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Work experience
 

Ramón y Cajal Researcher

January 2023 - Present

Institution: Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales de Madrid, Departamento de Biodiversidad y Biología Evolutiva

Assistant Professor

December 2020 - 2023

Institution: Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Departmento de Biodiversidad, Ecología y Evolución

 
Postdoctoral Researcher

September 2020 - December 2020

 

Advisor: Juan Junoy

Institution: Universidad de Alcalá, Facultad de Biología, Departmento de Ciencias de la Vida

Juan de la Cierva-Incorporación Postdoctoral Researcher

2018 - 2020

 

Advisor: Guillermo San Martín

Institution: Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Facultad de Ciencias, Departmento de Biología (Zoología)

Postdoctoral Researcher

2015 - 2018

 

Advisor: Adrian Glover, Gordon Paterson & Ana Riesgo

Institution: The Natural History Museum of London, Department of Life Sciences

 
Postdoctoral Researcher

2013 - 2015

 

Advisor: Conxita Avila

Institution: Universitat de Barcelona, Department of Animal Biology

 

PhD Student

​2010 - 2013

Thesis: Antarctic marine benthic invertebrates: chemical ecology, bioactivity and biodiversity.

Doctor in Biology cum laude

Advisor: Conxita Avila

Institution: Universitat de Barcelona, Department of Animal Biology

 

Lab Technician

​2005 - 2010

 

Department of Animal Biology. Universitat de Barcelona

 

Lab Technician

​2000 - 2005

 

Department of Marine Ecology. Centro de Estudios Avanzados de Blanes

 

 

Publications

2010 - present

2010 - present

2020

53. Taboada S, Serra Silva A, Neal L, Cristobo J, Ríos P, Álvarez-Campos P, Hestetun JT, Koutsouveli V, Sherlock E, Riesgo A (2020) Insights into the symbiotic relationship between scale worms and carnivorous sponges (Cladorhizidae, Chondrocladia). Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers 156:103191

 

52. Taboada S, Bas M, Avila C, Riesgo A (2020) Phylogenetic characterization of marine microbial biofilms associated to mammal bones in temperate and polar areas. Marine Biodiversity (doi: 10.1007/s12526-020-01082-8)

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51. Georgieva MN, Taboada S, Riesgo A, Díez-Vives C, De Leo FC, Jeffreys RM, Copley J, Little CTS, Ríos P, Cristobo J, Hestetun JT, Glover AG (2020) Evidence of vent-adaptation in sponges living at the periphery of hydrothermal vent environments: ecological and evolutionary implications. Frontiers in Microbiology, section Microbial Symbioses (Manuscript ID: 555814)

 

50. Plese B, Kenny NJ, Rossi ME, Cárdenas P, Schuster A, Taboada S, Koustsouveli V, Riesgo A (in press) Mitochondrial evolution in the Silicean Porifera: phylogeny, divergence time, and genome biology. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

 

​49. Ríos, P, Riesgo A, Taboada S, Cristobo J (2020) A new species of Isodictya (Porifera: Poecilosclerida) from the Southern Ocean. Polar Biology 43:523-533

2019

48. Taboada S, Altuna Á, Sánchez F, Junoy J (2019) A new species of Astacilla (Crustacea: Isopoda: Valvifera) from the Le Danois Bank (N Spain, NE Atlantic), living on Placogorgia sp. (Cnidaria: Octocorallia) with notes on the cnidarian host. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers 148:108–122

 

47. Leiva C, , Kenny N, Combosch D, Giribet G, Jombart T, Riesgo A (2019) Population substructure and signals of divergent adaptive selection despite admixture in the sponge Dendrilla antarctica from shallow waters surrounding the Antarctic Peninsula. Molecular Ecology 28(13):3151–3170

46. Plese B, Rossi ME, Kenny N, Taboada S, Koutsouveli V, Riesgo A (2019) Trimitomics: An efficient pipeline for mitochondrial assembly from transcriptomic reads in non-model species. Molecular Ecology Resources19(5):1230-1239

 

45. Riesgo A, Taboada S, Pérez-Portela R, Melis P, Xavier JR, Blasco G, López-Legentil S (2019) Genetic diversity, connectivity and gene flow along the distribution of the emblematic Atlanto-Mediterranean sponge Petrosia ficiformis (Haplosclerida, Demospongiae). BMC Evolutionary Biology 19:24

