Sofia J. Araujo

Sofia J. Araujo

Senior lecturer

ORCID: 0000-0002-4749-8913
Scopus Author ID: 9634132700
Researcher ID: J-5681-2014
Knowledge area: Genčtica

Membre de la Comissió del programa de doctorat de Genčtica

Research group: REGnetREG

Contact Information
Department of Genetics, Microbiology and Statistics


sofiajaraujo(a)ub.edu

Teaching

Genčtica: Anŕlisi Genčtica
Transgenesis and animal improvement
Research Project Development
Master in Genetics and Genomics

Research interests

Shared mechanisms between nervous and tracheal development
Mechanisms of cell migration, guidance and branching
Drosophila models of human neurodevelopmental and neurodegenerative disease

Projects

Morfogénesis de la ramificación celular: de las células a los órganos vivos . 2019 - 2021 . Ref.PGC2018-099465-B-I00 . Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades . PI: Sofia Jorge de Moura Miguez Araujo
Projecte d’Innovació Docent institucional de la Facultat de Biologia: com afavorir l’ús de metodologies d’aprenentatge actiu a les sessions de teoria mitjançant la compactació temporal de les assignatures . 2020 - 2024 . Ref.2020RIMDA-BIO/053 . Universitat de Barcelona . PI: Sofia Jorge de Moura Miguez Araujo
DNA repair failure and the incidence of ataxia in SCAN1 patients . 2020 - 2021 . Ref.NAF Seed Money Grant . National Ataxia Foundation . PI: Sofia Jorge de Moura Miguez Araujo

Journal Publications

Ozturk-Çolak, A.; Moussian, B.; Araújo, S.J. (2016). Drosophila chitinous ECM and its cellular interactions during tracheal development. Developmental Dynamics, 245, pp. 259 - 267 . ISSN: 1058-8388
Barrecheguren, Pablo Jose; Ros, Oriol; Cotrufo, Tiziana; Kunz, Beat; Soriano, Eduardo; Ulloa, Fausto; Stoeckli, Esther T.; Araujo, Sofia J. (2017). SNARE Proteins Play a Role in Motor Axon Guidance in Vertebrates and Invertebrates. Developmental Neurobiology, 77(8), pp. 963 - 974 . https://doi.org/10.1002/dneu.22481 . ISSN: 1932-8451
Ozturk-Çolak, A.; Moussian, B.; Araújo, S.J.; Casanova; J. (2016). A feedback mechanism converts individual cell features into a supracellular ECM structure in Drosophila trachea. eLife, 2016(5), p. e09373 . Institutional Repository . ISSN: 2050-084X
Ricolo, D.; Deligiannaki, M.; Casanova; J.; Araújo, S.J. (2016). Centrosome amplification increases single-cell branching in post-mitotic cells. Current Biology, 26(20), pp. 2805 - 2813 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2016.08.020 . ISSN: 0960-9822
Ros, O.; Barrecheguren, P.J.; Cotrufo. T.; Schaettin, M.; Roselló-Busquets, C.; Vílchez-Acosta, A.; Hernaiz-Llorens, M.; Martínez-Marmol, R.; Ulloa, F.; Stoeckli, E.T.; Araújo, S.J.; Soriano, E. (2018). A conserved role for Syntaxin-1 in pre- and post-commissural midline axonal guidance in fly, chick, and mouse. PLoS Genetics, 14(6), p. e1007432 . Institutional Repository . ISSN: 1553-7390
Öztürk-Çolak A.; Stephan-Otto Attolini, C.; Casanova, J.; Araújo S.J. (2018). Blimp-1 Mediates Tracheal Lumen Maturation in Drosophila melanogaster. Genetics, 210(2), pp. 653 - 663 . https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.118.301444 . ISSN: 0016-6731
Araújo, S.J. (2019). Single-cell branching morphogenesis: A special issue. Developmental Biology, 451(1), p. 1 . ISSN: 0012-1606
Araújo, S.J.; Kuraoka, I. (2019). Nucleotide excision repair genes shaping embryonic development. Open Biology, 9(10), p. 190166 . Institutional Repository . ISSN: 2046-2441
Delia Ricolo; Sofia J. Araújo (2020). Coordinated crosstalk between microtubules and actin by a spectraplakin regulates lumen formation and branching. eLife, 9, p. e61111 . Institutional Repository . ISSN: 2050-084X
Delia Ricolo; Judith Castro-Ribera; Sofia J. Araújo (2021). Cytoskeletal players in single-cell branching morphogenesis. Developmental Biology, 477, pp. 22 - 34 . Institutional Repository . ISSN: 0012-1606

Others Publications

Araújo, S.J. (2018). La Biorregeneración . RBA . ISBN: 978-84-473-9258-2 .
Araújo, S.J. (2019). Centrosomes in Branching Morphogenesis . In The Golgi Apparatus and Centriole . Volume. 67 . Springer . ISBN: 978-3-030-23172-9 .