The full record, year by year.

• News feature: Canal Sur interview. "University of Córdoba researchers develop molecular markers linked to early flowering in chickpea."
• News feature: RNE interview. "Spanish researchers identify the factors that advance flowering."

• Co-direction of the Final Degree thesis "Análisis computacional del ADN repetitivo en el castaño europeo (Castanea sativa Mill.)" by Alejandro Arévalo Sánchez, Dept. Genetics, ETSIAM, University of Córdoba. Jun 25, 2026.
• Guest speaker: "Mejora genética vegetal: de los cruzamientos de Mendel a los modelos predictivos en la Agricultura del siglo XXI." Seminarios de actualidad sobre los retos de la investigación en la ingeniería agraria, alimentaria, forestal y del desarrollo rural sostenible.

• IV Jornadas Andaluzas de Bioinformática, Córdoba.

• Guest speaker: "Smarter Plant Breeding: Where Bioinformatics Meets the Field." Seminarios Instituto de Bioingeniería, Universidad Miguel Hernández.

• Guest speaker: "Fine-mapping strategy: an approach for precision chickpea breeding." Corteva Symposia Series — Córdoba 2025.

• Guest speaker: "CRISPR gene editing: reshaping the future of Agriculture." XXXVIII International Conference ASEPELT 2025, Alcalá de Henares.
• Experts panel with Dr. Jose V. Die (UCO), Dr. Viviane Naimy (Notre Dame University-Louaize), Dr. Justus Wesseler (Wageningen University), and Sir Richard J. Roberts, Ph.D., F.R.S., 1993 Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine.

• III Jornadas Andaluzas de Bioinformática, Málaga, 12–14 May.

• Serving as a PhD final defense committee member, Universidad Miguel Hernández: "Herramientas moleculares para la caracterización genética de Allium sativum L. y otras especies vegetales." PhD candidate: Ricardo Parreño Montoro.

• Workshop refseqR (slides available).
• Global Innovation Forum ECONATUR, Córdoba, 18–19 Nov.
• III Congreso y XIV Jornadas de Usuarios de R, Sevilla, 6–8 Nov.

• "Mejora genética vegetal: diez mil años aumentando la producción y la calidad de los alimentos." The Conversation.

• Direction of the Final Master Degree thesis "Dashboard development for genomic data management in the Fagaceae family" by Rafael Postigo Luque, Máster en Transformación Digital en el Sector Agroalimentario y Forestal, Córdoba, Sep 23.
• Direction of the Final Degree thesis "Nucleotide Composition and Gene Structure in the Cultivated Chickpea Genome" by David Carrera Natera, Dept. Genetics, University of Córdoba.
• News feature: statements to the local press in connection with participation in the Smart Agrifood AI Congress: El Día de Córdoba and Diario Córdoba.
• Chair of the panel discussion "Artificial Intelligence in the Agri-food Chain and Food Experience," Smart Agrifood AI Congress, Córdoba, 19–20 Sep.

• Publication in BMC Plant Biology: developed and studied a near-isogenic line pair for flowering time, with differences in days to flowering and shoot architecture; identified differential variants in MED16 and STO/BBX24.

• News feature: Molecular Breeding Group's work profiled in the local press: "Usan herramientas de ADN para mejorar cultivos", Diario Córdoba.
• Study on alder species diversity and genetic structure in Spain (Alnus glutinosa and A. lusitanica) published in Forest Ecology and Management, led by Dr. A. Martín.

• Opinion piece on genome reference selection and centralized sequence availability, published in Legume Science.

• Serving as a PhD final defense committee member, IAS-CSIC: "Pea genetic breeding to enhance rust resistance in Mediterranean environments." PhD candidate: Salvador Osuna Caballero.

• Conference "Datos abiertos en la era post-genómica," Jornada Institucional Fundación Carolina.

• Direction of the Final Master Degree thesis "Desarrollo de metodología qPCR para identificación de plantas 'supermacho' poliploides en espárrago" by Rafael Postigo Luque, Dept. Genetics, ETSIAM, University of Córdoba, Sep 26.
• Direction of the Final Master Degree thesis "Genomics tools for the analysis of flowering time in chickpea" by Ilaria Inserra, Dept. Genetics, ETSIAM, University of Córdoba, Sep 26.

