Welcome to the web pages of the laboratory of Heroen Verbruggen. I am a principal researcher in CIBIO, the Research Centre in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources in Vairão, Portugal. I also have an honorary appointment at the University of Melbourne in Australia, where part of my team is in Melbourne Integrative Genomics.
The lab carries out research on algal biology and coral holobiont functioning. Our broad interest in algal biology leads us to do an eclectic range of work, including biodiversity, genome biology, photophysiology, molecular phylogenetics and evolutionary biology. In our coral reef work, we use a combination of chemical imaging, environmental microbiology techniques and metagenomics to better understand how the coral holobiont functions.
Please learn more about the research in the lab through the links below, who we are and what we enjoy thinking about, and have a look at this page if you want to read some of our papers.
