Irene Cobo Simón

Experience

• –present
  Doctora en Biología , Universidad Complutense de Madrid
• 2022–2024
  Postdoctoral fellow Juan de la Cierva Formación , ICIFOR-INIA-CSIC
• 2020–2022
  Postdoctoral research associate, University of Connecticut
• 2021–2022
  Lead PI (AG2PI Seed Grant, USDA-NIFA), University of Connecticut
• 2015–2019
  Contratada FPI (MINECO), Universidad Pablo de Olavide

Education

• 2021 
  France Education International, DALF C2
• 2020 
  Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Doctorado en Biología
• 2018 
  Cambridge Assessment English, C2 Proficiency
• 2012 
  Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Máster en Biología Evolutiva
• 2011 
  Universidad de Alcalá de Henares, Licenciatura en Biología

Publications

• 2023
  Cobo-Simón I, Gómez-Garrido J, Esteve-Codina A, Dabad M, Alioto T, Maloof JN, Méndez-Cea B, Seco JI, Linares JC, Gallego FJ (2023). De novo transcriptome sequencing and gene co-expression reveal a genomic basis for drought sensitivity and evidence of a rapid local adaptation on Atlas cedar (Cedrus atlantica). Front Plant Sci.14:1116863. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2023.1116863, Frontiers in Plant Science
• 2023
  Cobo-Simón I, Maloof J, Li R, Amini H, Méndez-Cea B, García-García I, Gómez-Garrido J, Esteve-Codina A, Dabad M, Alioto T, Wegrzyn J, Seco JI, Linares JC, Gallego FJ (2022). Contrasting transcriptomic patterns reveal a genomic basis for drought resilience in the relict fir Abies pinsapo Boiss. Tree physiology 43(2):315-334 https://doi.org/10.1093/treephys/tpac115, Tree physiology
• 2021
  Cobo-Simón I, Méndez-Cea B, Seco J, Wegrzyn J, Gallego FJ, Linares JC (2021). Gene frequency shift in relict Abies pinsapo forests associated with drought-induced mortality. Forests 12(9):1220. https://doi.org/10.3390/f12091220. , Forests
• 2021
  Staton M*, Cannon E*, Sanderson L-A*, Wegrzyn J*, Anderson T, Buehler S, Cobo-Simón I, Faaberg K, Grau E, Guignon V, Gunoskey J, Inderski B, Jung S, Lager K, Main D, Poelchau M, Ramnath R, Richter P, West J, Ficklin S (*equal contribution) (2021). Tripal, a community update after 10 years of supporting open source, standards-based genetic, genomic and breeding databases. Briefings in Bioinformatics 22(6): bbab238, https://doi.org/10.1093/bib/bbab238 , Briefings in Bioinformatics
• 2020
  Cobo-Simón I, Méndez-Cea B, Jump A, Seco J, Gallego FJ, Linares JC (2020). Understanding genetic diversity of relict forests. Linking long-term isolation legacies and current habitat fragmentation in Abies pinsapo Boiss. Forest Ecology and Management 461, 117947 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2020.117947 , Forest Ecology and Management
• 2020
  Cobo-Simón I, Márquez-Rodríguez J, Méndez-Cea B, Gallego FJ, Pérez-Fernández M (2020). Understanding the morphological and genetic distinctiveness of Spanish pouter pigeons: Marchenero pouter as a case study. Ibis 162(3):766-777 https://doi.org/10.1111/ibi.12797, Ibis
• 2019
  Cobo-Simón I, Méndez-Cea B, Portillo H, Elvir F, Vega H, Gallego FJ, Fontecha G (2019). Testing the effectiveness of conservation management within Biosphere Reserves: the case of Mexican Deer Mouse (Peromyscus mexicanus) as a bioindicator. Integrative Zoology 14(5):422-434 https://doi.org/10.1111/1749-4877.12371 , Integrative zoology
• 2019
  Méndez-Cea B, Cobo-Simón I, Pérez-González A, García-García I, Linares JC, Gallego FJ (2019). DNA extraction and amplification from Pinaceae wood. Silvae Genetica 68:55-57 https://doi.org/10.2478/sg-2019-0010, Silvae Genetica
• 2018
  Pérez-González A, Marconi M, Cobo-Simón I, Méndez-Cea B, Perdiguero P, Linacero R, Linares JC, Gallego FJ (2018). Abies pinsapo Boiss. transcriptome sequencing and molecular marker detection: a novel genetic resource for a relict Mediterranean fir. Forest Science 64(6):609- 617 https://doi.org/10.1093/forsci/fxy022, Forest Science

Grants and Contracts

• 2021
  AG2PI Seed Grant

  Role:

  Lead PI

  Funding Source:

  U.S. Department of Agriculture

• 2020
  FJC2020-042950-I Juan de la Cierva-Formación

  Role:

  Postdoctoral Fellowship Contract

  Funding Source:

  Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (España)

• 2018
  EEBB-I-18-12943. Predoctoral short-term mobility grant

  Role:

  Short Research Stay

  Funding Source:

  Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad

• 2016
  EEBB-I-16-11172. Predoctoral short-term mobility grant.

  Role:

  Short Research Stay

  Funding Source:

  Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad

• 2014
  BES-2014-070379 FPI predoctoral contract

  Role:

  Predoctoral Fellowship Contract

  Funding Source:

  Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad

Honours

Doctorado Cum Laude, Mención Internacional, Tesis doctoral finalista en el concurso Falling Walls Lab Madrid 2017 y en los Premios de Investigación de la Real Academia de Doctores de España 2021 (Categoría Ciencias de la Vida y la Salud)