CURRICULUM VITAE BRU CORMAND RIFÀ

Surnames: CORMAND RIFA Name: BRU D.N.I: 40982254A Date of birth: 19/07/1969 Gender: Male

CURRENT PROFESSIONAL STATUS

Organization: Universitat de Barcelona Faculty, School or Institute: Faculty of Biology Dept./Sect./Str. Unit: Genetics Postal address: Department of Genetics, Microbiology & Statistics, Faculty of Biology, University of Barcelona Av. Diagonal 643, Prevosti Building, 3rd floor, 08028 Barcelona, Spain Phone number (Add number and extension): +34 93 4021013 Fax: +34 93 4034420 E-mail: bcormand@ub.edu, bcormand@gmail.com Specialization (UNESCO codes): Genetics (2407.02, 2410.07, 3201.02) / Clinical Genetics (2409) / Human Genetics Professional category and starting date: Associate Professor of Genetics since 17/11/2001 (Full Professorship Accreditation by ANECA since 05/04/2011), Vice Dean of Research at the Faculty of Biology since 16/06/2015

ACADEMIC TRAINING

Degree/Engineering Center Date Grade Biological Sciences Universitat de Barcelona 08/07/1992 2.85 Certificat d'Aptitud Pedagògica Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya 08/05/1995 Doctorate Center Date Biological Sciences Universitat de Barcelona 17/01/1997 Excellent cum laude (Extraordinary PhD Award)

PREVIOUS SCIENTIFIC AND/OR ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES

Activity Center/Institution Dates Vice Dean of Research Faculty of Biology, Univ. de Barcelona 16/06/2015-present Full Professorship Accreditation ANECA/AQU 05/04/2011 - present Academic Secretary of the Degree in Biomedical Sciences Universitat de Barcelona 01/09/2009-15/06/2015 Associate Professor of Genetics Universitat de Barcelona 17/11/2001 - present F.I.S. contract Universitat Pompeu Fabra-Hospital Mar 19/02/2001 - 16/11/2001 Reincorporación Doctores (MEC) Universitat de Barcelona 01/04/2000 - 18/02/2001 Postdoc (Hospital grant) Hospital Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona 01/11/1999 - 31/03/2000 Postdoc (FPI) University of Helsinki (Finland) 01/07/1998 - 31/10/1999 Postdoc (University contract) University of Helsinki (Finland) 15/02/1997 - 30/06/1998 PhD student CIRIT (Generalitat de Catalunya) Universitat de Barcelona 01/01/1993 - 31/12/1996 Assistant Professor Universitat de Barcelona 15/10/1992 - 31/12/1992 Student internship Universitat de Barcelona 01/01/1991 - 14/10/1992

COORDINATION OF RESEARCH GROUPS

Head of the 'Neurogenetics group' at the Department of Genetics, University of Barcelona (current composition: two postdocs, three PhD students, one technician) (2001-present) Co-founder of the Consortium 'International Multicenter Persistent ADHD Collaboration (IMpACT)", including research groups from the USA, Germany, Sweden, The Netherlands, Norway, United Kingdom, Brazil and Spain (2007-present).

CURRICULUM VITAE AT A GLANCE

PUBLICATION METRICS (1993-2016)

142 papers in peer-reviewed SCI journals (48 in the last 5 years: 2014-2018) First author: 11/142 Last author (corresponding): 38/142 RG score = 43.95 (www.researchgate.net) h-index=30 (Scopus) Total Impact Factor =836.4 (IF of the year of the publication of the article) Average Impact Factor/article= 5.9 Maximum Impact Factor=41.0 65% papers 1st quartile 26% papers 1st decile 30% papers IF>5 14% papers IF>10 4,707 total citations (33 citations/article) Maximum number of citations for a particular article: 892 >50 citations: 17 papers >100 citations: 11 papers >500 citations: 2 papers

POSTDOCTORAL STAYS ABROAD Postdoctoral fellow at the Dept. Medical Genetics and the Folkhälsan Institute of Genetics (University of Helsinki, 1997-1999)

POSTDOCTORAL STAYS IN SPAIN Biomedical Research Unit and Laboratory of Neurometabolic Disorders, Hospital Materno-Infantil Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona (1999-2000), Department of Genetics, Faculty of Biology, Universitat de Barcelona (2000-2001), Genetics Unit, Department of Experimental Sciences and Health, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (2001)