2018

44. Taboada S, Riesgo A, Wiklund H, Paterson G, Koutsouveli V, Santodomingo N, Dale A, Smith C, Jones D, Dahlgren T, Glover A (2018) Implications of population connectivity studies for the design of marine protected areas in the deep-sea: an example of a demosponge from the Clarion-Clipperton Zone. Molecular Ecology 27:4657–4679

43. Taboada S, Leiva C, Junoy J, Alexander F, Riesgo A (2018) A new member of the genus Antarctonemertes (Hoplonemertea, Nemertea) from Antarctic waters. Polar Biology 41:1463–1473

 

42. Taboada S, Kenny N, Riesgo A, Wiklund H, Dahlgren T, Paterson G, Glover A (2017) Mitochondrial genome and polymorphic microsatellite markers from the abyssal sponge Plenaster craigi Lim &Wiklund, 2017: tools for understanding the impact of deep-sea mining. Marine Biodiversity 48: 621–630

41. Leiva C, Riesgo A, Avila C, Rouse G, Taboada S (2018) Population structure and phylogenetic relationships of a new shallow-water Antarctic annelid phyllodocid. Zoologica Scripta 47:714–726

40. Neal L, Taboada S, Woodall L (2018) Slope-shelf faunal link and unreported diversity off Nova Scotia: evidence from polychaete data. Deep-Sea Research Part I 138: 72–84

​​39. Koutsouveli V, Taboada S, Moles J, Cristobo J, Ríos P, Bertran A, Solà J, Avila C, Riesgo A (2018) Insights into the reproduction of some Antarctic dendroceratid, poecilosclerid, and haplosclerid demosponges. PLoS ONE 13:e0192267

38. Alvarez-Campos P, Taboada S, Leiva C, San Martín G, Riesgo A (2017) Phylogenetic relationships and evolution of reproductive modes within flattened syllids (Annelida : Syllidae) with the description of a new genus and six new species. Invertebrate Systematics 32:224-251

 

2017

​37. Taboada S, Leiva C, Bas M, McHugh D, Schultz N (2017) Cryptic speciation and colonization processes in Ophryotrocha inhabiting vertebrate remains in the shallow-water Mediterranean. Zoologica Scripta 46:611–624

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36. Angulo-Preckler C, Leiva C, Avila C, Taboada S (2017) Macroinvertebrate communities from the shallow soft-bottoms of Deception Islnd (Southern Ocean): A paradise for opportunists. Marine Environmental Research 127:62–74

 

35. Paxton H, Wiklund H, Alexander F, Taboada S (2017) Is the Antarctic Ophryotrocha orensanzi (Annelida: Dorvilleidae) a circumpolar non-specialised opportunist? Systematics and Biodiversity 15:105–114

​​2016

34. Taboada S, Pérez-Portela R (2016) Contrasted phylogeographic patterns on mitochondrial DNA of shallow and deep brittle stars across the Atlantic-Mediterranean area. Scientific Reports 6:324525

 

33. Taboada S, Bas M, Garriga M, Leiva C, Sardà R, Avila C (2016) Life after death: Shallow-water polychaete communities associated to mammal bones in the Mediterranean Sea. Marine Ecology 37:164–178

32. Glover A, Dahlgren T, Taboada S, et al. (2016) The London Workshop on the Biogeography and Connectivity of the Clarion-Clipperton Zone. Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing Newsletter, IEEE 2:e10528

 

31. Melis P, Riesgo A, Taboada S, Manconi R (2016) Coping with anchihaline regimes: A new species of Protosuberites (Porifera: Demospongiae: Suberitidae) with resting bodies and a first contribution to the phylogenetic relationships within the genus. Zootaxa 4208:349–364

​30. Pérez-Portela R, Cerro-Gálvez E, Taboada S, Tidu C, Campillo-Campbell, Mora J, Riesgo A (2016) Lonely populations in the deep: genetic structure of the red gorgonian at the head of the submarine canyons of the North-Western Mediterranean Sea. Coral Reefs 35:1013

 

29. Aghmich A, Taboada S, Toll L, Ballesteros M (2016) First assessment of the rocky intertidal communities of Fildes Bay, King George Island (South Shetland Islands, Antarctica). Polar Biology 39(1):189–198

2015

28. Taboada S, Riesgo A, Bas M, Arnedo MA, Cristobo J, Rouse G, Avila C (2015) Bone-eating worms spread: Insights into shallow-water Osedax (Annelida, Siboglinidae) from Antarctic, Subantarctic, and Mediterranean waters. PLoS ONE 10(11):e0140341

 

27. Taboada S, Bas M, Avila C (2015) A new Parougia species (Annelida: Dorvilleidae) associated to eutrophic habitats in Antarctica. Polar Biology 38:517–527

