Mutation Dynamics lab
As individuals age, mutations accumulate inexorably in their cells, playing a key role in evolution, ageing, and disease. Despite their importance, we still have a poor understanding of how mutations originate, or why some cells accumulate more mutations than others.
Our lab aims to learn about how mutations occur—that is, how they originate mechanistically—as well as why their rate of appearance differs across cell types and species—namely, what selective pressures drive mutation rate evolution.
We are based at the Institute of Evolutionary Biology in Barcelona, Spain, within the hub of the Barcelona Biomedical Research Park. Our lab is part of the Evolutionary Medical Genomics Program.
Latest news and announcements
Nov 2024: The lab joins the Evolutionary Medical Genomics Program, a joint initiative by the CRG, UPF-MELIS, and IBE.
Oct 2024: The lab moves from the Universitat de Barcelona to the Institute of Evolutionary Biology
Sept 2024: Marc briefly explains (in catalan) the main goals of the Mut-Scales ERC project
Sept 2024: The lab is awarded an ERC Starting Grant (ID: MutScales)!
July 2024: The lab is awarded a Proyecto de Generación de Conocimiento (ID: SpermMutate)!
Apr 2024: The Mutation Dynamics lab is born at the Department of Genetics, Microbiology, and Statistics of the Universitat de Barcelona