Juan Moles

Juan Moles

Lecturer Professor

Scopus Author ID: 55918686600
Researcher ID: H-4786-2018
Knowledge area: Zoologia

Research group: GRC Sistemàtica i Evolució Zoològica (ZooSysEvo)

Contact Information
Department of Evolutionary Biology, Ecology and Environmental Sciences
Facultat de Biologia, Av. Diagonal 643, 08028 Barcelona
93 402 21441
juan.moles(a)ub.edu
Biologia . Universitat de Barcelona . 10/08/2010 . (Diploma / Degree / Activities)
Biodiversitat . Universitat de Barcelona . 23/09/2016 . (Ph.D.)
Biodiversitat . Universitat de Barcelona . 10/10/2011 . (Official Master)
Postdoc . Harvard University . 30/12/2019 . (Specialized Training)
Postdoc . Bavarian State Collection of Zoology . 17/10/2021 . (Specialized Training)

Journal Publications

Moles J; Avila C; Malaquias MAE (2017). Systematic revision of the Antarctic gastropod family Newnesiidae (Heterobranchia: Cephalaspidea) with the description of a new genus and a new abyssal species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 183, pp. 763 - 775 . https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlx089/4735113 . ISSN: 0024-4082
Moles, J.; Avila, C.; Malaquias, M.A.E. (2019). Unmasking Antarctic cryptic lineages: novel evidence from philinoid snails (Gastropoda: Cephalaspidea). Cladistics, 35, pp. 487 - 513 . https://doi.org/10.1111/cla.12364 . ISSN: 0748-3007
Nunez-Pons, Laura; Work, Thierry M.; Angulo-Preckler, Carlos; Moles, Juan; Avila, Conxita (2018). Exploring the pathology of an epidermal disease affecting a circum-Antarctic sea star. Scientific Reports, 8(1), p. 11353 . Institutional Repository . ISSN: 2045-2322
Moles J, Giribet G (2021). A polyvalent and universal tool for genomic studies in gastropod molluscs (Heterobranchia). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 155, p. 106996 . ISSN: 1055-7903
Moles, J.; Derkarabetian, S.; Schiaparelli, S.; Schrödl, M.; Troncoso, J.S.; Wilson, N.G.; Giribet, G. (2021). An approach using ddRADseq and machine learning for understanding speciation in Antarctic Antarctophilinidae gastropods. Scientific Reports, 11, p. 8473 . Institutional Repository . ISSN: 2045-2322
Moles, J.; Cunha, T.J.; Lemer, S.; Combosch, D.J.; Giribet, G. (2021). Tightening the girdle: phylotranscriptomics of Polyplacophora. Journal of Molluscan Studies, 87, p. eyab019 . https://doi.org/10.1093/mollus/eyab019 . ISSN: 0260-1230
Moles, J.; Berning, M.I.; Hooker, Y.; Padula, V.; Wilson, N.G.; Schrödl, M. (2021). Due South: The evolutionary history of Sub-Antarctic and Antarctic Tritoniidae nudibranchs. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 162, p. 107209 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2021.107209 . ISSN: 1055-7903
Salvador, X.; Fernández-Vilert, R.; Moles, J. (2022). Sea slug night fever: 39 new records of elusive heterobranchs in the western Mediterranean (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Journal of Natural History, 56(5-8), pp. 265 - 310 . Institutional Repository . ISSN: 0022-2933
Schächinger, PM; Schrödl, M; Wilson, NG; Moles, J (2022). Crossing the Polar front - Antarctic species discovery in the nudibranch genus Tritoniella (Gastropoda). Organisms Diversity & Evolution . https://link.springer.com/10.1007/s13127-022-00541-3 . ISSN: 1439-6092
Cunha, T.J.; Fernández-Simón, J.; Petrula, M.; Giribet, G.; Moles, J. (2023). Photographic checklist, DNA barcoding, and new species of sea slugs and snails from the Faafu Atoll, Maldives (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia and Vetigastropoda). Diversity, 15 . ISSN: 1424-2818
Moles, J; Brenzinger, B; Berning, MI; Martynov, A; Korshunova, T; Schrödl; M (2023). Systematic rearrangements in an all-genus phylogeny of side-gilled slugs (Heterobranchia, Pleurobranchida). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, p. zlad162 . https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad162 . ISSN: 0024-4082
Paz-Sedano, S.; Moles, J.; Smirnoff, D.; Gosliner, T.M.; Pola, M. (2024). A combined phylogenetic strategy illuminates the evolution of Goniodorididae nudibranchs (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Heterobranchia). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 192 . ISSN: 1055-7903
Renau, M.F.; Salvador, X.; Moles, J. (2024). Molecular and morpho-anatomical assessment of the family Dorididae (Mollusca, Nudibranchia) in the Mediterranean and North-East Atlantic. European Journal of Taxonomy, 943, pp. 59 - 79 . https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2024.943.2585 . ISSN: 2118-9773
Vidal-Miralles, J.; Kohnert, P.; Monte, M., Salvador, X.; Schrödl, M.; Moles, J. (2024). Between sea angels and butterflies: a global phylogeny of pelagic pteropod molluscs. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 201, p. 108183 . ISSN: 1055-7903
Canet-Miralda, C.; Moles, J. (2024). Exploring the intriguing arrival of Vayssierea Risbec, 1928 slugs in the Atlantic Ocean from the Indo-Pacific (Mollusca, Nudibranchia). Marine Biology, 171, p. 186 . https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-024-04505-3 . ISSN: 0025-3162

