Curriculum Vitae

Education

  • PhD in Genetics cum laude (2016)
    University of Barcelona – Dept. of Genetics – Faculty of Biology
    Computational Genomics Lab of Dr. J. F. Abril
    Epigenetics Lab of Dr. E. Saló Boix

  • Degree (BSc + MSc) in Biology (Biosanitary specialization) (2006)
    University of Barcelona – Faculty of Biology


Languages

  • English
  • Spanish
  • Catalan


Computer skills

  • OS – GNU/Linux
  • Programming – Perl, Python and R
  • Scripting – Shell and AWK
  • Markup – HTML, LaTeX and Wiki
  • DB – SQL and LIMS
  • Workflow managers – Slurm and JIP


Experience

  • December 2021 – present
    Senior Bioinformatician in the Neoantigens and Therapeutic Vaccines for Cancer Group at the AIDS Research Institute (IrsiCaixa) focused on the implementation of new neoantigen prediction pipelines for the development of personalized therapeutic vaccines with clinical application in patients with cancer.

  • November 2020 – November 2021
    Senior Bioinformatician in the Cancer Genomics Group at the Valle Hebron Institute of Oncology (VHIO) to manage the computational analyses of several applications in cancer genomics, including the prescreening program of metastatic patients, and the development of state-of-the-art technologies for novel fully validated tests that are used in the clinical research.

  • September 2014 – October 2020
    Postdoctoral Fellow as Bioinformatician in the Single Cell Genomics Team at the National Center for Genomic Analysis (CNAG) to develop the pipeline and computational analyses for single cell sequencing.

  • April 2014 – September 2014
    Research technician specialist in the laboratory of Dr. Emili Saló, Dept. of Genetics, University of Barcelona to collaborate in the computational tasks of different transcriptomic sequencing projects of the laboratory.

  • September 2013 – December 2013
    Research technician specialist in the laboratory of Dr. Mauro Santos, Dept. of Genetics and Microbiology, Autonomous University of Barcelona to collaborate in the computational tasks of the genomic and transcriptomic sequencing project of Drosophila subobscura.

  • May 2012 – July 2012
    Research technician specialist in the laboratory of Dr. Emili Saló, Dept. of Genetics, University of Barcelona.

  • January 2007 – 2015
    PhD thesis, entitled Characterization of the neoblast as a stem cell model, under the supervision of Dr. E. Saló Boix and Dr. J. F. Abril, Dept. of Genetics, University of Barcelona.

  • February 2006 – December 2006
    Scholarship assistant collaboration in the laboratory of Dr. E. Saló Boix under the supervision of Dr. J. F. Abril, Dept. of Genetics, University of Barcelona. The objective of the project was to perform a new assembly of the Schmidtea mediterranea genome using Crossmatch software in the MareNostrum supercomputer at the Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC).

  • February 2006 – November 2006
    Scholarship assistant collaboration in the Dept. of Statistics, University of Barcelona. As part of the teaching innovation project Statmedia, the work comprised the design and development of a web environment to facilitate student learning and interaction with the subjects given by the Department.

  • September 2004 – February 2006
    Scholarship assistant collaboration in the Dept. of Technology, University of Barcelona. The work involved installing and maintaining Windows and Linux operating systems as well as giving computer support to the teaching staff of the University.

  • June 2004 – September 2004
    Internship (500 hours of practice) in the Image Analysis Unit, Dr. Echevarne Laboratory, Barcelona. The objective of the project was focused in the use of a Computer Assisted Semen Analysis (CASA) system, application based on image processing techniques to determine sperm viability.


Awards

  • November 2018 – October 2020
    Postdoctoral fellowship Juan de la Cierva from the Ministry of Economy, Insdustry and Competitivity (Ministerio de Economía, Industria y Competitividad) to carry out my postdoctoral research in the group of Dr. H. Heyn, Single Cell Genomics, National Centre for Genomic Analysis (CNAG).

  • June – July 2010
    Travel grant from the Ministry of Science and Innovation (Ministerio de C[5~iencia e Innovación) for a short stay in the laboratory of Dr. Luca Gentile, at the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Biomedicine, Münster (Germany).

  • June – July 2008
    Travel grant from the Ministry of Education and Science (Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia) for a short stay in the laboratory of Dr. Aziz Aboobaker, at the Institute of Genetics of the University of Nottingham, Nottingham (United Kingdom).

  • September 2007 – August 2011
    PhD fellowship Formación de Personal Investigador (FPI) from the Ministry of Education and Science (Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia) to carry out my doctoral degree in the laboratory of Dr. E. Saló Boix, Dept. of Genetics, Faculty of Biology, University of Barcelona.

  • February 2006 – November 2006
    Fellowship from the University of Barcelona to collaborate as undergraduate student in a Teaching Innovation Project in the Dept. of Statistics of the Faculty of Biology.

  • September 2005 – February 2006
    Fellowship from the University of Barcelona to collaborate as undergraduate student in the Dept. of Technology.

  • September 2004 – July 2005
    Fellowship from the University of Barcelona to collaborate as undergraduate student in the Dept. of Technology.


Stays abroad

  • June 2010 – July 2010
    Short stay (two months) in the laboratory of Dr. Luca Gentile, Max Planck Institute for Molecular Biomedicine (Germany). The aim of the project was to develop a transgenesis technique for the planarian species Schmidtea mediterranea.

