Barbara Arias Samperiz

Associate professor

Knowledge area: Antropologia Física

Research group: Gens, ambient i Fenotips: etapes del desenvolupament en l'estudi dels trastorns mentals i altres malalties complexes en poblacions humanes (Complex_Fen_GXEXD)

Contact Information
Department of Evolutionary Biology, Ecology and Environmental Sciences
Unitat d'Antropologia. Dep Biologia Animal. Av. Diagonal, 643.
934021461
barbara.arias(a)ub.edu

Teaching

Human Genetics

Genetic Epidemiology

Biological Anthropology

Academic Training

Licenciada en Biologia . Facultat de Biologia (Universitat de Barcelona) . 09/1997 . (Diploma / Degree / Activities)

Biologia . Facultat de Biologia (Universitat de Barcelona) . 19/12/2003 . (Ph.D.)

Research interests

Biological Psychiatry

Genetic Epidemiology: genetic and environmental risk factors in complex diseases

Human Genetics

Genetic differences in the response to pharmacological treatments in populations

Projects

Compartir idees. Conferències-taller dels i les estudiants de la UB . 2015 - 2021 . Ref.2015PID-UB/150 . Universitat de Barcelona . PI: Maria Victoria Morin Fraile

Canviant l’enfoc de les assignatures de Màster: aplicació de l’aprenentatge basat en projectes com una nova eina de treball actiu . 2018 - 2020 . Ref.2018PID-UB/002 . Universitat de Barcelona . PI: Barbara Arias Samperiz

Descifrando la base genética y epigenética de la conducta suicida: desde los intentos de suicidio hasta el suicidio completo . 2023 - 2025 . Ref.PI22/00431 . Instituto de Salud Carlos III . PI: Barbara Arias Samperiz

Completed suicide as an extreme phenotype for understanding suicidal behavior: an integrative approach based on the interplay between genomics and epigenomics . 2023 - 2025 . Ref.REG202203-31 . Fundació La Marató de TV3 . PI: Barbara Arias Samperiz

'Gens, ambient i Fenotips: etapes del desenvolupament en l'estudi dels trastorns mentals i altres malalties complexes en poblacions humanes (Complex_Fen_GXEXD)' . 2023 - 2026 . Ref.2021SGR00706 . Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca (AGAUR) . PI: Lourdes Fañanas Saura

Journal Publications

Arias, B.; Catalán, C.; Gastó, C.; Gutiérrez, B.; Fañanás, L. (2003). 5-HTTLPR polymorphism of the serotonin transporter gene predicts non-remission in major depression patients treated with citalopram in twelve weeks follow up. Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology, 23(6), pp. 563 - 567 . ISSN: 0271-0749

Arias, B.; Aguilera, M.; Moya, J.; Sáiz, P.A.; Villa, H.; Ibáñez, M.I.; García-Portillo, M.A.; Ruipérez, M.A.; Bobes, J.; Ortet, G.; Fañanás, L. (2012). The role of genetic variability in the SLC6A4, BDNF and GABRA6 genes in anxiety related traits. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 125, pp. 194 - 202 . Institutional Repository . ISSN: 0001-690X

Mitjans, M.; Gastó, C.; Catalán, R.; Fañanás, L.; Arias, B. (2012). Genetic variability in the endocannabinoid system and 12 week clinical response to citaloptram treatment: the role of the CNR1, CNR2, and FAAH genes. Journal of Psychopharmacology, 26(10), pp. 1391 - 1398 . https://doi.org/10.1177/0269881112454229 . ISSN: 0269-8811

Mitjans, M.; Serretti, A.; Fabbri, C.; Gastó, C.; Catalan, R.; Fañanás, L.; Arias, B. (2013). Screening genetic variability at the CNR1 gene in both major depression etiology and clinical response to citalopram treatment. Psychopharmacology, 227(3), pp. 509 - 519 . https://doi.org/10.1007/s00213-013-2995-y . ISSN: 0033-3158

Mitjans, Marina; Catalan, Rosa; Vazquez, Mireia; Gonzalez-Rodriguez, Alex; Penades, Rafael; Pons, Alexandre; Massana, Guillem; Munro, Janet; Arranz, Maria J.; Arias, Barbara (2015). Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal system, neurotrophic factors and clozapine response: association with FKBP5 and NTRK2 genes. Pharmacogenetics and Genomics, 25(5), pp. 274 - 277 . https://doi.org/10.1097/FPC.0000000000000132 . ISSN: 1744-6872

Mitjans, Marina; Arias, Barbara; Jimenez, Esther; Goikolea, Jose M.; Saiz, Pilar A.; Paz Garcia-Portilla, M.; Buron, Patricia; Bobes, Julio; Vieta, Eduard; Benabarre, Antoni (2015). Exploring Genetic Variability at PI, GSK3, HPA, and Glutamatergic Pathways in Lithium Response Association With IMPA2, INPP1, and GSK3B Genes. Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology, 35(5), pp. 600 - 604 . https://doi.org/10.1097/JCP.0000000000000382 . ISSN: 0271-0749