PARTICIPATION IN FUNDED PROJECTS (1993-2015) - 34 projects (9 in the last 5 years: 2014-2018): 4,272,061 € - Principal Investigator in 15 of them: 1,684,369 € - 18/34 projects are coordinated and involve several research institutions, Bru Cormand being the coordinator in

three of them: two from the MEC/MICINN and one from La Marató de TV3. - Five of the projects are funded by the EC (FP7, H2020)

[in coordinated projects, only budget allocated to my own subproject is computed]

CONTRIBUTIONS TO BOOKS (1993-2018) 3 (international), 3 (national)

COMMUNICATIONS TO INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS (1993-2018) 168 (58 in the last 5 years: 2014-2018)

COMMUNICATIONS TO NATIONAL SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS (1993-2018) 36 (4 in the last 5 years: 2012-2016)

INVITED CONFERENCES IN INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS (1993-2018) 11

CHAIR OF SYMPOSIA IN INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS: 2

GUEST EDITOR OF A SPECIAL ISSUE IN AN INTERNATIONAL SCI JOURNAL 1

ACADEMIC POSITIONS - Vice Dean of Research, Faculty of Biology (Universitat de Barcelona, 2015-present) - Coordinator of the Tutorial Program of the Degree in Biomedical Sciences (Universitat de Barcelona, 2010-present) - Academic Secretary of the Degree in Biomedical Sciences (Universitat de Barcelona, 2009-2015)

- Member of the Doctorate Academic Board, PhD Program in Genetics (Universitat de Barcelona, 2007-present) - Associate Professor of Genetics (Universitat de Barcelona, 2001-present) - Assistant Professor of Genetics type 3 (Universitat de Barcelona, 1992)

ACADEMIC HONOURS AND AWARDS - Four 5-years teaching periods evaluated by the 'Agència per a la Qualitat del Sistema Universtiari de Catalunya',

AQU (1993-2001, 2002-2006, 2007-2011, 2012-2016) - Four 6-years research periods evaluated by the 'Comisión Nacional Evaluadora de la Actividad Investigadora',

CNEAI, Spain (1993-1998, 1999-2004, 2005-2010, 2011-2016) - Advanced Research Accreditation (Agència per a la Qualitat del Sistema Universtiari de Catalunya, AQU, 2011) - Full Professorship Accreditation (Agencia Nacional de Evaluación de la Calidad y Acreditación, ANECA, 2011) - PhD Extraordinary Award (University of Barcelona, 1997)

MEMBER OF INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CONSORTIA 8 consortia (IMpACT, PGC, IHGC, Aggressotype, AGC, MiND, CoCA, Eat2BeNice)

MEMBER OF RESEARCH INSTITUTES AND QUALIFIED RESEARCH GROUPS 3 institutes (CIBER-ER, IBUB, IR-SJD), 1 consolidated research group (AGAUR)

SUPERVISION OF POST-GRADUATE RESEARCH STUDENTS - 11 PhD Theses (2008, 2008, 2009, 2009, 2011, 2011, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2015, 2017) - 7 Master projects (1998, 1999, 2005, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015) - 5 Degrees of Advanced Studies, DEA (2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008)

All these projects obtained the maximum academic qualification. 4 PhD Theses currently underway.

ACADEMIC TUTOR OF POST-GRADUATE RESEARCH STUDENTS (2001-2018) >40 tutorships of PhD, Master and DEA students

PARTICIPATION IN COMMITTEES FOR THE EVALUATION OF PhD PROJECTS AND MASTER/DEA PROJECTS (2001-2018) Member of evaluation Committees of 39 PhD Theses and 13 Master/DEA projects.

