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Eva Garmendia Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology (IMBIM) Husargatan 3, Biomedical Center, Box 582 751 23 Uppsala Sweden Phone: (+46) 18 471 4928 eva.garmendia@imbim.uu.se EDUCATION ◦ 2012-Present. PhD Student in bacteriology. Thesis title: “Evolution and

adaptation within bacterial genomes.” Supervisors: Diarmaid Hughes and Dan I. Andersson. Institution: Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology, Uppsala University.

◦ 2007-2012. BSc. + MSc. Biology, with honors. University of Granada, Spain ◦ 2010-2011. ERASMUS Student. Uppsala University, Sweden.

GRANTS AND AWARDS ◦ 2016. Kurt Nordström Award to the best poster presentation. ◦ 2015 & 2016. Anna Maria Lundin’s travel grant. Smalands Nation. Uppsala,

Sweden. ◦ 2015. Award to best oral presentation. I Meeting of the Society of Spanish

Researchers in Sweden. Stockholm, Sweden. ◦ 2012. Scholarship for English course in foreign countries (San Jose, California,

U.S.A.) – Ministry of Education. Spain. ◦ 2011. Introduction to research fellowship. University of Granada, Spain. ◦ 2011. JAE-Intro research fellowship. Spanish National Research Council,

Spain. ◦ 2010. ERASMUS scholarship. European Union, Ministry of Education, Junta

de Andalucía and University of Granada. ◦ 2009 & 2010. Award for the best results during the academic course.

University of Granada, Spain. ◦ 2009 & 2010. Scholarship for English immersion course. Menéndez Pelayo

International University, Spain. ◦ 2009. Grant for scientific entertainer practice – Science Museum, Caja General

De Granada and University of Granada, Spain. ◦ 2007 & 2008. Scholarships for English courses in foreign countries (Oxford,

England and Boston, U.S.A.) – Ministry of Education. Spain. ◦ 2006. Scholarship for an English course in Edinburgh, Scotland – Junta de

Andalucía, Spain.

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PREVIOUS RESEARCH EXPERIENCE ◦ 2009-2012. Internal Student: Evolutionary Genetics Group, Department of

Genetics, University of Granada, Spain. Project: Study of the evolution of the 5S non-transcribed spacer (NTS) in grasshoppers. Supervisor: Dr. Juan Pedro Martínez Camacho

◦ 2011. JAE-Intro fellow: Institute of Parasitology and Biomedicine “López Neyra”, Spanish National Research Council. Granada, Spain. Project: Inhibition of Hepatitis C Virus replication with RNA aptamers. Supervisor: Dr. Alfredo Berzal Herranz

◦ 2011. Degree Project Student: Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Uppsala University. Project: Ribonuclease E: reversion of a temperature-sensitive phenotype by external suppressors in Salmonella typhimurium. Supervisor: Dr. Diarmaid Hughes

TEACHING and SUPERVISION EXPERIENCE ◦ 2017. Supervision of practical student project "Fitness and evolution of

bacteria with rearranged chromosomes". Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology. Uppsala University, Sweden.

◦ 2014, 2015 & 2016. Teaching assistant at the course “Bacteriology” within the Biomedical Program at Uppsala University. Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology. Uppsala University, Sweden.

◦ 2013, 2014 & 2015. Teaching assistant at the course “Clinical Microbiology” within the Pharmacy Program at Uppsala University. Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology. Uppsala University, Sweden.

◦ 2014 & 2015. Teaching assistant at the summer course “Advanced Bacterial Genetics”. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, NY, USA.

◦ 2011. 20 hours of teaching basic genetics to high school students during the Science Week. Department of Genetics, University of Granada, Spain.

◦ 2010. Lab assistant within the course “Animal Physiology” – Rat dissection module. University of Granada, Spain.

SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS AND CONGRESSES ◦ 2017. Garmendia, E., Kacar, B., Tunçbağ N., Andersson, D.I. & Hughes,

D. Functional constraints on replacing an essential gene with its ancient and modern homologs. 1st Young Researchers Day and 5th ELSI Symposium. Tokyo, Japan. [Poster]

◦ 2016. Garmendia, E. & Hughes. D. Importance of location and orientation of highly expressed genes in Salmonella typhimurium. Analytical Genetics Meeting. Roturoa, New Zealand. [Poster and Short talk]

◦ 2015. Garmendia, E. & Hughes. D. Importance of location and orientation of highly expressed genes in Salmonella typhimurium. Day Meeting of the

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 Swedish Society of Microbiology (SFM). Stockholm, Sweden. [Short talk]

◦ 2015. Garmendia, E. & Hughes. D. Importance of location and orientation of highly expressed genes in Salmonella typhimurium. I Meeting of the Society of Spanish researchers in Sweden. Stockholm, Sweden. [Short talk]

◦ 2014. Garmendia, E. & Hughes. D. Amelioration mechanisms of the cost of plasmid carriage in Escherichia coli. National Infection Biology Meeting. Märstrand, Sweden. [Poster]

◦ 2013. Garmendia, E. & Hughes. D. Amelioration mechanisms of the cost of

plasmid carriage in Escherichia coli. Analytical Genetics Meeting. Alta, Utah, USA. [Poster and Short talk]

◦ 2013. Garmendia, E. & Hughes. D. Amelioration mechanisms of the cost of plasmid carriage in Escherichia coli. Mikrobiologiskt Vårmöte (Microbiology Spring Meeting), Swedish Society of Microbiology (SFM). Örebro, Sweden. [Poster]

◦ 2010. Garmendia, E. Intra-Individual variation of the 5S spacer region in the grasshopper Eyprepocnemis plorans. The Science Conference. Evolutionary Biology Centre, Uppsala University. Uppsala, Sweden. [Short talk]

OUTREACH and POPULAR SCIENCE ◦ 2016. Organizer of the Workshop on Scientific Communication and

Outreach in collaboration with the Society of Spanish Scientists in Sweden. SciLifeLab, Uppsala, Sweden.

◦ 2016. The world of Microbes. Workshop on microbial study diversity and evolution within the Uppsala Science Festival. Uppsala, Sweden.

◦ 2015. Ask a Scientist! Workshop on skin cells DNA extraction. Tom Tits Experiment Center. Södertälje, Sweden.

◦ 2015. E’en the least of tiny creatures. Workshop on microbial diversity during the Culture Night. Museum of Evolution, Uppsala, Sweden.

◦ 2012. XV Science Fair, Genetics stand. Science Museum, Granda, Spain. ◦ 2011. Sportlovskemi på Museum Gustavianum, Genetics stand.

Uppsala, Sweden. ◦ 2010. Main organizer of the First Photo Contest and Exhibition “Granada:

Science and Image”. Granada, Spain. ◦ 2010. Member of the organization of the meeting “Blogs & Science”. Granada,

Spain.

SPECIALISATION COURSES Post-graduate Courses ◦ 2015. Outreach and Science Communication Workshop. 14th Conference of

Aquatic Microbial Ecology SAME14. Uppsala, Sweden. ◦ 2013. Visualize your Science. Science and Technology faculty, Uppsala

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 University, Sweden.

◦ 2013. Introduction to Scientific Research.Medical faculty, Uppsala University, Sweden.

◦ 2013. Introduction to Recombineering. Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology, Uppsala University, Sweden.

◦ 2011. Workshop on Quantitative Trait Locus (QTL) mapping. Evolutionary Biology Centre, Uppsala University. Uppsala, Sweden.

Under-graduate Courses ◦ 2011. Diseases of the 21st Century. Science Faculty, University of Granada.

Granada, Spain ◦ 2009. Science in the crime. Science Faculty, University of Granada. Granada,

Spain. ◦ 2008. Biology, beyond the degree. Science Faculty, University of Granada.

Granada, Spain. OTHERS ◦ 2014-Present. Founder member and secretary of the Society of Spanish

Researchers in Sweden. ◦ 2013-Present. Chairperson of the PhD Student Association Board at the

Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology, Uppsala University, Sweden.

◦ 2014-2015. Coordinator of the Photography Group at Kalmar Nation, Uppsala. ◦ 2011. Main coordinator of the under-graduate course “Diseases of the

21st Century”. Granada University, Spain. ◦ 2009 & 2010. Member of the Faculty Students Committee. ◦ 2007-2010. Member of the Biology Academic Committee.