Bru Cormand Rifà

Bru Cormand Rifà

Full professor

ORCID: 0000-0001-5318-4382
Scopus Author ID: 6603663199
Researcher ID: H-5338-2015
Knowledge area: Genètica

Head of the Department of Genetics, Microbiology and Statistics (2021-...)
Vicedean of Resesearch (2015-2019)
ICREA Academia (2022-2026)

Grup de recerca en Genètica Molecular Humana

Contact Information
Department of Genetics, Microbiology and Statistics
Department of Genetis, Microbiology & Statistics, Faculty of Biology, University of Barcelona
934021013
bcormand(a)ub.edu

Teaching

Bases genètiques de les malalties (Grau de Ciències Biomèdiques, UB)
Diagnòstic Genètic (Màster de Genètica i Genòmica, UB)
Malalties genètiques mendelianes i complexes (Màster de Genètica i Genòmica, UB)
Neurogenetics of behavior (Grau de Ciències Biomèdiques, UB)

Academic Training

Ciències Biològiques . Universitat de Barcelona . 08/07/1992 . (Diploma / Degree / Activities)
Certificat d'Aptitud Pedagògica . Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya . 08/05/1995 . (Diploma / Degree / Activities)
Ciències Biològiques (Genètica Mèdica) . Universitat de Barcelona . 17/01/1997 . (Ph.D.)

Research interests

Bases genètiques de patologies psiquiàtriques: Trastorn de l'espectre autista, TDAH i addiccions
Models animals en neuropsiquiatria
Genètica de l'agressivitat
Medicina evolutiva: Genòmica Sapiens i Neanderthal

Projects

Comorbid Conditions of Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (CoCA) . 2016 - 2020 . Ref.667302 . Unió Europea . PI: Bru Cormand Rifa
Effects of Nutrition and Lifestyle on Impulsive, Compulsive, and Externalizing behaviors (Eat2beNICE) . 2017 - 2021 . Ref.728018 . Unió Europea . PI: Bru Cormand Rifa
Paisaje genético del TDAH, los trastornos del espectro autista y la dependencia de cocaína: Factores de riesgo compartidos y específicos . 2019 - 2021 . Ref.RTI2018-100968-B-100 . Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades . PI: Bru Cormand Rifa

