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Institution: IATA
Research Groups: Systems biology in yeast of biotechnological interest
Position: Postdoctoral Researcher
Home page: https://yeastomics.csic.es
Contact email: miguel.morard@iata.csic.es
BCB Committee: Junior Hub, Outreach, Support BCB Excellence
BCB Community: Diversity genomics, Omics data analysis and function
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Research topics: Food safety, Microbial Communities, Non-model organisms, Metabolic modelling, Functional annotation, Molecular evolution, Sequence analysis, Mapping, Sequence Alignment, Sequence error correction, Omics, Genomics, Genome Assembly, Genome Sequencing, Genomic Annotation, Population genomics, Variant calling, Microbial communities, Metagenomics, Viromics, Transcriptomics, RNA Sequencing (RNA-seq), Benchmarking, FAIRfication
Publications
Sánchez‐Adriá, I., Prieto, J. A., Sanmartín, G., Morard, M., García‐Ríos, E., Estruch, F., & Randez‐Gil, F. (2025). Sterol‐Targeted Laboratory Evolution Allows the Isolation of Thermotolerant and Respiratory‐Competent Clones of the Industrial Yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Microbial Biotechnology, 18(1). Portico. https://doi.org/10.1111/1751-7915.70092
Moimenta, A. R., Troitiño-Jordedo, D., Henriques, D., Contreras-Ruíz, A., Minebois, R., Morard, M., Barrio, E., Querol, A., & Balsa-Canto, E. (2025). An integrated multiphase dynamic genome-scale model explains batch fermentations led by species of the Saccharomyces genus. MSystems, 10(2). https://doi.org/10.1128/msystems.01615-24
Sanmartín, G., Prieto, J. A., Morard, M., Estruch, F., Blasco-García, J., & Randez-Gil, F. (2025). The Effects of Sourdough Fermentation on the Biochemical Properties, Aroma Profile and Leavening Capacity of Carob Flour. Foods, 14(10), 1677. https://doi.org/10.3390/foods14101677
Gorbe, E., Morard, M., Rausell-Moreno, A., Calatayud, Á., & Penella, C. (2025). Exploring nutritional quality and bioactive compounds in Mediterranean bean landraces. Journal of Food Composition and Analysis, 142, 107433. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfca.2025.107433
Villalba, A., Martínez-Ispizua, E., Morard, M., Crespo-Sempere, A., Albiach-Marti, M. R., Calatayud, A., & Penella, C. (2024). Optimizing sweet potato production: insights into the interplay of plant sanitation, virus influence, and cooking techniques for enhanced crop quality and food security. Frontiers in Plant Science, 15. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2024.1357611
Morard, M., & Alonso-del-Real, J. (2024). PanRNA: v2.1.11 (panrna) [Computer software]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/ZENODO.12626837
Morard, M., Benavent-Gil, Y., Ortiz-Tovar, G., Pérez-Través, L., Querol, A., Toft, C., & Barrio, E. (2020). Genome structure reveals the diversity of mating mechanisms in Saccharomyces cerevisiae x Saccharomyces kudriavzevii hybrids, and the genomic instability that promotes phenotypic diversity. Microbial Genomics, 6(3). https://doi.org/10.1099/mgen.0.000333
Morard, M., Ibáñez, C., Adam, A. C., Querol, A., Barrio, E., & Toft, C. (2020). Genomic instability in an interspecific hybrid of the genus Saccharomyces: a matter of adaptability. Microbial Genomics, 6(10). https://doi.org/10.1099/mgen.0.000448
Macías, L. G., Morard, M., Toft, C., & Barrio, E. (2019). Comparative Genomics Between Saccharomyces kudriavzevii and S. cerevisiae Applied to Identify Mechanisms Involved in Adaptation. Frontiers in Genetics, 10. https://doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2019.00187
Morard, M., Macías, L. G., Adam, A. C., Lairón-Peris, M., Pérez-Torrado, R., Toft, C., & Barrio, E. (2019). Aneuploidy and Ethanol Tolerance in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Frontiers in Genetics, 10. https://doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2019.00082
García-Ríos, E., Morard, M., Parts, L., Liti, G., & Guillamón, J. M. (2017). The genetic architecture of low-temperature adaptation in the wine yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. BMC Genomics, 18(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-017-3572-2
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Collaborating Companies: ValGenetics S.L.
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Master Programs: Professor in Master in R&D in Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Universitat de València Projects Supervisor in Master in Bioinformatics, Universistat de València Invited Professor in Master Erasmus Mundus in Plant Healt, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia
