ALBÀ SOLER, M. MAR

Research Professor
Evolutionary Genomics
Institucio Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avancats
Spain

Professor Genetics
Biography

Mar Albà graduated in Biological Sciences at the University of Barcelona (UB), and obtained the PhD at the same University in 1997. During 1997-1999 she studied for the MSc in Bioinformatics and Molecular Modeling at Birkbeck College while working as a postdoctoral researcher in the group of John Hancock at the MRC Clinical Research Centre, in London. Later she joined the group led by Paul Kellam at University College London to develop new computational tools to study herpesvirus evolution and function. She was awarded a Ramón y Cajal tenure track position in 2002 to work at Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF). In 2005 she was appointed ICREA Research Professor. She has directed 8 doctoral thesis and is author of more than 70 publications.

Research Intrest

Genomics molecular evolution

List of Publications
M. Toll-Riera and M. M. Albà (2013) Emergence of novel domains in proteins. BMC evolutionary biology vol. 13: 47.
E. Bornberg-Bauer and M. M. Albà (2013) Dynamics and adaptive benefits of modular protein evolution. Current Opinion in Structural Biology vol. 23: 459-466.
C. Pegueroles, S. Laurie, and M. M. Albà (2013) Accelerated evolution after gene duplication: a time-dependent process affecting just one copy. Molecular biology and evolution vol. 30: 1830-1842.