ORGANIZATION OF R+D+I ACTIVITIES - Chair of Symposia in two international scientific congresses (World Congress of Psychiatric Genetics, 2014 and

2017) - Organization of the 'IV Course on Human Genetics' (Sociedad Española de Genética, 2010) - Organization of the 'IV Meeting of the European Working Group on Gaucher Disease (EWGGD, 2004)

MEMBER OF SCIENTIFIC EVALUATION PANELS 9 international and 5 national panels

REVIEWER FOR INTERNATIONAL SCI JOURNALS >30 journals

TEACHING >150h of face-to face teaching per course since 2001 (start of the Associate Professorship position). Several topics taught in the Degree in Biology (UPF), Degree in Biology (UB), Degree in Biochemistry (UB), Degree in Biomedical Sciences (UB), Master University-Entrerprise (UB), Master in Biomedicine (UB), Master in Developmental Biology and Genetics (UB), Master in Genetics and Genomics (UB), Doctorate Program 'The New Human Genetics: From Evolution to Pathology' (UPF) and the Doctorate Program 'Genetics' (UB). Coordination

PARTICIPATION IN COMMITTEES FOR AWARDING ACADEMIC POSITIONS AT THE UNIVERSITY 8 committees for Associate Professorships, Assistant Professorships, etc.

FUNDED R+D+I PROJECTS (2014-2018) (national and/or international)

1. TITLE: "Effects of Nutrition and Lifestyle on Impulsive, Compulsive, and Externalizing behaviors" (Eat2beNICE)

FUNDING AGENCY: European Commission, Horizon 2020 (Program: Food Security, Sustainable Agriculture and Forestry, Marine, Maritime and Inland Water Research and the Bioeconomy) REFERENCE: 728018 BUDGET: 94,170 € to Bru Cormand (12,000,000 € to the whole coordinated project)

PERIOD: 2017-2022 PI (of one of the subprojects): Bru Cormand COORDINATOR: Alejandro Arias-Vásquez

2. TITLE: " Estudio de las alteraciones epigenéticas en um modelo operante de adicción sin sustancias. Estudios de

expresión génica y de microRNAs" FUNDING AGENCY: Ministry of Health, Social Services and Equality REFERENCE: 2017/050 BUDGET: 40,648 € to Bru Cormand (114,162 € to the whole coordinated project) PERIOD: 2017-2020 PI (of one of the subprojects): Bru Cormand COORDINATOR: Rafael Maldonado

3. TITLE: Genetics and epigenetics of psychiatric disorders: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Attention-

Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and Substance Use Disorders FUNDING AGENCY: Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (MINECO), Spain REFERENCE: SAF2015-68341-R BUDGET: 217,800 € PERIOD: 2016-2018 PI: Bru Cormand

4. TITLE: Comorbid Conditions of Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (CoCA) FUNDING AGENCY: European Commission, Horizon 2020 (Program: Personalising Health and Care) REFERENCE: 667302 BUDGET: 252,391 € to Bru Cormand (5,999,020 € to the whole coordinated project) PERIOD: 2016-2020 PI (of one of the suprojects): Bru Cormand COORDINATOR: Andreas Reif (in addition, Bru Cormand coordinates a workpackage and is a member of the 'Steering Committee')

5. TITLE: Mastering skills in the training Network for attention deficit hyperactivity and autism spectrum Disorders (MiND)

FUNDING AGENCY: European Commission, Horizon 2020 (Research and Innovation Framework Programme: Training Networks)

REFERENCE: 643051 BUDGET: 247,973 € to Bru Cormand (3,914,946 € to the whole coordinated project) PERIOD: 2015-2018 PI (of one of the suprojects): Bru Cormand COORDINATOR: Barbara Franke (in addition, Bru Cormand coordinates a workpackage and is a member of the 'PhD Recruitment

Committee' and the 'Steering Committee')

6. TITLE: Genètica Molecular Humana FUNDING AGENCY: Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca. Generalitat de Catalunya (AGAUR) REFERENCE: 2014-SGR-932, 2017-SGR-738 BUDGET: 49,500 € PERIOD: 2014-2016, 2017-2019 PI: Daniel Grinberg

7. TITLE: Aggression subtyping for improved insight and treatment innovation in paediatric psychiatric disorders (AGGRESSOTYPE)

FUNDING AGENCY: European Commission, 7th Framework Programme (FP7-HEALTH-2013-INNOVATION) REFERENCE: 602805 BUDGET: 61,502 € to Bru Cormand (5,999,653 € to the whole coordinated project) PERIOD: 2013-2018 PI (of one of the subprojects): Bru Cormand COORDINATOR: Barbara Franke (in addition, Bru Cormand coordinates a workpackage and is a member of the 'Ethics and Dissemination