Techniques or specialities you are trainned in

Morpho-anatomical assessment of molluscs .
  • Histología
  • Disección
  • Microscopi electrònic
  • Tomografía computarizada
Systematics and phylogeny .
  • Filogenia molecular
  • Sanger sequencing
  • Delimitación de especies
Phylogenomics of invertebrate taxa .
  • Next generation sequencing
  • transcriptomics
  • conserved elements (UCEs)
  • Double digestion restriction site associated DNA sequencing (ddRADseq)

Conference Assistance

Moles, J. High throughput molecular techniques for studying the animal tree of life: an example from molluscs. Phylogenetics Systematics and Evolution Research Group. Bergen. NORWAY. 2019
Moles, J. Ecology, systematics, and diversity of opisthobranch sea slugs and snails (Heterobranchia). Boston Malacological Club. Cambridge, MA. UNITED STATES. 2019
Moles J; Derkarabetian S; Schiaparelli S; Schrödl M; Troncoso JS; Wilson NG; Giribet G. Drifting along depths: contrasting patterns of speciation in Antarctic mollusc counterparts. World Congress of Malacology 2019. UNITED STATES. 2019
Schächinger, P.; Schrödl, M.; Wilson, N.G.; Moles, J. Crossing the Polar front - Antarctic species discovery in the nudibranch genus Tritoniella (Gastropoda). Young Systematists' Forum. UNITED KINGDOM. 2020
Fernández-Vilert, R.; Salvador, X.; Moles, J. Opisthobranch (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia) monitoring and citizen science in the NE coast of Spain, Mediterranean Sea. Molluscan Forum 2020. UNITED KINGDOM. 2020
Moles, J.; Giribet, G. A polyvalent and universal tool for genomic studies in gastropod molluscs (Heterobranchia: Tectipleura). 5th International Congress on Invertebrate Morphology. Vienna. AUSTRIA. 2022
Moles, J. A thousand species, 'all'-family phylogeny of the largest gastropod subclass (Heterobranchia). World Congress of Malacology 2022. Munich. GERMANY. 2022
Giribet, G.; Cunha, T.; González, V. L.; Knutson, V.L.; Lemer, S.; Moles, J. Are we there yet? The impact of NGS in molluscan phylogenetics. World Congress of Malacology. UNITED STATES. 2019
Monte, M; Uribe, JE; Moles, J. Phylogenetic revision of Heterobranchia molluscs with 240 complete mitochondrial genomes. CISA 2023 - V Iberian Congress of Biological Systematics. Madrid. SPAIN. 2023
Moles, J.; Bauzá, M.A.; Bosch, V.; Monte, M.; Vázquez-Alcaide, D.; Fernández-Simón, J. The Slug Lab – Complementary molecular tools for exploring the systematics and radiation of Heterobranchia. 10th European Congress of Malacology. Heraklion. GREECE. 2024

Projects

Putnam Expedition Grant . 2019 - 2019 . Ref.PUTNAM-17/10/2018 . Harvard University . PI: Juan Moles Sanchez
Humboldt Research Fellowship . 2019 - 2021 . Ref.3.3-ESP-1195812-HFST-P . Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung . PI: Juan Moles Sanchez
Heterobranchia Genomics 1000 A Thousand Species: All-Family Phylogeny of the Largest Gastropod Subclass . 2022 - 2025 . Ref.PID2021-127037NA-I00 . Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades . PI: Juan Moles Sanchez
GRC Sistemàtica i Evolució Zoològica (ZooSysEvo) . 2022 - 2025 . Ref.2021 SGR 00689 . Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca (AGAUR) . PI: Miguel Angel Arnedo Lombarte
IRBio-UB platform for HMW DNA and RNA extraction of challenging animals . 2023 - 2024 . Institut d'Estudis Catalans . PI: Miquel Ángel Arnedo Lombarte
Adaptabilidad genética de las especies marinas en gradientes naturales análogos a los océanos del futuro . 2022 - 2024 . Ref.DIVERGEN . Fundación Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA) . PI: Rocio Perez Portela