26. Taboada S, Riesgo A, Blasco G, Solà J, Xavier JR, López-Legentil S (2015) Development of 10 microsatellite markers for the Atlanto-Mediterranena sponge Petrosia ficiformis. Conservation Genetics Resources 7:895–897

 

​25. Riesgo A, Taboada S, Avila C (2015) Evolutionary patterns in Antarctic marine invertebrates: an update on molecular studies. Marine Genomics 23:1–13

24. Riesgo A, Taboada S, Sánchez-Vila L, Solà J, Bertran A, Avila C (2015) Some like it fat:  Comparative ultrastructure of the embryo in two demosponges of the genus Mycale (Order Poecilosclerida): Mycale acerata from Antarctica and Mycale laevis from the Caribbean. PLoS ONE 10(3):e0118805

23. Moles J, Figuerola B, Campanyà-Llovet N, Monleón-Getino T, Taboada S, Avila C (2015) Distribution patterns in Antarctic and Subantarctic echinoderms. Polar Biology 38:799–813

22. Moles J, Núñez-Pons L, Taboada S, Figuerola B, Cristobo J, Avila C (2015) Anti-predatory chemical defences in Antarctic benthic fauna. Marine Biology 162:1813–1821 (doi:10.​1007/​s00227-015-2714-9)

2014

21. Sardá R, Serrano L, Labrune C, Gil J, March D, Amouroux JM, Taboada S, Grémare A (2014) Shallow water polychaete assemblages in the Northwestern Mediterranean Sea and its possible use in the evaluation of Good Environmental State. Memoirs of Museum Victoria 71:289–301

 

2013

​20. Taboada S, Andrade S, Giribet G, Junoy J, Cristobo FJ, Avila C (2013) On the identity of two Antarctic brooding nemerteans: redescription of Antarctonemertes valida (Bürger, 1893) and description of a new species in the genus Antarctonemertes Friedrich, 1955 (Nemertea, Hoplonemertea). Polar Biology 36:1415–1430

 

19.  Taboada S, Wiklund H, Glover AG, Dahlgren TG, Cristobo J, Avila C  (2013) Two new Antarctic Ophryotrocha (Annelida: Dorvilleidae) described from shallow-water whale bones. Polar Biology 36:1031–1045

 

18. Taboada S, Núñez-Pons L, Avila C (2013) Feeding repellence of Antarctic and Sub-Antarctic benthic invertebrates against the omnivorous sea star Odontaster validus. Polar Biology 36:13–25

17. Glover AG, Wiklund H, Taboada S, Avila C, Cristobo J, Smith CR, Kemp KM, Jamieson A, Dahlgren TG (2013) Bone-eating worms from the Antarctic: the contrasting fate of whale and wood remains on the Southern Ocean seafloor. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 280:1768

16. Figuerola B, Taboada S, Monleón A, Vázquez J, Avila C (2013) Cytotoxic activity of Antarctic benthic organisms against embryo and sperm in the Antarctic sea urchin Sterechinus neumayeri. Oceanography 1(107):2

 

15. Silchenko AS, Kalinovsky AI, Avilov SA, Andryjashchenko PV, Dmitrenok PS, Kalinin VI, Taboada S, Avila C (2013) Triterpene glycosides from Antarctic sea cucumbers IV. Turquetoside A, a 3-O-methylquinovose containing disulfated tetraoside from the sea cucumber Staurocucumis turqueti (Vaney, 1906) (=Cucumaria spatha). Biochemical Systematics and Ecology 51:45–49

 

14. Xavier JC, Barbosa A, Agustí S, Alonso-Sáez L, Alvito P, Ameneiro J, Avila C, Baeta A, Canário J, Carmona R, Catry P, Ceia F, Clark MS, Cristobo FJ, Cruz B, Duarte CM, Figuerola B, Gili J.M, Gonçalves AR, Gordillo FJL, Granadeiro JP, Guerreiro M, Isla E, Jiménez C, López-González PJ, Lourenço S, Marques JC, Moreira E, Mota AM, Nogueira M, Núñez-Pons L, Orejas C, Paiva VH, Palanques A, Pearson GA, Pedrós-Alió C, Peña Cantero AL, Power DM, Ramos JA, Rossi S, Seco J, Sañe E, Serrão EA, Taboada S, Tavares S, Teixidó N, Vaqué D, Valente T, Vázquez E, Vieira RP, Viñegla B (2013) Polar marine science in Portugal and Spain: Recent advances and future perspectives. Journal of Sea Research 83:9–29