• Direction of the Final Degree thesis "Identificación y caracterización de la respuesta molecular del Castaño a la sequía" by Clara Ávila Ledesma, Dept. Genetics, ETSIAM, University of Córdoba.

• VII Congreso Científico de Investigadores Noveles (UCO), Rectorado Universidad de Córdoba, 14 Dic.

• News feature: Unidad de Cultura Científica UCO, on the R programming conference at UCO.

• Serving as reviewer for Plant Breeding and Phytopathologia Mediterranea.

• Direction of the Final Master Degree thesis "Characterization of candidate genes for flowering time in chickpea using a pair of Near-isogenic lines" by Adrián Pérez-Rial — Extraordinary MSc Thesis Award, Dept. Genetics, ETSIAM, University of Córdoba.
• Guijo-Rubio D., Vargas V. M., Barbero-Gómez J., Die J. V., & González-Moreno P. (2022). "Hackathon en docencia: Aprendizaje Automático aplicado a Ciencias de la Vida." Revista de Innovación y Buenas Prácticas Docentes, 11(2), 19–37.
• Serving as reviewer for Phytopathologia Mediterranea and Plant Breeding.

• Invited closing conference, Master in Biotechnology, University of Córdoba, class 2021/22: "Open data in the post-genomic era," 30 Jun.
• Oral presentation "Asparagus Breeding Program in Córdoba (Spain)," Session Genetics and Breeding, XV International Asparagus Symposium, 12–15 Jun.

• Teaching at Universita di Napoli Federico II, Italy, 23–27 May, stay supported by the Erasmus+ Program and ceiA3.
• Serving as reviewer for Plant Physiology and Biochemistry.

• Serving as reviewer for Phytopathologia Mediterranea, Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, and Genetica.
• Joined the Editorial Board of the journal Horticulturae.

• Serving as a PhD final defense committee member, Universidad de Extremadura: "Diversidad de Castanea sativa Mill. en base a marcadores genéticos relacionados con el estrés hídrico y la tolerancia a Phytophthora cinnamomi Rands." PhD candidate: Francisco Alcaide Romero.

• Dec 9–17, Córdoba. New edition of the course "Introduction to R programming for Data Science" (30h), University of Córdoba.

• Serving as reviewer for Scientific Reports, Gene, and Plant Breeding.

• Serving as reviewer for Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, Plant and Molecular Biology of Plants, and Horticulturae.
• Direction of the Final Degree thesis "Aprendizaje supervisado para determinación de emergencia en maceta" by Rafael Postigo Luque, Dept. Genetics, ETSIAM, University of Córdoba.

• Invited panel discussion "Investiga, Publica y Twittea," XI Encuentro Estudiantes de Doctorado, Instituto de Agricultura Sostenible-CSIC, Córdoba.
• Direction of the Final Master Degree thesis "Anotación estructural y funcional del cromosoma 4 de Cicer reticulatum" by Alejandro Carmona Jiménez, Dept. Genetics, ETSIAM, University of Córdoba.

• Hackathon Biodata UCO — awards ceremony.
• Serving as reviewer for Evolutionary Bioinformatics.

• Serving as reviewer for Analytical Biochemistry.

• Hackathon Biodata UCO, Proyecto de Innovación Docente de la Universidad de Córdoba (Ref: 2020-2-5003).
• Named Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions "Fellow of the Week."
• Serving as reviewer for Cytogenetic and Genome Research.

• Serving as reviewer for Scientific Reports, BMC Plant Biology, Forests, and Frontiers in Plant Science.

• Serving as reviewer for BMC Plant Biology.

• Direction of the Final Degree thesis "Estructura y composición de las regiones no-recombinantes del garbanzo (Cicer arietinum)" by Juan Casado Marmol, Dept. Genetics, ETSIAM, University of Córdoba.

• Serving as reviewer for Sustainability (Open Access).

• Serving as reviewer for Microorganisms, BMC Genomics, and BMC Plant Biology (all Open Access).

