Dr Juan Carlos Villarreal, Research Associate Bryology
Juan-Carlos is an evolutionary biologist and bryologist with research interest in symbiosis, based at the Institut de biologie Intégrative et des systèmes, Université Laval.
I am interested in the evolution of plants and lichens. I use electron microscopy, DNA sequences and genomic data to resolve deep and shallow divergences in plants, especially bryophytes. My recent interests are the functional genomics of cyanobacterial-plant symbioses, especially cycads (Zamia) and the hornwort Leiosporoceros dussii. I am developing genomic resources for hornworts, particularly the species Leiosporoceros dussii. I am also interested in plant-microbial interaction in Canadian Arctic bryophytes and lichens, in particular the genus Stereocaulon.