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M. Pilar Francino
PeerJ Editor
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Evolutionary Studies
Genomics
Molecular Biology
Virology
Microbiology

M. Pilar Francino

PeerJ Editor

Summary

M. P. Francino studied Biology at the National University of Mexico and obtained her Ph.D. at the University of Rochester (New York), working on analyses of rates and patterns of DNA sequence evolution in bacteria and primates. She conducted postdoctoral research in bacterial genetics as an EMBO Fellow at the University of Paris. After that, she served as a Research Scientist at the DOE Joint Genome Institute (JGI) for five years, and was Head of the JGI Evolutionary Genomics Program from 2007 to 2009. Since 2009, she is a Senior Scientist at the Genomics and Health Department of FISABIO-Public Health in Valencia, and has been Head of the Department since 2012. Her current research focuses on the metagenomic analysis of human microbiome communities, in particular on understanding the development of the gut microbiota in infants. Work in her group analyzes the taxonomic composition, coding capabilities and gene expression patterns of the gut microbial community at different stages during infancy, as well as the relationships of these features with infant health. In addition, she is also interested in understanding the forces that shape the structure, organization and evolution of genomes. In previous and current work, she has addressed genome and molecular evolution subjects at different scales, ranging from the impact of mutational biases during DNA sequence evolution, to the evolution of new genes and their regulatory regions and the coevolution of different genomic traits.

Biodiversity Bioinformatics Evolutionary Studies Genetics Genomics Microbiology

Editing Journals

PeerJ - the Journal of Life & Environmental Sciences

Work details

Department Head

Valencian Region Foundation for the Promotion of Health and Biomedical Research (FISABIO)-Public Health, Valencia, Spain.
Genomics and Health

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PeerJ Contributions

  • Edited 2

Academic Editor on

May 5, 2016
Comparative analysis of prophage-like elements in Helicobacter sp. genomes
Xiangyu Fan, Yumei Li, Rong He, Qiang Li, Wenxing He
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2012 PubMed 27169002
December 7, 2015
Wolbachia co-infection in a hybrid zone: discovery of horizontal gene transfers from two Wolbachia supergroups into an animal genome
Lisa J. Funkhouser-Jones, Stephanie R. Sehnert, Paloma Martínez-Rodríguez, Raquel Toribio-Fernández, Miguel Pita, José L. Bella, Seth R. Bordenstein
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1479 PubMed 26664808