Josep Francesc Abril Ferrando

Josep Francesc Abril Ferrando is a Full Professor (Professor agregat) in the Department of Genetics, Microbiology and Statistics at the University of Barcelona's Faculty of Biology. His primary research focuses on computational genomics, regeneration biology, and gene interaction networks. He leads the Computational Genomics Lab @ UB and is affiliated with the REGnetREG research group.

• Education:
• Licenciatura en Ciències Biològiques (1998), University of Barcelona
• Diploma d'Estudis Avançats (2002), Pompeu Fabra University
• Doctorat en Ciències de la Salut i de la Vida (2005), Pompeu Fabra University
• Research Interests: Computational genomics, RNA-seq analysis, planarian regeneration mechanisms, Wnt signaling pathways, retinal disease networks, and oxidative stress biology.

His most recent works (2019-2023) emphasize integration of omics data for regenerative biology, molecular mechanisms in Drosophila regeneration, and environmental virology. He co-developed tools like PlanExp and RPGeNet v2.0 for genomic analysis.

His lab focuses on advancing bioinformatics methods to study regeneration and disease through multi-omics approaches. Collaborates extensively in interdisciplinary projects involving model organisms and human genetics.