Dra.  Puerma Rodriguez, Eva Maria

ACADEMIC BACKGROUND

2003: Degree in Biology from the University of Jaén.

2011: PhD in Genetics, University of Barcelona. Cum laude.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2014-present: Professor at the Escola Universitària de Turisme de Sant Pol de Mar, S.L. (Subjects of Food Technology, Biochemistry of cooking and F&B).

2011-2012; 2017-2021: Associate Professor (3+3) at the Department of Genetics, Microbiology and Statistics of the University of Barcelona (Evolution, Genetic Analysis, Evolutionary Genetics and Origin of Life and Evolution all of them in the biology degree).

SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS (summary):

ORCID ID: 0000-0001-7261-187X

1. Megan A Wallace, Kelsey A Coffman, Clement Gilbert, Sanjana Ravindran, et. al. The discovery, distribution and diversity of DNA viruses associated with Drosophila melanogaster in Europe. 2020. bioRxiv
2. Martin Kapun, Maite G Barrón, Fabian Staubach, Darren J Obbard, et al. Genomic Analysis of European Drosophila melanogaster Populations Reveals Longitudinal Structure, Continent-Wide Selection, and Previously Unknown DNA . 2020. Molecular biology and evolution 37 (9), 2661-2678
3. Orengo, D.J.; Puerma, E.; Cereijo, U.; Aguadé, M. The molecular genealogy of sequential overlapping inversions implies both homologous chromosomes of a heterokaryotype in an inversion origin. 917079 - Scientific Reports. 9, pp. 17009. (United Kingdom): Nature Publishing Group, 2019. ISSN 2045-2322 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-53582-8
4. Orengo*, D.J.; Puerma*, E; Aguadé, M. The molecular characterization of fixed inversions breakpoints unveils the ancestral character of the Drosophila guanche chromosomal arrangements. 917079 - Scientific Reports. 9, pp. 1706. (United Kingdom): Nature Publishing Group, 2019.  ISSN 2045-2322  DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-37121-5
5. Puerma, E.; Orengo, D.J.; Cruz, F.; Gómez-Garrido, J.; Librado, P.; Salguero, D.; Papaceit, M.; Gut, M.; Segarra, C.; Alioto, T.S.; Aguadé, M. The high-quality genome sequence of the oceanic island endemic species Drosophila guanche reveals signals of adaptive evolution in genes related to flight and genome stability. 915762 – Genome Biology and Evolution. 10 - 8, pp. 1956 - 1969. (United Kingdom): Oxford University Press, 2018. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evy135
6. Orengo*, D. J.; Puerma*, E.; Papaceit, M.; Segarra C.; Aguade, M. Dense gene physical maps of the non-model species Drosophila subobscura. 909474 - Chromosome Research. 25 - 2, pp. 145 - 154. (United States of America): Springer Science.  2017. ISSN 0967-3849 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10577-016-9549-1
7. Orengo, D.J.; Puerma, E.; Cereijo, U.; Salguero, D.; Aguadé, M. An easy route to the massive karyotyping of complex chromosomal arrangements in Drosophila. 917079 - Scientific Reports. 7 - 12717, (United Kingdom): Nature Publishing Group, 2017.  ISSN 2045-2322 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-13043-6
8. Puerma, E.; Orengo, D.J.; Aguadé, M. Inversion evolutionary rates might limit the experimental identification of inversion breakpoints in non-model species. 917079 - Scientific Reports. 7 - 17281, (United Kingdom): Nature Publishing Group, 2017. ISSN 2045-2322  DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-17650-1
9. Orengo, D.J.; Puerma, E.; Aguadé, M. Monitoring chromosomal polymorphism in Drosophila subobscura over forty years. 913383 - Entomological Science. 19, pp. 215 - 221. (Japan): Wiley, 2016. ISSN 1343-8786 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/ens.12189
10. Puerma,E.; Orengo, D. J.; Aguadé M. The origin of chromosomal inversions as a source of segmental duplications in the Sophophora subgenus of Drosophila. 917079 - Scientific Reports. 6, (United Kingdom): Nature Publishing Group, 2016. ISSN 2045-2322. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/srep30715

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2021-Present: Phase II-III Clinical Trials Data Entry. Institution: Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology (VHIO).

2011-2021: Postdoctoral Researcher at the Department of Genetics of the University of Barcelona. Line of Research: Evolutionary Molecular Genetics.

2007-2009: FPI Fellow (BFU2004-02253).

OTHER MERITS

AQU Accreditation.

2005: Research competence Diploma (DEA) from the University of Jaén.

2004: Certificate of Pedagogical Aptitude (CAP). University of Jaén. 2004.

OTHER SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITY

Participation in research projects funded by the Generalitat de Catalunya (AGAUR) and funded by the Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (Spain).

Participation in National (SEG, SESBE) and International (SMBE, ESEB) Congresses.

Member of IRBIO (Institut de Recerca de la Biodiversitat). http://www.ub.edu/irbio/inicio