• Serving as reviewer for Microorganisms (Open Access).
• Paper on mutations in a blueberry MYB transcription factor affecting anthocyanin biosynthesis regulation — selected as the journal issue cover.

• Serving as reviewer for BMC Plant Biology.

• Invited speaker: "Automated Clustering of Plant Gene Families from NCBI Databases," Plant Bioinformatics Resources Workshop, Plant Biology Worldwide Summit, 27–31 Jul.
• Direction of the final thesis "Análisis bioinformático de genes candidatos para resistencia a Fusarium oxysporum en garbanzo" by Alejandro Carmona Jiménez (Bachelor degree), Dept. Genetics, ETSIAM, University of Córdoba.
• News feature: "Outbreak: COVID-19 Pandemic Shutters Chickpea Lab," Marie Curie Alumni Association Newsletter.

• Serving as reviewer for Scientific Reports and Agronomy.
• Final degree thesis (TFG) defense committee member, ETSIAM, University of Córdoba: "Detección de la posible introgresión genética en una población de Castanea sativa Mill. en Galicia." Undergraduate student: Mireya Salas Molina, Jun 25.

• Serving as reviewer for BMC Genomics, BMC Genetics, and Genomics.

• Apr 21, Córdoba. Invited Lecturer, "Big Data in Plant Genomics," Biotechnology and Plant Breeding, Master's Degree in Agronomic Engineering, University of Córdoba.
• Serving as reviewer for Scientific Reports.

• Serving as reviewer for Molecular Biology Reports, BMC Microbiology, and Cytogenetic and Genome Research.

• Serving as reviewer for The Journal of Horticultural Science & Biotechnology and Molecular Biology Reports.

• Serving as PyCon Charlas reviewer, PyCon Conference, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, Apr 15–23.

• Nov 25 – Dec 4, Córdoba. New edition of the course "Introduction to R programming for Data Science" (30h), University of Córdoba.
• Serving as reviewer for Revista Española de Estudios Agrosociales y Pesqueros (REEAP).

• Serving as reviewer for International Journal of Molecular Sciences (Open Access).
• Invited speaker: presentation of the geneHummus package — automatic annotation of gene families, XI Jornadas de Usuarios R, Madrid, 14–16 Nov.

• Serving as reviewer for Plant Physiology and Biochemistry and International Journal of Molecular Sciences.

• Serving as reviewer for Plant Physiology and Biochemistry and International Journal of Molecular Sciences.

• Serving as reviewer for Genome.

• Academic director and lecturer, "Introduction to R programming for Data Science", 3rd edition (30h), University of Córdoba.
• Direction of the final thesis "Búsqueda bioinformática de familias génicas en genomas de cultivos" by Rocío Sánchez Gil (Bachelor degree), Dept. Genetics, ETSIAM, University of Córdoba.
• Serving as reviewer for BMC Genomics and Frontiers in Plant Science.

• Invited seminar (organized by PhD Students IdEP, UCO): "Museo del Prado, Lumière Brothers and Open Data in the Molecular Era," University of Córdoba, Jun 7.
• Serving as reviewer for Scientific Reports and Agronomy (Open Access).

• International Conference on Legume Genetics and Genomics, Dijon, France, 13–17 May.
• Serving as reviewer for International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Frontiers in Plant Science, and Genome.

• Serving as reviewer for International Journal of Molecular Sciences and Agronomy (Open Access).
• Apr 30, Córdoba. Lecture, "Big Data in Plant Genomics," Biotechnology and Plant Breeding, Master's Degree in Agronomic Engineering, University of Córdoba.

• Serving as reviewer for Molecules (Open Access).

• Serving as reviewer for International Journal of Molecular Sciences (Open Access).

• Serving as reviewer for International Journal of Molecular Sciences (Open Access) and PyCon 2019 Charlas.
• Jan 31, Córdoba. Molecular Breeding Group Lab Meeting, seminar "Museo del Prado, Hermanos Lumière y Datos Abiertos en la Era Molecular."
• Jan 15, San Diego, CA, USA. Invited speaker: "GeneHummus: A Computational Pipeline to Define Gene Families and their Expression in Legumes and other Plant Species," Plant and Animal Genome XXVII Conference (PAG).

