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Overview

M. Mar Albà is affiliated with Pompeu Fabra University in Spain. Their research is primarily situated within the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a focus on several subfields including Molecular Biology, Cancer Research, Oncology, Surgery, and Immunology.

Their work spans multiple research topics, featuring prominently in areas such as RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms, RNA modifications and cancer, genomics and phylogenetic studies, cancer-related molecular mechanisms research, cancer immunotherapy and biomarkers, RNA research and splicing, and bladder and urothelial cancer treatments.

Key recent publications by M. Mar Albà include:

  • "Standardized annotation of translated open reading frames," 2022, Nature Biotechnology
  • "Uncovering de novo gene birth in yeast using deep transcriptomics," 2021, Nature Communications
  • "Evolution of new proteins from translated sORFs in long non-coding RNAs," 2020, Experimental Cell Research
  • "LCOR mediates interferon-independent tumor immunogenicity and responsiveness to immune-checkpoint blockade in triple-negative breast cancer," 2022, Nature Cancer
  • "Ribosome profiling at isoform level reveals evolutionary conserved impacts of differential splicing on the proteome," 2020, Nature Communications

M. Mar Albà frequently publishes in venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications
  • Research Square (Research Square)
  • Revista Clínica Española
  • Nature Biotechnology

The scientist has collaborated extensively with several co-authors, including Jorge Ruiz-Orera, Júlia Perera-Bel, Jonathan M. Mudge, Marie A. Brunet, and Thomas F. Martínez.

Best Publications

  • Genome sequence of the Brown Norway rat yields insights into mammalian evolution

    Richard A. Gibbs;George M. Weinstock;Michael L. Metzker;Donna M. Muzny

  • PROMO: detection of known transcription regulatory elements using species-tailored searches.

    Xavier Messeguer;Ruth Escudero;Domènec Farré;Oscar Núñez

  • Identification of patterns in biological sequences at the ALGGEN server: PROMO and MALGEN

    Domènec Farré;Roman Roset;Mario Huerta;José-Enrique Adsuara

  • Long non-coding RNAs as a source of new peptides

    Jorge Ruiz-Orera;Xavier Messeguer;Juan Antonio Subirana;M Mar Alba;M Mar Alba

  • Kaposi's Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus Latent and Lytic Gene Expression as Revealed by DNA Arrays

    Richard G. Jenner;M. Mar Albà;Chris Boshoff;Paul Kellam

  • Jagged1 is the pathological link between Wnt and Notch pathways in colorectal cancer.

    Verónica Rodilla;Alberto Villanueva;Antonia Obrador-Hevia;Àlex Robert-Moreno

  • The maize abscisic acid-responsive protein Rab17 is located in the nucleus and interacts with nuclear localization signals.

    Adela Goday;Anders B. Jensen;Francisco A. Culianez-Macia;M. Mar Alba

  • Origin of Primate Orphan Genes: A Comparative Genomics Approach

    Macarena Toll-Riera;Nina Bosch;Nicolás Bellora;Robert Castelo

  • Extreme genomic erosion after recurrent demographic bottlenecks in the highly endangered Iberian lynx.

    Federico Abascal;André Corvelo;Fernando Cruz;Fernando Cruz;José L. Villanueva-Cañas

  • Comparative Analysis of Amino Acid Repeats in Rodents and Humans

    M. Mar Albà;Roderic Guigó

  • Inverse Relationship Between Evolutionary Rate and Age of Mammalian Genes

    M. Mar Albà;Jose Castresana

  • Genome-Wide Analysis of Histidine Repeats Reveals Their Role in the Localization of Human Proteins to the Nuclear Speckles Compartment

    Eulàlia Salichs;Alice Ledda;Loris Mularoni;M. Mar Albà;M. Mar Albà

  • Origins of De Novo Genes in Human and Chimpanzee

    Jorge Ruiz-Orera;Jessica Hernandez-Rodriguez;Cristina Chiva;Eduard Sabidó

  • Evolutionary conservation and selection of human disease gene orthologs in the rat and mouse genomes.

    Hui Huang;Eitan E Winter;Huajun Wang;Keith G Weinstock

  • Plant proteins containing the RNA-recognition motif

    M. Mar Albà;Montserrat Pagès

  • Identification of new herpesvirus gene homologs in the human genome.

    Ria Holzerlandt;Christine Orengo;Paul Kellam;M. Mar Albà

  • On homology searches by protein Blast and the characterization of the age of genes

    M Mar Albà;Jose Castresana

  • Accelerated evolution after gene duplication: a time-dependent process affecting just one copy

    Cinta Pegueroles;Steve Laurie;M. Mar Albà;M. Mar Albà

  • Translation of neutrally evolving peptides provides a basis for de novo gene evolution

    Jorge Ruiz-Orera;Pol Verdaguer-Grau;José Luis Villanueva-Cañas;Xavier Messeguer

  • Differences in the evolutionary history of disease genes affected by dominant or recessive mutations

    Simon J Furney;Simon J Furney;M Mar Albà;Núria López-Bigas

Frequent Co-Authors

Montserrat Pagès
Montserrat Pagès Spanish National Research Council
Roderic Guigó
Roderic Guigó Pompeu Fabra University
Anne D. Yoder
Anne D. Yoder Duke University
Tomas Marques-Bonet
Tomas Marques-Bonet Pompeu Fabra University
Eduardo Eyras
Eduardo Eyras Pompeu Fabra University
Paul Kellam
Paul Kellam Imperial College London
John M. Hancock
John M. Hancock Norwich University
Nuria Lopez-Bigas
Nuria Lopez-Bigas Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats
Robert A. Holt
Robert A. Holt BC Cancer Research Institute
Edward M. Rubin
Edward M. Rubin Joint Genome Institute

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