Actinomycete Chemical Ecology Group


Based in Costa Rica, our group integrates microbiology, genomics, metabolomics and natural products chemistry for the study of actinomycetes and their specialised metabolism.

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Last updated on May 14, 2025 1 min read
1st Costa Rican Symposium on Metabolomics
1st Costa Rican Symposium on Metabolomics

Our group organised the first Costa Rican symposium on metabolomics. The event seeks to bring together people from academia and government working on topics related to metabolomics. The event was a success and aims to be the first step toward consolidating the Costa Rican metabolomics network.

Apr 7, 2025 1 min read
Welcome Néstor
Welcome Néstor

We received a visit from Dr. Néstor Serna from CB-DAL / Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María as part of a collaboration with Professor Beatriz Cámara.

Last updated on May 14, 2025 1 min read
V Latin American Metabolic Profiling Society Meeting 2024
V Latin American Metabolic Profiling Society Meeting 2024

Douglas represented our group at V LAMPS Montevideo 2024. Douglas introduced IQ, a molecular network-based chemical novelty index for prioritizing samples using untargeted metabolomics

Project
Last updated on Oct 24, 2024 1 min read
COMPAC 2024
COMPAC 2024

Johana participated in the National Congress of Microbiology, Parasitology and Clinical Pathology. Johana presented the ongoing work on antifungals produced by Pseudonocardia.

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Last updated on Sep 11, 2024 1 min read
2nd Genome Mining of Natural Products, Latin America 2024
2nd Genome Mining of Natural Products, Latin America 2024

Melissa participated in the 2nd Genome Mining of Natural Products Latin America in Guanajuato, México.

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Latest Publications

Mitja M. Zdouc, Jonathan Parra Villalobos, ..., Roger G. Linington, Tilmann Weber, Marnix H. Medema (2024). MIBiG 4.0: advancing biosynthetic gene cluster curation through global collaboration. Zdouc, M. M., Blin, K., Louwen, N. L., Navarro, J., Loureiro, C., Bader, C. D., … & Kang, S. (2025). MIBiG 4.0: advancing biosynthetic gene cluster curation through global collaboration. Nucleic Acids Research, 53(D1), D678-D690..

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Ella F. Poynton, Jeffrey A. Van Santen, Matthew Pin, Marla Macias Contreras, Emily McMann, Jonathan Parra Villalobos, Brandon Showalter, Liana Zaroubi, Katherine R. Duncan, Roger G. Linington (2024). The Natural Products Atlas 3.0: extending the database of microbially derived natural products. Poynton, E. F., van Santen, J. A., Pin, M., Contreras, M. M., McMann, E., Parra, J., … & Linington, R. G. (2025). The Natural Products Atlas 3.0: extending the database of microbially derived natural products. Nucleic Acids Research, 53(D1), D691-D699..

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Bonnie Whatmough, Neil A. Holmes, Barrie Wilkinson, Matthew I. Hutchings​, Jonathan Parra Villalobos, Katherine R. Duncan (2024). Microbe Profile: Pseudonocardia: antibiotics for every niche. Whatmough, B., Holmes, N. A., Wilkinson, B., Hutchings, M. I., Parra, J., & Duncan, K. R. (2024). Microbe Profile: Pseudonocardia: antibiotics for every niche. Microbiology, 170(9), 001501..

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Jonathan Parra Villalobos, Scott A. Jarmusch, Katherine R. Duncan (2024). Multi-omics analysis of antagonistic interactions among free-living Pseudonocardia from diverse ecosystems. Parra, J., Jarmusch, S. A., & Duncan, K. R. (2024). Multi‐omics analysis of antagonistic interactions among free‐living Pseudonocardia from diverse ecosystems. Environmental Microbiology, 26(6), e16635..

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Jonathan Parra Villalobos, Ainsley Beaton, Ryan F. Seipke, Barrie Wilkinson, Matthew I. Hutchings, Katherine R. Duncan (2023). Antibiotics from rare actinomycetes, beyond the genus Streptomyces. Parra, J., Beaton, A., Seipke, R. F., Wilkinson, B., Hutchings, M. I., & Duncan, K. R. (2023). Antibiotics from rare actinomycetes, beyond the genus Streptomyces. Current Opinion in Microbiology, 76, 102385..

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