• Serving as reviewer for Genes, International Journal of Molecular Sciences, PeerJ, and Plant Methods (all Open Access).
• Dec 10–20, Córdoba. Academic director and lecturer, "Introduction to R programming for Data Science", 2nd edition (30h), University of Córdoba.
• Dec 5, Córdoba. Co-direction of the final thesis "Genetic control of androsterility in celery" by Maria Jurado Cañas (MSc), Dept. Genetics, ETSIAM, University of Córdoba.

• Nov 27–29, Córdoba. Lectures on "Introduction to R programming for Data Science," Master's Degree in Representation and Design in Engineering and Architecture (9h), University of Córdoba.
• Serving as reviewer for Genes.

• Oct 22–23, Córdoba. Invited speaker: "An automated pipeline to study plant gene families based on protein domain organization," Jornada Científico-Técnica y VI Jornadas Asociación Española de Leguminosas (AEL).
• Oct 18, Córdoba. Co-direction of the final thesis "Identification and characterization of the superfamily ALDH in chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) using bioinformatics open-based tools" by Rocio Carmona Molero (MSc) — Extraordinary MSc Thesis Award, Dept. Genetics, ETSIAM, University of Córdoba.

• Sep 5–7, Ancona, Italy. XXIV National Congress of the Italian Phytopathological Society (SIPaV).

• Aug 27–31, Dubrovnik, Croatia. 69th Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science (EAAP 2018).
• Serving as reviewer for the Journal of Plant Breeding and Crop Science (Open Access).
• Aug 12–15, Orono, Maine, USA. North American Blueberry Research and Extension Workers Conference (NABREW 2018).

• Serving as reviewer for Molecules (Open Access).
• Jul 9–13, Córdoba. Academic director and lecturer, "Introduction to R programming for Data Science", 1st edition (30h), University of Córdoba.
• Jul 9–13, Córdoba. Reviewer of the final thesis "Evaluación de la resistencia a odio en Vicia faba" by Lucía García Castilla (MSc), Dept. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Córdoba.

• May 1–30, Bethesda, MD, USA. Scientific Visitor Program, National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI-NIH).
• May 12–15, Marrakech, Morocco. 7th International Food Legume Research Conference (IFLRC-VII).

• Talk Selection Committee, "PyCon Charlas," PyCon US, Cleveland 2018.
• Serving on the Student Travel Award Committee, American Phytopathological Society Foundation.
• Serving as reviewer for Genes.
• Apr 16, Córdoba. Lecture: "Molecular regulation of anthocyanins in blueberry," Master's Degree in Plant Production, Protection and Improvement, University of Córdoba.
• Apr 12, Córdoba. Lecture: "Big Data in Plant Genomics," Biotechnology and Plant Breeding, Master's Degree in Agronomic Engineering, University of Córdoba.

• Feb 7, Córdoba. Lecture: "Big Data in Plant Genomics," Molecular Markers in Plant Breeding, Master's Degree in Biotechnology, University of Córdoba.
• Serving as reviewer for Plant Physiology and Biochemistry.

• Jan 13–17, San Diego, CA, USA. Plant & Animal Genome Conference (PAG XXVI).

• Dec 18–22, Valencia. Course "NGS sequence analysis," COMAV.
• Serving as reviewer for Methods and Protocols (Open Access).
• Dec 18, Córdoba. Co-direction of the final thesis "Caracterización del QTLAR3 para resistencia a rabia en garbanzo (Cicer arietinum L.)" by Julián García Muñoz (MSc), Dept. Genetics, ETSIAM, University of Córdoba.
• Dec 12, Córdoba. Lecture: "Fundamentals of real-time qPCR," Marcadores Moleculares y su uso en Mejora Vegetal, Master's Degree in Plant Production, Protection and Improvement, University of Córdoba, 6–7pm.

