2016
Group Leader
Maria del Mar Albà Soler
(ICREA Professor)
The Evolutionary Genomics group, led by Mar Albà, uses comparative genomics and large-scale data analysis to understand the complexity of gene regulation and evolutionary innovation. The group develops bioinformatics methods to predict functional elements in the genome and measure the influence of natural selection in shaping gene evolution. Some projects are performed in collaboration with experimental groups.
Main Publications
• Abascal F, Corvelo A, Cruz F, Villanueva-Cañas JL, Vlasova A, Marcet-Houben M, Martínez-Cruz B, Cheng JY, Prieto P, Quesada V, Quilez J, Li G, García F, Rubio-Camarillo M, Frias L, Ribeca P, Capella-Gutiérrez S, Rodríguez JM, Câmara F, Lowy E, Cozzuto L, Erb I, Tress ML, Rodríguez-Ales JL, Ruiz-Orera J, Reverter F, Casas-Marce M, Soriano L, Arango JR, Derdak S, Galán B, Blanc J, Gut M, Lorente-Galdós B, Andrés-Nieto M, López-Otín C, Valencia A, Gut I, García JL, Guigó R, Murphy WJ, Ruiz-Herrera A, Marquès-Bonet T, Roma G, Notredame C, Mailund T, Albà MM, Gabaldón T, Alioto T, Godoy JA. Extreme genomic erosion after recurrent demographic bottlenecks in the highly endangered Iberian lynx. Genome Biol 2016; 17: 251. IF 11.313. Q1.
• Faherty SL, Villanueva-Cañas JL, Klopfer PH, Albà MM, Yoder AD. Gene expression profiling in the hibernating primate, Cheirogaleus medius. Genome Biol Evol 2016; 8(8): 2413-2426. IF 4.098. Q1.
Ongoing Research Projects
• Mecanismos de formación de genes nuevos
− Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (BFU2015-65235-P)
− From 2016 to 2018
− Principal investigator: Albà Soler, Maria del Mar
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