Evolutionary Genomics Group, Hospital del Mar Research Institute, Barcelona
Nov. 2021 - Jul. 2025
PhD Student with M. Mar Albà’s group.
Led real-world data projects integrating clinical and multi-omics datasets from hospitals, consortia, and industry to identify novel biomarkers.
Designed and analyzed studies, ensured data harmonization and quality control, and generated robust evidence.
Collaborated with clinicians and cross-functional teams to translate findings into clinical insights.
Mentored junior researchers, both persuing a PhD now.
Thesis » Decoding Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Response: Biomarker discovery and Prediction Modeling through Multi-Omics Analyses « under the supervision of M.Mar Albà. Read here!
Research Stay at Vall d’Hebron Oncology Institute (VHIO), Barcelona
July 2024
Visiting PhD Student
Experience in immunopeptidomics and survival data during a 4 week stay in the Computational Immunogenomics Group under Francisco Martínez Jiménez and the Cancer Computational Biology Group under José Antonio Seoane.
Urban Planning and Environmental Health, ISGlobal, Barcelona
Sep. 2019 - Feb. 2020
Research Assistant
Analyzed epidemiological datasets on prenatal greenspace exposure and child health outcomes.
Applied statistical programming and causal inference methods to account for socio-economic and cultural factors.
Contributed to publications and multi-disciplinary collaborative reviews.
Cell Biology, Philipps Universität, Marburg
Jan. 2018 - Jul. 2018
Research Assistant
During an internship in Prof. Ralf Jacob’s group on cytopathology, I applied wet lab techniques such as live-cell imagining and fluorescence microscopy.
First contact with scientific writing and learned to structure own projects from the first idea to their implementation.
iSCB Student Council
Jan. - Jul. 2024
Volunteer in the Design Committee
Promote the Student Council Symposium 2024 online by designing posters, handouts, social media appearance and merch.
Papers
[1] Boll, L.M., Vázquez Montes de Oca, S., Camarena, M.E., Castelo, R., Bellmunt, J., Perera-Bel, J., Albà, M.M., “Predicting immunotherapy response in advanced bladder cancer: a meta-analysis of six independent cohorts“. Nature Communications. 2024. doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-56462-0.
[2] Boll, L.M., Perera-Bel, J., Rovira, A., Juanpere Rodero, N., Vázquez, S., Hernández-Llodrà, S., Lloreta, J., Albà, M.M., Bellmunt J, “The impact of mutational clonality in predicting the response to immune checkpoint inhibitors in advanced urothelial cancer.,” Scientic Reports, 2023; doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-42495-2.
[3] Boll, L.M., Khamirchi, R., Alonso, L., Llurba, E., Óscar, J. P., & Dadvand, P., “Prenatal Greenspace Exposure and Cord Blood Cortisol Levels,” Environment International, 2020; doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2020.106047.
[4] Sakhvidi, M. J.Z, de Keijzer, C., Bauwelinck, M., Boll, L.M., Knobel, P., Jacquemin, B., Dadvand, P. , “Greenspace exposure and children behavior: A systematic review,” Sci Total Environ, 2022; doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.153608.
Scientific Talks
European Association for Cancer Research (EACR), Barcelona, Spain, 13th of May 2025.
PRBB Computational Genomics Symposium, St Feliu de Guíxols, Spain, 28th of April 2025.
PRBB Computational Genomics Seminars, Barcelona, Spain, 4th of April 2024.
VHIO Computational Oncology Master Thesis Award, Barcelona, Spain, 21st of February 2024
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Posters
EMBL Cancer Genomics Conference, Heidelberg, Germany, 16th of November 2023
PRBB Computational Genomics Symposium, St Feliu de Guíxols, Spain, 13th of April 2023
Women in Data Science, Barcelona, Spain, 28th of September 2022
European Conference Computational Biology (ECCB), Sitges, Spain, 12th of September 2022
Immunity and Cancer Immunotherapy, Marseille, France, 21st of June 2022
EMBL Cancer Genomics Course, Cambridge, Great Britain, 20th of June 2022
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PhD in Bioinformatics, Universidad Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona
Nov. 2021 - Jul. 2025
DECODING IMMUNE CHECKPOINT INHIBITOR RESPONSE: Biomarker discovery and Prediction Modeling through Multi-Omics Analyses. Read here!
M. Mar Albà
excellent
MSc in Bioinformatics, Universidad Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona
Sep. 2020 - Jul. 2022
honored
MSc in Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Esbjerg
Sep. 2018 - Jul. 2020
honored
BSc in Biomedical Science, Philipps Universität, Marburg
Sep. 2015 - Jul. 2018
honored
International Day of Women and Girls in Science, Barcelona
Mar 8th 2025
2 hours of Experiments with Students of 6 to 8 years old - in Spanish.
European Researcher’s Night, Barcelona
Sep 27th 2024
10 min Flash Talk about my PhD to the general public - in Spanish.
Research in 4Min Finals, UPF Barcelona
May 9th 2024
4 min presentation of the PhD thesis to the general public - in English.
International Day of Women and Girls in Science, Mataró
Feb 7th 2024
One hour talk with school children of 13 years old, explaining the basics of bioinformatics research - in Spanish.
OpenPRBB 2023, Barcelona
Oct 7th 2023
20 min Presentation to the general public about my work as a Bioinformatician - in English.
International Day of Women and Girls in Science, Orlot
Feb 7th 2022
One hour online presentation for young adults about my work as a female scientist - in Spanish.
European Researcher’s Night, Barcelona
Sep 24th 2021
10 min Flash Talk about my PhD to the general public - in Spanish.
Programming Languages
Python
R
Bash
HTML5
MySQL
Arts & Design
Affinity Designer
Adobe Illustrator
Inkscape
Nov. 2022
Fundación “laCaixa”, 6.5% sucess rate
Master Thesis Award
Jul. 2023
2nd place in the VHIO Computational Oncology Master Thesis Award
Honorific mention for MSc Thesis in Bioinformatics
Jul. 2022
best possible grade for my Master Thesis in Bioinformatics, Universidad Pompeu Fabra
Honorific mention for MSc Thesis in Public Health
Jul. 2020
best possible grade for my Master Thesis in Public Health, University of Southern Denmark
First price in social entrepreneurship eHealth challenge
Jun. 2019
my team won the competition with our project on air pollution and NCDs organised by Young Leaders for Health.
Animations of immune checkpoint inhibitors
Design Commitee for Student Council Symposium 2024 (SCS)
Designing the poster, social media posts and merch for the 20th SCS meeting 2024 in montreal, Canada
Logo for the PRBB Sustainability Group
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Besides being a scientist, I also enjoy drawing and designing. Here are some examples of my work
In my freetime, you’ll find me outdoors. Climbing, beach volley, skiing, sailing. I love learning new sports and exploring nature.