• Oct 19, Córdoba. Lecture: "Big Data en Genómica de Plantas," Marcadores Moleculares y su uso en Mejora Vegetal, Master's Degree in Plant Production, Protection and Improvement, University of Córdoba.
• Oct 5, Córdoba. Seminar: "Big Data en Genómica de Plantas," "Big Data y Machine Learning. Agroalimentación, Agricultura y Montes 4.0," University of Córdoba.

• Sep 25, Córdoba. Co-direction of the final thesis "Búsqueda de marcadores ligados al gen de la androesterilidad en apio" by María Jurado Cañas (Bachelor degree), Dept. Genetics, ETSIAM, University of Córdoba.
• Sep 18–22, Siofok, Hungary. 8th International Conference on Legume Genetics and Genomics (ICGL2017).

• Serving on the Student Travel Award Committee, American Phytopathological Society Foundation.

• Feb 23, Córdoba. Invited seminar: "Regulación molecular de la biosíntesis de las antocianinas en arándano," Instituto Andaluz de Investigación, Formación Agraria, Pesquera y Agroalimentaria y de la Producción Ecológica.
• Feb 10, Córdoba. Invited seminar: "Regulación molecular de la biosíntesis de las antocianinas en arándano," Seminarios Interdepartamentales Bioquímica, Biología Molecular y Genética, University of Córdoba.

• Oct 28, Granada. Invited seminar: "Transparencia y buenas prácticas en experimentos qPCR," Estación Experimental del Zaidín-CSIC.
• Oct 20–21, London, UK. Invited speaker: "Quality Control and Technical Variance in plant qPCR analysis," 4th qPCR & Digital PCR Congress.

• USDA-ARS, Beltsville, MD. Mentorship and supervision to Luis Antonio Delgado (University of California, Riverside).

• Aug 8–11, Atlanta, GA. American Society for Horticultural Science (ASHS) annual meeting.
• Serving as reviewer for PLOS ONE.

• Serving as reviewer for Scientific Reports.
• Advisory Panel, 2nd qPCR & Digital PCR Congress USA, Jul 11–12, Philadelphia, PA.

• Serving on the Student Travel Award Committee, American Phytopathological Society Foundation.
• GIFVL meeting seminar: "Understanding the molecular regulation of anthocyanin biosynthesis in blueberry," Mar 9.

• Serving as External Expert Reviewer for grants panel, National Science Centre, Poland.

• Sep 28, Bethesda, MD. "Presenting Data & Information" course by Edward Tufte.

• USDA-ARS, Beltsville, MD. Mentorship and supervision to Andrea Irizarry (Inter American University of Puerto Rico).

• Jun 25–26, San Diego, CA. Session Chairman, "Plant, Food and Environmental Case Studies," qPCR & Digital PCR Congress USA.
• Jun 25–26, San Diego, CA. Invited speaker: "Quality control and Technical Variance in plant qPCR analysis," qPCR & Digital PCR Congress USA.
• Jun 11, Beltsville, MD. GIFVL meeting seminar: "Global patterns of protein abundance during the development of cold hardiness in blueberry."
• Jun 4, Córdoba. External referee report on the PhD thesis "Suitability of summer squash cultivars to be processed as fresh-cut products," University of Córdoba. PhD candidate: María Teresa Blanco Díaz.

• Jan 14, Almería. Serving as a PhD final defense committee member, University of Almería: "Nuevos recursos para la mejora genética de la especie Cucurbita pepo: colección de mutantes y plataforma de selección TILLING." PhD candidate: Nelly Vicente Dólera.

• Aug 23. Free access link released for "Elucidating cold acclimation pathway in blueberry by transcriptome profiling," Die and Rowland (2014).
• Aug 21–22, Laurel, MD. 31st MAPMBS Conference.

• Jun 23–26, Atlantic City, NJ. 12th North American Blueberry Research and Extension Workers (NABREW) Conference.

• Aug 15–16, Laurel, MD. 30th MAPMBS Conference.

• Mar 14, Beltsville, MD. GIFVL meeting seminar: "Quality controls in qPCR."

• Aug 16–17, Laurel, MD. 29th MAPMBS Conference.

• Apr 16–20, Almería. XIII Congreso Nacional de Ciencias Hortícolas (SECH).