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Dr de Mendoza secures a Wellcome Trust Discovery Award

Centre for Evolutionary and Functional Genomics 

25 September 2025

Dr Alex de Mendoza
Dr Alex de Mendoza

Dr de Mendoza, Reader in Bioinformatics, has been granted a Wellcome Trust Discovery Award to investigate the role of 6mA DNA methylation in eukaryotes and its potential biotechnological implications. Combining mammalian with unicellular eukaryotes, the project promises to transform our views on the evolution of genome regulation. Congrats, Alex!

People: Alexandre DE MENDOZA SOLER

Updated by: Chema Martín-Durán