Oxidative stress and sex hormone pathways. Departmental Research Day at Biology and Biochemistry, University of Bath, UK.

Wang W, Wilkin E, Dorus S and Urrutia AO. 2012. Gene order conservation of testis gene clusters in the Drosophila genus. Departmental Research Day at Biology and Biochemistry, University of Bath, UK.

Chen L, Tovar-Corona JM, Urrutia AO. 2011. Proteome expansion by alternative splicing accounts for complexity increases over 1400 million years. Evolution@Bath&Bristol, UK.

Bush SJ, Gan X, Stegle O, Drewe P, Steffen JG, Toomajian C, Raetsch G, Clark RM, Mott R, Kover P and Urrutia AO. 2011. Purifying selection in Arabidopsis thaliana is associated with increased expression breadth and gene structural features but not expression level. Evolution@Bath&Bristol, UK.

Wang W, Wilkin E, Dorus S and Urrutia AO. 2011. Are testis over expressed gene clusters in the Drosophila genus functional? Evolution@Bath&Bristol, UK.

Ockendon N, O’Connell L, Székely T, Hofmann H, Dorus S, Ball A, Zachar G, Pogány A and Urrutia AO. 2011. Comparative transcriptome profiling in wild avian species: uncovering gene expression signatures of mating systems, Gordon Conference. Gordon research conference in neuroethology, Boston USA.

Chen L, Tovar-Corona JM, Urrutia AO. 2011. Proteome expansion by alternative splicing accounts for complexity increases over 1400 million years. SMBE, Kyoto Japan.

Gutierrez H, Castillo A, Monzon J and Urrutia AO. 2011. Protein Composition: a genomic signature of encephalization in mammals. SMBE, Kyoto Japan.

Tovar-Corona JM, Székely T, Dorus S and Urrutia AO. 2010. Exploring patterns of molecular evolution of birds with different breeding systems. Sexual Selection: Integrating behaviour and genomics, Bath UK.

Chen L and Urrutia AO. 2010. From yeast to humans: a search for the genetic basis for the evolution of complexity over the last 1.4 billion years. Royal Society-FAPESP: UK-Brazil Frontiers of Science symposium, Sao Paulo Brazil.

Bush SJ and Urrutia AO. 2010. Does intragenomic competition account for observed relative abundances of TE families within genomes? Annual Meeting of the Society of Molecular Biology and Evolution, Lyon France.

Urrutia AO, BatadaNN and Hurst LD. 2008. Functional relevance of transcription interference in the yeast transcriptome at the 2^nd Mammalian Genetics Meeting in Cardiff.

Urrutia AO, Batada NN and Hurst LD. 2008. Is linkage among negatively co expressed genes in yeast functionally relevant? Annual Meeting of the Society of Molecular Biology and Evolution, Barcelona Spain.

Urrutia AO, Batada NN and Hurst LD. 2008. Opposites in the yeast transcriptome: characterising negatively correlated gene pairs. Research Conference Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Bath.

Urrutia AO, Kalyanamaran V and Kumar S. 2004. Codon usage bias in the human genome: beyond GC bias. Annual Meeting of the Society for Molecular Biology & Evolution, Penn State.

Urrutia AO and Hurst LD. 2004. Natural Selection Mediated by Expression in Human Genes: Truly a Significant Factor? Genetics Society Spring Meeting at the University of Warwick.

Urrutia AO and Hurst LD, 2004. Functional optimisation of human genes. Evolutionary Genomics Meeting at Arizona University, Tucson.

Urrutia AO. 2002. Expression mediated selection on human genes. Eighth Meeting of PhD Students in Evolutionary Biology en Lohja, Finland.

Urrutia AO and Hurst LD. 2002. The signature of expression: Do highly expressed genes in humans maximize transcription-translation efficiency? Molecular Evolution. Evolution, Genomics, Bioinformatics. Sorrento, Naples, Italy.

Urrutia AO, and Hurst LD. 2002. The Signature of expression in human genes. American Genetical Association Annual Symposium. Tempe Arizona.

Urrutia AO and Hurst LD. 2001. Codon usage bias covaries with expression breadth and the rate of synonymous evolution in humans, but this is not evidence for selection. VIII Meeting from the European Society for Evolutionary Biology at the University of Aahus, Denmark.

Urrutia AO and Hurst LD. 2001. Codon Bias in Human Genes: Evidence for Selection at Silent Sites. Genetics Society Spring Meeting at the University of Warwick.

Urrutia AO. 2001. Codon usage bias in mammalian genes. 7th meeting of PhD students of evolutionary biology at Munchen, Germany.

LECTURER IN GENOMICS LAB AT THE UNIVERSITY OF BATH