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Summary

I'm a PostDoctoral Researcher at Institut de Biologia Evolutiva (IBE-UPF-CSIC). 

In 2013, I obtained a BSc in Genetics (Extraordinary Prize) and in 2014 an MSc in Bioinformatics from the UAB. I continued my research training carrying out a Ph.D. in Genetics in the Bioinformatics for Genetics Diversity group (

Education

2018: PhD in Genetics
2013 – 2014: MSc in Bioinformatics - Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
2009 – 2013: Degree in Genetics with honors - Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

Academic

2020– Present: PostDoctoral Researcher at Institut de Biologia Evolutiva (IBE-UPF-CSIC)
2019 – 2020: PostDoctoral Researcher and Assistant Professor at the Department of Genetics and Microbiology - Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
2014 – 2018: PhD Student and Research Fellow - Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

Awards

2019: Cum Laude mention in the PhD
2015: Antoni Prevosti Prize to the best oral communication by a young investigator, XV Conference on Evolutionary Biology, Barcelona - Societat Catalana de Biologia
2014: Degree in Genetics Special Award - Comissió d’Afers Acadèmics
2009: Scholarship for Highschool with honors - Ministerio de Educación

Publications

  • iMKT: the integrative McDonald and Kreitman test.
    The McDonald and Kreitman test (MKT) is one of the most powerful and widely used methods to detect and quantify recurrent natural selection using DNA sequence data. Here we present iMKT (acronym for integrative McDonald and K...
    The McDonald and Kreitman test (MKT) is one of the most powe...
  • Adaptation and Conservation throughout the Drosophila melanogaster Life-Cycle.
    Previous studies of the evolution of genes expressed at different life-cycle stages of Drosophila melanogaster have not been able to disentangle adaptive from nonadaptive substitutions when using nonsynonymous sites. Here, we...
    Previous studies of the evolution of genes expressed at diff...
  • PopHumanScan: the online catalog of human genome adaptation.
    Since the migrations that led humans to colonize Earth, our species has faced frequent adaptive challenges that have left signatures in the landscape of genetic variation and that we can identify in our today\\\'s genomes...
    Since the migrations that led humans to colonize Earth, our ...
  • Mapping Selection within Drosophila melanogaster Embryo's Anatomy.
    We present a survey of selection across Drosophila melanogaster embryonic anatomy. Our approach integrates genomic variation, spatial gene expression patterns, and development with the aim of mapping adaptation over the entir...
    We present a survey of selection across Drosophila melanogas...

Timeline

  • 2020

    PostDoctoral Researcher (IBE-UPF-CSIC)

  • 2018

    PhD in Genetics (UAB)

  • 2014

    MSc in Bioinformatics (UAB)

  • 2013

    Degree in Genetics (UAB)