Hou, L.; Heilbronner, U.; Degenhardt, F.; Adli, M.; Akiyama, K.; Akula, N.; Ardau, R.; Arias, B.; Backlund, L.; Banzato, C.E.M.; Benabarre, A.; Bengesser, S.; Bhattacharjee, A.K.; Biernacka, J.M.; Birner, A.; Brichant-Petitjean, C.; Bui, E.T.; Cervantes, P.; Chen, G.B.; Chen, H.C.; Chillotti, C.; Cichon, S.; Clark, S.R.; Colom, F.; Cousins, D.A.; Cruceanu, C.; Czerski, P.M.; Dantas, C.R.; Dayer, A.; Étain, B.; Falkai, P.; Forstner, A.J.; Frisén, L.; Fullerton, J.M.; Gard, S.; Garnham, J.S.; Goes, F.S.; Grof, P.; Gruber, O.; Hashimoto, R.; Hauser, J.; Herms, S.; Hoffmann, P.; Hofmann, A.; Jamain, S.; Jiménez, E.; Kahn, J.P.; Kassem, L.; Kittel-Schneider, S.; Kliwicki, S.; König, B.; Kusumi,I.; Lackner, N.; Laje, G.; Landén, M.; Lavebratt, C.; Leboyer, M.; Leckband, S.G.; López Jaramillo, C.A.; MacQueen, G.; Manchia, M.; Martinsson, L.; Mattheisen, M.; McCarthy, M.J.; McElroy, S.L.; Mitjans, M.; Mondimore, F.M.; Monteleone, P.; Nievergelt, C.M.; Nöthen, M.M.; Ösby, U.; Ozaki, N.; Perlis, R.H.; Pfennig, A.; Reich-Erkelenz, D.; Rouleau, G.A.; Schofield, P.R.; Schubert K.O.; Schweizer, B.W.; Seemüller, F.; Severino, G.; Shekhtman, T.; Shilling, P.D.; Shimoda, K.; Simhandl, C.; Slaney, C.M.; Smoller, J.W.; Squassina, A.; Stamm, T.; Stopkova, P.; Tighe, S.K.; Tortorella, A.; Turecki, G.; Volkert, J.; Witt, S.; Wright, A.; Young, L.T.; Zandi, P.P.; Potash, J.B.; DePaulo, J.R.; Bauer, M.; Reininghaus, E.Z.; Novák, T.; Aubry, J.M.; Maj, M.; Baune, B.T.; Mitchell, P.B.; Vieta, E.; Frye, M.A.; Rybakowski, J.K.; Kuo, P.H.; Kato, T.; Grigoroiu-Serbanescu, M.; Reif, A.; Del Zompo, M.; Bellivier, F.; Schalling, M.; Wray, N.R.; Kelsoe J.R.; Alda, M.; Rietschel, M.; McMahon, F.J.; Schulze, T.G. (2016). Genetic variants associated with response to lithium treatment in bipolar disorder: a genome-wide association study. The Lancet, 387(10023), pp. 1085 - 1093 . https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(16)00143-4 . ISSN: 0140-6736

Arranz, M.J.; Gallego, C.; Salazar, J.; Arias, B. (2017). Pharmacogenetics studies of drug response in schizophrenia. Expert review of precision medicine and drug development, 1(1), pp. 79 - 91 . https://doi.org/10.1007/s11684-013-0249-3 . ISSN: 2380-8993

Alemany, S.; Moya, J.; Ibanez, M. I.; Villa, H.; Mezquita, L.; Ortet, G.; Gasto, C.; Fananas, L.; Arias, B. (2016). Childhood trauma and the rs1360780 SNP of FKBP5 gene in psychosis: a replication in two general population samples. Psychological Medicine, 46(1), pp. 221 - 223 . https://doi.org/10.1017/S0033291715001695 . ISSN: 0033-2917

Segura, A.G.; Mitjans, M.; Jiménez, E.; Fatjó-Vilas, M.; Ruiz, V.; Saiz, P.A.; García-Portillae, M.P.; González-Blanco L.; Bobes, J.; Vieta, E.; Benabarre, A.; Arias, B. (2019). Association of childhood trauma and genetic variability of CRH-BP and FKBP5 genes with suicidal behavior in bipolar patients. Journal of Affective Disorders, 255, pp. 15 - 22 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2019.05.014 . ISSN: 0165-0327

Relevant Activities

Membre de l'Institut de Biomedicina de la Universitat de Barcelona (IBUB)

Membre del Centre for Biomedical Research Network on Mental Health (CIBERSAM). Instituto Carlos III

Membre del Consorci Internacional ConLiGen (International Consortium of Lithium Genetics)