Background

Biography

I was born in Madrid (Spain) on the 6th of August, 1983. In 2001 I started studying Computer Engineering at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM), Spain. After getting the degree I joined the Natural Computing Group at UPM and started researching in the fields of DNA Computing and Computational Biology. In 2010 I earned an European Ph.D. in Computer Engineering (in the field of Bacterial Computing). I also held a M. Sc. degree in Artificial Intelligence (UPM). After UPM I joined the Novel Computation Group of the School of Computing, Mathematics and Digital Technology at Manchester Metropolitan University (UK) as a post-doc. When I finished that position, in early 2013, I came back to Madrid to join the Victor de Lorenzo's lab which is part of the Systems Biology Program at CNB-CSIC (Centro Nacional de Biotecnología - National Center for Biotechnology). During the summer of 2016 I moved to Newcastle to join the School of Computing Science and the Centre for Synthetic Biology as a Lecturer in Synthetic Biology.

Research

SynBio3D

• Upgrading synthetic biology by adding spatial information to the design process 

Teaching

Modules:

• CSC8315 - Synthetic Biology
• CSC8318 - Synthetic Biology Group Project

Publications

• Goni-Moreno A, de la Cruz F, Rodriguez-Paton A, Amos M. Dynamical task switching in cellular computers. Life 2019, 9(1), 14.
• Goni-Moreno A, Nikel PI. High-Performance Biocomputing in Synthetic Biology – Integrated Transcriptional and Metabolic circuits. Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology 2019, 7, 40.
• Kim J, Goni-Moreno A, Calles B, de-Lorenzo V. Spatial organization of the gene expression hardware in Pseudomonas putida. Environmental Microbiology 2019, 21(5), 1645-1658.
• Goni-Moreno A, de Lorenzo V. Bio-Algorithmic workflows for standardized synthetic biology constructs. In: Synthetic Biology. Humana Press Inc, 2018, pp.363-372.
• Amos M, Goni-Moreno A. Cellular computing and synthetic biology. In: Natural Computing Series. Springer, 2018, pp.93-110.
• McLaughlin JA, Myers CJ, Zundel Z, Misirli G, Zhang M, Ofiteru ID, Goni-Moreno A, Wipat A. SynBioHub: A Standards-Enabled Design Repository for Synthetic Biology. ACS Synthetic Biology 2018, 7(2), 682-688.
• Garcia-Betancur JC, Goñi-Moreno A, Horger T, Schott M, Sharan M, Eikmeier J, Wohlmuth B, Zernecke A, Ohlsen K, Kuttler K, Lopez D. Cell differentiation defines acute and chronic infection cell types in Staphylococcus aureus. eLife 2017, (6), e28023.
• Goñi-Moreno A, Kim J, de Lorenzo V. CellShape: A user‐friendly image analysis tool for quantitative visualization of bacterial cell factories inside. Biotechnology Journal 2017, 12(2), 1600323.
• Goni-Moreno A, Wipat A, Krasnogor N. CSBB: Synthetic biology research at Newcastle University. Biochemical Society Transactions 2017, 45(3), 781-783.
• Goñi-Moreno A, Benedetti I, Kim J, de Lorenzo V. Deconvolution of gene expression noise into spatial dynamics of transcription factor-promoter interplay. ACS Synthetic Biology 2017, 6(7), 1359-1369.
• Chaparía M, Goñi-Moreno A, de-Lorenzo V, Nikel PI. A Metabolic Widget Adjusts the Phosphoenolpyruvate-Dependent Fructose Influx in Pseudomonas putida. mSystems 2016, 1(6), e00154-16.
• Goñi-Moreno A, Carcajean M, Kim J, Martínez-García E, Amos M, de Lorenzo V. An Implementation-Focused Bio/Algorithmic Workflow for Synthetic Biology. ACS Synthetic Biology 2016, 5(10), 1127-1135.
• Espeso DR, Martínez-García E, de-Lorenzo V, Goñi-Moreno A. Physical Forces Shape Group Identity of Swimming Pseudomonas putida Cells. Frontiers in Microbiology 2016, 7, 1437.
• Goñi-Moreno A, Amos M. DiSCUS: A simulation platform for conjugation computing. In: UCNC 2015: Unconventional Computation and Natural Computation. 2015, Auckland, New Zealand: Springer.
• Martínez-García E, Aparicio T, Goñi-Moreno A, Fraile S, de-Lorenzo V. SEVA 2.0: an update of the Standard European Vector Architecture for de-/re-construction of bacterial functionalities. Nucleic Acids Research 2015, 43(D1), D1183-D1189.
• Mikel PI, Romero-Campero FJ, Feidman JA, Goñi-Moreno A, de-Lorenzo V. The glycerol-dependent metabolic persistence of Pseudomonas putida KT2440 reflects the regulatory logic of the GlpR repressor. mBio 2015, 6(2), e00340-15.
• Goñi-Moreno A. On genetic logic circuits: forcing digital electronics standards?. Memetic Computing 2014, 6(3), 149-155.
• Goñi-Moreno A, Amos M, de la Cruz F. Multicellular computing using conjugation for wiring. PLoS ONE 2013, 8(6), e65986.
• Goni-Moreno A, Amos M. A reconfigurable NAND/NOR genetic logic gate. BMC Systems Biology 2012.
• Goni-Moreno A, Amos M. Continuous computation in engineered gene circuits. Biosystems 2012.
• Goni-Moreno A, Redondo-Nieto M, Arroyo F, Castellanos J. Biocircuit design through engineering bacterial logic gates. Natural Computing 2011.
• Goni-Moreno A, Amos M. Model for a population-based microbial oscillator. Biosystems 2011.