 

2012

13. Taboada S, Doner S, Blake JA, Avila C (2012) A new species of Cirratulus (Annelida: Polychaeta) described from a shallow-water whale bone in Antarctica. Zootaxa 3340:59–68

 

2011

12. Antonov AS, Avilov SA, Kalinovsky AI, Dmitrenok PS, Kalinin VI, Taboada S, Ballesteros M, Avila C, Stonik VA (2011) Triterpene glycosides from Antarctic sea cucumbers III. Structures of liouvillosides A4 and A5, two minor disulfated tetraosides containing 3-O-methylquinovose as terminal monosacharide units from the sea cucumber Staurocucumis liouvillei (Vaney). Natural Product Research 25:1324–1333

 

2010

11. Taboada S, García-Fernández LF, Bueno S, Vázquez J, Cuevas C, Avila C (2010) Antitumoral activity in Antarctic and sub-Antarctic benthic organisms. Antarctic Science 22:494–507

 

2009

10. Antonov AS, Avilov SA, Kalinovsky AI, Anastyuk SD, Dmitrenok PS, Kalinin VI, Taboada S, Bosch A, Avila C, Stonik VA (2009) Triterpene glycosides from Antarctic sea cucumbers. 2. Structure of Achlioniceosides A1, A2 and A3 from the sea cucumber Achlionice violaecuspidata (=Rhipidothuria racowitzai). Journal of Natural Products 72:32–38

 

9. Renaud PE, Webb TJ, Bjørgesæter A, Karakassis I, Kędra M, Kendall MA, Labrune C, Lampadariou N, Somerfield PJ, Włodarska-Kowalczuk M, Vanden Berghe E, Claus S, Aleffi F, Amouroux JM, Bryne KH, Cochrane SJ, Dahle S, Degraer S, Denisenko SG, Deprez T, Dounas C, Fleischer D, Gil J, Grémare A, Janas U, Mackie ASY, Palerud R, Rumohr H, Sardá R, Speybroeck J, Taboada S, Van Hoey G, Węsławski JM, Whomersley P, Zettle ML (2009) Continental-scale patterns in benthic invertebrate diversity: insights from the MARBEF database. Marine Ecology Progress Series 382:239–252

 

8. Sardá R, Gil J, Taboada S, Gili JM (2009) Polychaete species captured in sediment traps located in northwestern Mediterranean submarine canyons. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 155:1–21

 

2008

7. Antonov AS, Avilov SA, Kalinovsky AI, Anastyuk SD, Dmitrenok PS, Evtushenko EV, Kalinin VI, Smirnov AV, Taboada S, Ballesteros M, Avila C, Stonik VA (2008) Triterpene glycosides from Antarctic sea cucumbers. 1. Structure of Liouvillosides A1, A2, A3, B1, and B2 from the sea cucumber Staurocucumis liouvillei: new procedure for separation of highly polar glycoside fractions and taxonomic revision. Journal of Natural Products 71:1677–1685

 

6. Avila C, Taboada S, Núñez-Pons L (2008) Antarctic marine chemical ecology: what is next? Marine Ecology 29:1–71

 

5. Labrune C, Gremare A, Amoroux JM, Sardá R, Gil J, Taboada S (2008) Structure and diversity of shallow soft-bottom benthic macrofauna in the Gulf of Lions (NW Mediterranean). Helgoland Marine Research 62:201–214

 

4. Reyes F, Fernández R, Rodríguez A, Francesch A, Taboada S, Avila C, Cuevas C (2008) Aplicyanins A-F, new cytotoxic bromoindole derivatives from the marine tunicate Aplidium cyaneum. Tetrahedron 64:5119–5123

 

2007

3. Labrune C, Gremare A, Amoroux JM, Sardá R, Gil J, Taboada S (2007) Assessment of soft-bottom polychaeta assemblages in the Gulf of Lions (NW Mediterranean) based on a mesoscale survey. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 71:133–147

 

2006

​2. Labrune C, Gremare A, Amoroux JM, Sardá R, Gil J, Taboada S (2006) Diversity of polychaeta fauna in the Gulf of Lions (NW Mediterranean). Vie et Milieu – Life and Environment 56:315–326

 

2000

1. Sardá R, Pinedo S, Gremare A, Taboada S (2000) Changes in the dynamics of shallow sandy-bottom assemblages due to sand extraction in the Catalan Western Mediterranean Sea. ICES Journal of Marine Science 57:1446–1453

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