Vanessa Rossetto Marcelino
Lab leader, Ramón y Cajal Fellow
I am a microbiome ecologist working at the interface between bioinformatics, biomedicine and food science. I am particularly interested in understanding why organisms are where they are, how they got there, and — in the context of human gut microbiomes — what that means for our health and wellbeing. Before joining IATA-CSIC in Valencia, I led a research group at the University of Melbourne, where part of the lab is still based.
Lab Members
Dr Kshitij Tandon
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Ziwei Wu
PhD Student
Yuhao (Andy) Tong
PhD Student
Lluna Bellot
Bioinformatics Research Assistant
Ángel Del Valle Echevarría
Postdoctoral Fellow and Project Manager
Past Students and Visitors
- V Salazar — PhD student, University of Melbourne (2024–2025)
- M Spralja — MSc student, University of Melbourne (2024–2025)
- AM Garcia — MSc student, University of Valencia (2024–2025)
- M Hallgren — PhD student visitor, Technical University of Denmark (2024)
- R Young — PhD student, Monash University (2020–2024)
- R Sundararajan — Research Assistant, Hudson Institute (2021)
- K Kim — Research Assistant, Westmead Institute, Sydney (2019)
- P Clausen — PhD student visitor, Technical University of Denmark (2019)
- C Cremen — PhD student, University of Melbourne (2017–2018)
Contact
We are part of the Spanish Research Council (CSIC), and are based at the Institute of Agrochemistry and Food Technology (IATA) - a Severo Ochoa Center of Excellence, located in the beautiful and sunny Valencia (also known as the City of Arts and Sciences).
Instituto de Agroquímica y Tecnología de Alimentos (IATA-CSIC)Carrer del Catedràtic Agustín Escardino Benlloch, 7
46980 Paterna, Valencia, Spain
vrmarcelino [at] iata.csic.es
Interested in joining the lab?
If you have recently graduated and are interested in joining the team as a PhD student or a postdoctoral fellow in Valencia, check out the La Caixa scholarships, Ayudas Juan de la Cierva and the EMBO Postdoctoral Fellowships. Minority groups are highly encouraged!
Opportunities are open for individuals driven by microbiome ecology, bioinformatics, computational biology, experimental research, or a hybrid of these approaches. Specific projects can focus on either fundamental questions (microbiome and host evolution) or applied outcomes (microbiome-based therapies).
To apply or discuss project ideas, please reach out with a cover letter, CV, and transcripts.