María Almuedo Castillo

María Almuedo Castillo is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Andalusian Center for Developmental Biology (CABD), affiliated with Pablo de Olavide University. Her work bridges molecular developmental biology and regenerative mechanisms, utilizing zebrafish and planarian models to dissect fundamental processes in embryogenesis and tissue repair.

Her educational background includes a PhD from the University of Barcelona (2014), where she investigated Induction of regeneration and acquisition of body planarity in planarians under Dr. Emili Saló Boix and Dr. Teresa Adell Creixell, focusing on non-canonical JNK and WNT pathways.

Castillo's research explores signaling pathway crosstalk (Yap, Wnt, Nodal) in embryonic axis formation, retinal development, and metabolic regulation. Key themes include mechanotransduction in cell migration, robustness of gene networks, and phenotypic heterogeneity in metabolic disorders, with recent work advancing single-cell multiomics in zebrafish spermatogenesis. Her publications reveal a trajectory from planarian regeneration to sophisticated zebrafish-based systems biology.

Analysis of her 15 most recent articles (2020-2025) shows dominant focus on zebrafish developmental models (87%), particularly axis assembly (33%), retinal specification (20%), and signaling integration (27%). Emerging interests include multiomics approaches (2025) and critical analysis of gender dynamics in science (Si quieres triunfar en ciencia..., 2020).

She contributes to the PhD Program in Developmental Biology at CABD, a joint research center of Pablo de Olavide University, CSIC, and the University of Seville. Her collaborative network spans European developmental biology consortia, with primary affiliation to CABD's Morphogenesis and Cell Signaling Group investigating conserved mechanisms of tissue patterning.