Thesis, minor thesis and research reports

José Fernández Simón (2023) Diversity and characterization of the meiofaunal molluscs of the Catalan coast (Western Mediterranean) (Master's Thesis)
Jose A. Vidal Miralles (2023) Between sea angels and butterflies: a comprehensive phylogeny of Pteropoda molluscs (Master's Thesis)
Marina Monte (2024) Mitogenome phylogeny of heterobranch gastropods molluscs (Master's Thesis)
Mar Ferrer Renau (2024) Estudi molecular i morfo-anatòmic de les espècies (pseudo)críptiques de la família Dorididae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) al Mediterrani i Atlàntic nord-oriental (Degree work)
Carla Canet Miralda (2024) Estudi genètic i morfològic de les espècies del gènere Vayssierea Risbec, 1928 a les Illes Canàries (Degree work)
Diego Vázquez-Alcaide (2024) Un enfocament filogenòmic per entendre l'origen del clade més divers de gasteròpodes (Heterobranchia) (Degree work)
Manuel Antonio Bauzá (2024) First and last phylogeny of Cepolidae (Mollusca: Heterobranchia) (Master's Thesis)
Vera Bosch (2024) A global phylogeny of Pleurobranchaea slugs (Heterobranchia) (Degree work)
Fernández-Simón, Jose (2023) Sluggishly conquering the land: A phylogenomic approach to understanding the panpulmonate tree of life (Mollusca, Gastropoda) (Ph.D. Thesis)
Flagel, Jordan (2023) Assessing the carbon mitigation potential and biodiversity impacts of giant clam mariculture (Ph.D. Thesis)

Teaching imparted

Malacology - BSc Biology - Ludwig Maximilians Universität.
Pràctiques de Mar - Ciencias del Mar: Oceanografía y Gestión del Medio Marino - Universidad de Barcelona.
Invertebrate Zoology - BSc Biology - Harvard University Extension School.
Biodiversitat Animal Marina - Ciencias del Mar: Oceanografía y Gestión del Medio Marino - Universidad de Barcelona.
Biology and Evolution of Invertebrate Animals - BSc Biology - Universitat de Harvard.
Biologia II - Ciències del Mar - Universidad de Barcelona.
Pràcticum de Biodiversitat Marina - Biodiversidad - Universidad de Barcelona.
Zoologia Marina - Ciències del Mar - Universidad de Barcelona.
Zoologia - Biología - Universidad de Barcelona.
Biologia d'Invertebrats Marins - Biología - Universidad de Barcelona.
Biologia - Bioquímica - Universidad de Barcelona.
Biologia Animal Aplicada - Ciencias Ambientales - Universidad de Barcelona.
Zoologia - Biología - Universidad de Barcelona.
Biologia - Bioquímica - Universidad de Barcelona.
Biologia d'Invertebrats Marins - Biología - Universidad de Barcelona.
Impacte Antropogènic en el Medi Marí - Ciències del Mar - Universidad de Barcelona.
Oceans Polars - Ciencias del Mar: Oceanografía y Gestión del Medio Marino - Universidad de Barcelona.
Pràcticum de Biodiversitat Marina - Biodiversidad - Universidad de Barcelona.

Stays abroad in Research Centers

Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig. Bonn. GERMANY. 2014 (4 Months) . Taxonomy, systematics, and histology of Antarctic Heterobranchia . Pre-Doctoral
General and Systematic Zoology, Zoological Institute and Museum, University of Greifswald. Greifswald. GERMANY. 2015 (2 Months) . Description of two new Antarctic nudibranchs by micro-CT . Pre-Doctoral
Department of Natural History, University Museum of Bergen. Bergen. NORWAY. 2016 (3 Months) . Systematics and taxonomy of Antarctic Cephalaspidean molluscs . Postdoctoral
Faculty of Art and Sciences, Dept. Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Havrad University. Cambridge. UNITED STATES. 2019 (2 Years) . Mollusc phylogenomics, Sanger sequencing, ddRADseq, and target enrichment of ultra-conserved elements . Postdoctoral
Bavarian State Collection of Zoology, Ludwig Maximilians University. Munich. GERMANY. 2021 (2 Years) . Phylogenomics, systematics and taxonomy of Heterobranchia . Postdoctoral

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