Biography

Dr Mar Mallo, head of the Microarrays unit at IJC, holds a degree in Biology from the Pompeu Fabra University and a PhD in Biology from the Autonomous University of Barcelona. Since 2022 she also has a specialisation diploma in genetic counselling and clinical genomics from the University of Valencia.

In 2007 she joined the Translational Research Group on Haematological Neoplasms (GRETNHE) at IMIM-Hospital de Mar to complete her doctoral thesis focused on the study of myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS), under the leadership of Dr Francesc Solé, at that time head of the Molecular Cytogenetics Laboratory at Hospital del Mar and head of the GRETNHE group. During the thesis she gained experience in the application of genetic study techniques in haematological malignancies, including genomic microarrays. In 2010 she was able to deepen her knowledge in this field during a stay at the Cleveland Clinic (Cleveland, USA), under Dr Jarosław Maciejewski. In 2013 she presented her thesis entitled: "Clinical-biological characterisation of myelodysplastic syndromes with 5q deletion", for which she was awarded the Extraordinary Doctoral Prize.

Since joining the Josep Carreras Leukaemia Research Institute in 2012, she is the head of the Microarrays unit and collaborates in all national and international projects of the MDS Research Group led by Dr Francesc Solé. In addition, she has participated as coordinator and speaker in the course "Cytogenetics and Molecular Genetics of Myeloid Neoplasms", which has been regularly organised at the Institute. She is also director of final projects for the Master's degree in Cytogenetics and Reproductive Biology (speciality: Cytogenetics) at the UAB.

She is also a member of the following associations and working groups:

• Spanish Society of Haematology and Haemotherapy (SEHH).

• Spanish Cooperative Group of Haematological Cytogenetics (GCECGH).

• Spanish Group of Myelodysplastic Syndromes (GESMD).

• International Optical Genome Mapping Working Group.

• Optical Genome Mapping working group within the GCECGH.