Journal Publications

Toma, C.; Torrico, B.; Hervás, A.; Valdés-Mas, R.; Tristán-Noguero, A.; Padillo, V.; Maristany, M.; Salgado, M.; Arenas, C.; Puente, X.S.; Bayés, M.; Cormand, B. (2014). Exome sequencing in multiplex autism families suggests a major role for heterozygous truncating mutations. Molecular Psychiatry, 19(7), pp. 784 - 790 . https://doi.org/10.1038/mp.2013.106 . ISSN: 1359-4184
Fernàndez-Castillo, N.; Cabana-Domínguez, J.; Soriano, J.; Sànchez-Mora, C.; Roncero, C.; Grau-López, L.; Ros-Cucurull, E.; Daigre, C.; van Donkelaar, M.M.J.; Franke, B.; Casas, M.; Ribasés, M.; Cormand, B. (2015). Transcriptomic and genetic studies identify NFAT5 as a candidate gene for cocaine dependence. Translational Psychiatry, 5(e667) . Institutional Repository . ISSN: 2158-3188
Asherson, P.; Cormand, B. (2016). The genetics of aggression: Where are we now?. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics, 171(5), pp. 559 - 561 . https://doi.org/10.1002/ajmg.b.32450 . ISSN: 1552-4841
Sintas, C.; Fernàndez-Castillo, N.; Vila-Pueyo, M.; Pozo-Rosich, P.; Macaya, A.; Cormand, B. (2016). Transcriptomic changes in rat cortex and brainstem after cortical spreading depression with or without pre-treatment with migraine prophylactic drugs. Journal of Pain, 18(4), pp. 366 - 375 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpain.2016.11.007 . ISSN: 1526-5900
Brandler, W.M.; Antaki, D.; Gujral, M.; Kleiber, M.L.; Whitney, J.; Maile, M.S.; Hong, O.; Chapman, T.R.; Tan, S.; Tandon, P.; Pang, T.; Tang, S.C.; Vaux, K.K.; Yang, Y.; Harrington, E.; Juul, S.; Turner, D.J.; Thiruvahindrapuram, B.; Kaur, G.; Kingsmore, S.F.; Gleeson, J.G.; Bisson, D.; Kakaradov, B.; Telenti, A.; Venter, J.C.; Corominas, R.; Toma, C.; Cormand, B.; Rueda, I.; Guijarro, S.; Messer, K.S.; Nievergelt, C.M.; Arranz, M.J.; Courchesne, E.; Pierce, K.; Muotri, A.R.; Iakoucheva, L.M.; Hervas, A.; Scherer, S.W.; Corsello, C.; Sebat, J. (2018). Paternally inherited cis-regulatory structural variants contribute to autism. Science, 360(6386), pp. 327 - 331 . https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aan2261 . ISSN: 0036-8075
Cabana-Domínguez, J.; Roncero, C.; Pineda-Cirera, L.; Palma-Álvarez, F.; Ros-Cucurull, E.; Grau-López, L.; Esojo, A.; Casas, M.; Arenas, C.; Ramos-Quiroga, J.A.; Ribasés, M.; Fernàndez-Castillo, N.; Cormand, B. (2017). Association of the PLCB1 gene with drug dependence. Scientific Reports, 7(10110) . Institutional Repository . ISSN: 2045-2322
Fernàndez-Castillo, N.; Gan, G.; van Donkelaar, M.M.J.; Vaht, M.; Weber, H.; Retz, W.; Meyer-Lindenberg, A.; Franke, F.; Harro, J.; Reif, A.; Faraone, S.V.; Cormand, B. (2017). RBFOX1, a splicing regulator, is a candidate gene for aggressive behavior. European Neuropsychopharmacology . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euroneuro.2017.11.012 . ISSN: 0924-977X
Zhang-James, Y.; Fernandez-Castillo, N.; Hess, J.; Malki, K.; Glatt, S.; Cormand, B.; Faraone, S. (2018). An integrated analysis of genes and functional pathways for aggression in human and rodent models. Molecular Psychiatry, 24(11), pp. 1655 - 1666 . Institutional Repository . ISSN: 1359-4184
Cabana-Domínguez, J.; Shivalikanjli, A.; Fernàndez-Castillo, N.; Cormand, B. (2019). Genome-wide association meta-analysis of cocaine dependence: Shared genetics with comorbid conditions. Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology & Biological Psychiatry, 94, p. 109667 . Institutional Repository . ISSN: 0278-5846
Demontis, D.; Walters, R.K.; Martin, J.; Mattheisen, M.; Als, T.D.; Agerbo, E.; Baldursson, G.; Belliveau, R.; Bybjerg-Grauholm, J.; Bækvad-Hansen, M.; Cerrato, F.; Chambert, K.; Churchhouse, C.; Dumont, A.; Eriksson, N.; Gandal, M.; Goldstein, J.I.; Grasby, K.L.; Grove, J.; Gudmundsson, O.O.; Hansen, C.S.; Hauberg, M.E.; Hollegaard, M.V.; Howrigan, D.P.; Huang, H.; Maller, J.B.; Martin, A.R.; Martin, N.G.; Moran, J.; Pallesen, J.; Palmer, D.S.; Pedersen, C.B.; Pedersen, M.G.; Poterba, T.; Poulsen, J.B.; Ripke, S.; Robinson, E.B.; Satterstrom, F.K.; Stefansson, H.; Stevens, C.; Turley, P.; Walters, G.B.; Won, H.; Wright, M.J.; ADHD Working Group of the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium (PGC); Early Lifecourse & Genetic Epidemiology (EAGLE) Consortium; 23andMe Research Team, Andreassen, O.A.; Asherson, P.; Burton, C.L.; Boomsma, D.I.; Cormand, B.; Dalsgaard, S.; Franke, B.; Gelernter, J.; Geschwind, D.; Hakonarson, H.; Haavik, J.; Kranzler, H.R.; Kuntsi, J.; Langley, K.; Lesch, K.P.; Middeldorp, C.; Reif, A.; Rohde, L.A.; Roussos, P.; Schachar, R.; Sklar, P.; Sonuga-Barke, E.J.S.; Sullivan, P.F.; Thapar, A.; Tung, J.Y.; Waldman, I.D.; Medland, S.E.; Stefansson, K.; Nordentoft, M.; Hougaard, D.M.; Werge, T.; Mors, O.; Mortensen, P.B.; Daly, M.J.; Faraone, S.V.; Børglum, A.D.; Neale, B.M. (2019). Discovery of the first genome-wide significant risk loci for attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Nature Genetics, 51(1), pp. 63 - 75 . Institutional Repository . ISSN: 1061-4036

Others Publications

Cormand B, Bayés M, Pihko H (2005). Muscle-Eye-Brain disease : A new pathogenic mechanism for muscular dystrophy and abnormal neuronal migration . In Progress in Muscular Dystrophy Research . (pp. 59 - 99) . Nova Science Publishers . ISBN: 1-59454-375-5 .
Barquinero, J.; Bueno, C.; Caelles, MdC.; Cormand, B.; Eixarch, H.; Fairhead, T.; George, M.; Gimeno, R.; Gómez, J.; Hurtado, M.; Macaya, A.; Madrenas, J.; Martínez-González, J.; Munell, F.; Salgado, A.; Sánchez, J.F.; Vidal, F.; Vilardell, M. (2006). Diccionario Novartis de Genómica y Medicina Molecular . Editorial Rubes . ISBN: 84-497-0125-2 .
Fernàndez-Castillo, N.; Ribasés, M.; Cormand, B. (2016). MDMA (ecstasy) and gene expression in the brain: An overview of microarray and candidate gene strudies assessing transcriptional changes in rodents . In The Neuropathology Of Drug Addictions And Substance Misuse. Volume 2: Recreational substances/stimulants, club and dissociative drugs, hallucinogens, and inhalants . Volume. 2 . (pp. 415 - 430) . Elsevier . ISBN: 978-0-12-800212-4 .
Cormand, B. (2015). El paisaje genético del autismo . In Mente y Cerebro . Volume. 72 . (pp. 44 - 46) . Prensa Científica .

Relevant Activities

Membre del Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Raras (CIBER-ER). Instituto de Salud Carlos III
Membre fundador del consorci International Multicenter Persistent ADHD Collaboration (IMpACT)
Membre del Psychiatric Genomics Consortium (PGC)
Membre de la Comissió Permanent del Programa de Doctorat en Genètica de la UB
Member of the Permanent Commission of the Biomedicine Institute of the University of Barcelona (IBUB)

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