  • May 2008 – June 2008
    Short stay (two months) in the laboratory of Dr. Aziz Aboobaker, Institute of Genetics, University of Nottingham, Nottingham (United Kingdom). The aim of the project was to develop a transgenesis technique for the planarian species Schmidtea mediterranea.


Teaching

  • September 2012 – September 2013
    Advisor of the experimental part of the Master final project Characterization of the gene Smed-blitzschnell in Schmidtea mediterranea by master student M. Marín Barba.
    Dept. of Genetics, University of Barcelona

  • September 2011 – July 2012
    Advisor of the experimental part of the Degree final project Identification of Genes Over-expressed in Neoblasts Participating in Proliferation and Regeneration Pathways in Schmidtea mediterranea by undergraduate student M. Marín Barba.
    Dept. of Genetics, University of Barcelona

  • September 2011 – December 2011
    Teacher in the practical part of the course Bioinformatics
    Dept. of Genetics, University of Barcelona
    28 hours + preparations for the lessons

  • September 2008 – June 2011
    Lab assistant in the practical part of the course General Genetics
    Dept. of Genetics, University of Barcelona
    108 hours + preparations for the lessons

  • October 2008 – September 2009
    Advisor of the experimental part of the Degree final project Validation of Neoblast-enriched genes from a Protemic Screening in normal versus irradiated planarians by undergraduate student A. Mineo.
    Dept. of Genetics, University of Barcelona


Funded R+D Projects

Participation in funded R+D projects from public calls.

  • Innovative mRNA vaccine against NSCLC: Designing a platform of targeted polymeric nanoparticles for efficient personalized therapy.
    2023 – 2025
    C. Fornaguera (Universitat Ramon Llull)
    European Commission/DG Research and Innovation (TRANSCAN-3 JTC 2021: TRANSCAN2021-113)
    1,479,549 €

  • Tumor-specific neoantigens as targets for personalized vaccines (focus on pancreatic cancer).
    2022 – 2024
    N. de la Iglesia (IrsiCaixa)
    Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (FISPI21/01652)

  • Deconvolucionando poblaciones genómicas e inmunes para combatir la heterogeneidad en el cáncer de mama metastático.
    2019 – 2021
    L. de Mattos Arruda (IrsiCaixa)
    Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (FIS PI18/01394)
    123,420 €

  • ERC Synergy 2017 – Single-cell genomics to comprehensively understand healthy B-cell maturation and transformation to chronic lymphocytic leukemia (BCLL@las).
    2019 – 2024
    H. Heyn (CNAG)
    European Commission
    4,058,248 € (Total: 8,333,331 €)

  • European Advanced infraStructure for Innovative Genomics (EASI-Genomics).
    2019 – 2023
    I. Gut (CNAG)
    European Commission (H2020-INFRAIA-2018-2020)
    1,304,271 € (Total: 9,991,267 €)

  • A Temporal-Resolved Single-Cell Atlas of Cellular Heterogeneity and Subclonal Dynamics of Ovarian and Lung Cancers (SAF2017-89109-P).
    2018 – 2021
    H. Heyn (CNAG)
    Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades
    217,800 €

  • Benchmarking single-cell RNA sequencing methods (HCA2-0000000066). 2018 – 2019
    H. Heyn (CNAG)
    Chan-Zuckerberg Initiative (Human Cell Atlas project)
    207,625 €

  • Suport a les activitats dels grups de recerca (2017 SGR 1031).
    2017 – 2019
    H. Heyn (CNAG)
    Agencia de Gestió d’Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca (AGAUR)
    21,000 €

  • Promoting SINgle cell GEnomics to explore the ecology and evolution of hidden microeuKaryotes (SINGEK).
    2016 – 2019
    I. Gut (CNAG)
    European Commission (ITN Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions)
    247,872.96 €

  • Systems Cancer Genomics
    2015 – 2020
    H. Heyn (CNAG)
    Spanish Institute of Health Carlos III (ISCIII)
    CP14/00229
    324,000 €

  • Systems Colorectal Cancer Genomics
    2015 – 2016
    H. Heyn (CNAG)
    Olga Torres Foundation
    60,000 €

  • From the stem cells to the organism: role of the JNK and WNT signalling pathways during planarian regeneration.
    2012 – 2014
    E. Saló Boix (Universitat de Barcelona)
    Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación
    BFU2011-22786
    346,000 €

  • Computational approaches to the search of functions in eukaryotic genomes.
    2010 – 2012
    J. F. Abril (Universitat de Barcelona)
    Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación
    BFU2009-09102
    110,000 €

  • Postgenomics of the homeostasis and regeneration in Platyhelminthes.
    2009 – 2011
    E. Saló Boix (Universitat de Barcelona)
    Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación
    BFU2008-01544
    282,000 €

  • Stem cell function in planarians by miRNAs.
    2006 – 2009
    E. Saló Boix (Universitat de Barcelona)
    Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia
    HA2006-0101
    11,260 €

  • Functional genomics and proteomics of the regeneration of Platyhelminthes.
    2006 – 2008
    E. Saló Boix (Universitat de Barcelona)
    Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia
    BFU2005-00422/BMC
    250,000 €

  • Biology and Developmental Genetics group.
    2005 – 2008
    E. Saló Boix (Universitat de Barcelona)
    Generalitat de Catalunya
    2005SGR00769