Mónica G. Malmierca graduated from the University of León (Spain) in Biology (2007). She obtained her PhD in 2013, studying the biosynthesis pathway of the trichotecene harzianum A, produced by a filamentous fungus of the genus Trichoderma and the role of this compound in the physiology of the fungus, its interactions with other terpene biosynthesis pathways (both intra- and interspecific) and its application in pest biocontrol. During her pre-doctoral stage, she undertook a stay at the Agricultural Research Service of the US Department of Agriculture (Illinois) where she learned techniques of manipulation and heterologous expression in yeasts. Currently she is undertaking a post-doctoral stay at the University of Oviedo, focused on the discovery of new natural products, which are mainly glycosylated, produced by actinomycetes with antibiotic and/or cytotoxic activity. Using genome mining techniques and the bioinformatic analysis of the genomes of a collection of strains, we have discovered several families of new compounds and determined the gene clusters responsible for their synthesis.