Candal Suárez, Eva

Postdoctoral researcher (2002–2004) at the A. Fessard Institute of Neurobiology (CNRS, France; Embryos against cancer project [QLK3-2001-01890], European Commission) to identify new cell cycle regulatory genes, using the teleost fish medaka as a model organism.

She joined the BRAINSHARK group (now NEURODEVO) at USC as a beneficiary of the Isidro Parga Pondal Programme (2005–2010, Xunta de Galicia) to study morphogenesis and regionalisation of the central nervous system in elasmobranch fishes.

Coordinator of the NEURODEVO group since 2015, consolidated as a Competitive Reference Group (Xunta de Galicia) since 2021. During this period, her research has focused on the characterisation of neural progenitor cells using the retina of the elasmobranch Scyliorhinus canicula as a model, and on analysing the transcriptional dynamics of retinal neurogenic niches at single-cell resolution. Functional analyses in the elasmobranch retina have been optimised, contributing to advances in the ecological and evolutionary developmental biology (eco-evo-devo) of postnatal neurogenesis in vertebrates.

Over the last ten years (2012–2022), she has co-authored 28 JCR-indexed articles, 25 of them in the first quartile (Q1) of their category, serving as first author on 15. During this period, she has supervised/co-supervised six doctoral theses, all with European/international distinction, and has participated in seven national or regional projects funded by the Ministry of Education and Technology-FEDER and the Xunta de Galicia, acting as principal investigator (PI) or co-PI in four.