Ricercatrice
Sezione di Ecologia Marina Integrata

Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn
Villa Comunale
80121 Napoli - Italia

Tel.: +39 081 5833228
Fax: +39 081 7641355
E-mail: laura.nunezpons(at)szn.it
Contatto Skype: Lauguau

Curriculum Vitae 

Interessi di ricerca

Tra gli aspetti che più mi affascinano nella ricerca degli oceani stano le comunicazione allelopatiche nei ecosistemi marini includendo macro- e microorganismi, e in speciale, le basi biologiche e chimiche dietro di queste interazioni ecologiche. Uno scopo principale dei miei studi recenti è quello di scoprire la funzionalità ed evoluzione delle relazione simbiotiche nel mare. In questo senso sto molto interessata in capire il ruolo metabolico del microbioma e la sua contribuzione nell’adattabilità allo stress e ai cambiamenti ambientali ed anche in valutare il peso dei microbi nella salute, immunità e competenza ecologica in organismi marini traverso la produzione di prodotti bioattivi. Durante la mia carriera ho avuto la fortuna di partecipare in campagne e progetti di ricerca in Antartide Mediterraneo e mari tropicali e sub-tropicali sviluppando studi in questi topici. Miei progetti combinano lavoro a mare subacqueo di campionamento, monitoraggio ed esperimenti con animali vivi, e anche analisi in laboratorio utilizzando diverse tecniche di microscopia, biologia molecolare, chimica analitica e studi isotopi.

Principali Pubblicazioni

Angulo-Preckler C., Figuerola B., Núñez-Pons L., Martín-Martín R., Gómez-Garreta A., Rull-Lluch J., Moles J., Avila C. 2018. Macrobenthic patterns at the shallow marine waters in the caldera of the active volcano of Deception Island, Antarctica. Continental Shelf Research In Press.

Núñez-Pons L., Gates R., Baghdasarian G., Symbiotic adjustments for thermal and light acclimation using cnidarian-dinoflagellate model holobionts. Marine Ecology Progress Series. In press

Núñez-Pons L., and Avila C. 2015. Natural products mediating ecological interactions in Antarctic ecosystems: A mini-Review of the known molecules. Natural Product Reports 32 1114 - 1130.

Núñez-Pons L., and Avila C., 2014., Defensive Metabolites from Antarctic Invertebrates: Does Energetic Content Interfere with Feeding Repellence?. Marine Drugs 12:3770-3791.

Núñez-Pons L., and Avila C., 2014. Deterrent activities in the crude lipophilic fractions of Antarctic benthic organisms: chemical defenses towards keystone predators. Polar Research 33 21624.

Núñez-Pons L., Carbone M., Vázquez J., Gavagnin M., and Avila C., 2013. Lipophilic defenses of Alcyonium soft corals from Antarctica. Journal of Chemical Ecology: 39(5):675-685.

Núñez-Pons L., Carbone M., Vázquez J., Rodríguez J., Nieto R., Mª Varela Mª M., Gavagnin M., and Avila C. 2012. Natural products from Antarctic colonial ascidians of the genera Aplidium and Synoicum: variability and defensive role. Marine Drugs 10(8):1741-1764.

Núñez-Pons L., Rodríguez-Arias M., Gómez-Garreta A., Ribera-Siguan A., and Avila C. 2012. Feeding deterrency in Antarctic marine organisms: bioassays with the omnivore amphipod Cheirimedon femoratus. Marine Ecology-Progress Series 462:163-174.

Carbone M., Núñez-Pons Paone M., L., Castelluccio F., Avila C and Gavagnin M. 2012. Rossinone-related meroterpenes from the Antarctic tunicate Aplidium fuegiense. Tetrahedron 68:3541-3544.

Núñez-Pons L., Carbone M., Paris D., Melck D., Ríos P., Cristobo J., Castelluccio F., Gavagnin M., and Avila C. 2012. Chemo-ecological studies on hexactinellid sponges from the Southern Ocean. Naturwissenschaften 99(5):353-368.

Núñez Pons L., Forestieri R., Nieto R., M., Varela M., Nappo M., Rodríguez J., Jiménez C., Castelluccio F., Carbone Ramos-Esplá A., M., Gavagnin M., and Ávila C. 2010. Chemical defenses of tunicates of the genus Aplidium from the Weddell Sea (Antarctica). Polar Biology 33(10):1319-1329.

Avila C., Taboada S., and L., Núñez-Pons., Antarctic marine chemical ecology: what's next?. 2008. Marine Ecology: An Evolutionary perspective 29: 1-70.

Websites, outreach and online articles

Figuerola, B., Núñez-Pons, L., Vázquez, J., Taboada, S., Cristobo, F.J., Ballesteros, M. and Avila, C. 2012. Chemical Interactions in Antarctic Marine Benthic Ecosystems. Book Chapter in: A. Cruzado (eds.) Marine Ecosystems. Oceans Catalonia International SL, Blanes, Spain. In Tech Open Access Publisher of Scientific Books and Journals. 105-126 On line: http://www.intechopen.com/articles/show/title/chemical-interactionsin- antarctic-marine-benthic-ecosystems

Crowdfunding PROJECT: Staying Alive: How do microbes help corals survive warming oceans?. Experiment.com. Link: https://experiment.com/projects/stayin-alive-how-do-microbes-help-corals-recover-from-bleaching

Figuerola, B., Taboada, S., Vázquez, J., Núñez-Pons, L ., Cristobo, F. J. and Avila, C. 2009. Buceig Polar “Buseo Polá”. Fondaria: Bulletí del C.I.B. , 70 : 6-7.

Cristobo, J.; Avila, C.; Taboada, S.; Figuerola, B.; Nuñez-Pons, L. ; et al. 2013. El Instituto Español de Oceanografía (IEO) participa, con la UB en el proyecto ACTIQUIM. Magazine Oceanos. 6 :44-61.

Webpage project ACTIQUIM (http://www.actiquim.cat) supported by Region of Catalonia (Spain) 2008–09.

Book chapters

Avila C., Núñez-Pons, L. and Moles J. 2016. From the Tropics to the Poles: A Comparison of Chemical Defensive Strategies in Sea Slug Molluscs (Euthyneura). Book Chapter in: Marine Chemical Ecology (CRC Marine Science) J. B. McClintock & B. J. Baker (eds.) CRC Press 2 Edition. In press.

Figuerola, B., Núñez-Pons, L., Vázquez, J., Taboada, S., Cristobo, F.J., Ballesteros, M. and Avila, C. 2012. Chemical Interactions in Antarctic Marine Benthic Ecosystems. Book Chapter in: A. Cruzado (eds.) Marine Ecosystems. Oceans Catalonia International SL, Blanes, Spain. In Tech Open Access Publisher of Scientific Books and Journals. 105-126 On line: http://www.intechopen.com/articles/show/title/chemical-interactionsin- antarctic-marine-benthic-ecosystems