Board' and the 'Steering Committee')

8. TITLE: Cross-disorder analysis of psychiatric disorders: Contribution of rare and common genetic variants to autism, ADHD and substance use disorders

FUNDING AGENCY: Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (MINECO), Spain REFERENCE: SAF2012-33484 BUDGET: 140,400 € PERIOD: 2013-2015 PI: Bru Cormand

9. TITLE: Rare diseases (CIBER Actions) FUNDING AGENCY: Ministerio de Sanidad y Consumeo (MSC), Spain REFERENCE: CB06/07/0076 BUDGET: 1,285,000 € (infrastructure, contracts for postdocs, PhD students and technicians) PERIOD: 2006-2018 PI: Daniel Grinberg In total, considering the whole scientific career of Bru Cormand (1993-2018), he has participated in 34 funded research projects, totalling a budget of 4,272,061 € and being Principal Investigator in 15 of them (1,684,369 €). Eighteen out of 34 projects are coordinated and involve several research institutions, Bru Cormand being the coordinator in three of them (two from the MEC/MICINN and one from La Marató de TV3). Four of the projects are funded by the EU Commission (FP7, H2020). [In coordinated projects, only budget allocated to my own subproject is computed]

MEMBER OF INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CONSORTIA ADHD GENOMICS CONSORTIUM (AGC, http://www.adhdnet.com)

INTERNATIONAL MULTICENTER PERSISTENT ADHD COLLABORATION (IMpACT, http://www.impactadhdgenomics.com)

PSYCHIATRIC GENOMICS CONSORTIUM (PGC, http://www.med.unc.edu/pgc)

INTERNATIONAL HEADACHE GENETICS CONSORTIUM (IHGC, http://www.headachegenetics.org)

AGGRESSOTYPE (http://www.aggressotype.eu)

CoCA (http://www.coca-project.eu)

MiND (http://www.mind-project.eu)

Eat2BeNice (http://newbrainnutrition.com)

MEMBER OF RESEARCH INSTITUTES AND CONSOLIDATED RESEARCH GROUPS - Group U720 from the Centre for Biomedical Network Research on Rare Diseases (CIBERER, Instituto de

Salud Carlos III) since 2007. Senior researchers: Daniel Grinberg (PI), Lluïsa Vilageliu, Susana Balcells, Bru Cormand.

- Human Molecular Genetics group at the Institute of Biomedicine of the University of Barcelona (IBUB)

since 2007. Senior researchers: Daniel Grinberg (PI), Lluïsa Vilageliu, Susana Balcells, Bru Cormand, Roser González-Duarte and Gemma Marfany.

- Consolidated Research Group by the 'Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca' (AGAUR,

Generalitat de Catalunya): Human Molecular Genetics group, 2017-SGR-738. Senior researchers: Daniel Grinberg (PI), Lluïsa Vilageliu, Susana Balcells, Bru Cormand, Roser González-Duarte and Gemma Marfany.

- Human Molecular Genetics II group at the Sant Joan de Déu Institute of Research (IR-SJD, Esplugues de

Llobregat, Barcelona).

EXPERIENCE IN ORGANIZATION OF R+D+I ACTIVITIES Organization of scientific-technological activities, like conferences, seminars, workshops, etc.

Title: “The Aggressotype project: insights into the genetics of aggression from human and animal studies" Activity model: Organization and chairing of a Symposium with four international reputed speakers Broad field: Genetics, Psychiatry Meeting: XXV World Congress of Psychiatric Genetics Place: Orlando, USA Year: 2017 Title: "Genetics and aggression: The Aggressotype project" Activity model: Organization and chairing of a Symposium with four international reputed speakers Broad field: Genetics, Psychiatry Meeting: XXIInd World Congress of Psychiatric Genetics Place: Copenhagen, Denmark Year: 2014 Title: IV Course on Human Genetics of the Sociedad Española de Genética (SEG) Activity model: Organization of an advanced course in human genetics for post-graduate students and researchers Broad field: Genetics, biomedicine Place: Barcelona, Spain Year: 2010 Title: VI Meeting of the European Working Group on Gaucher Disease (EWGGD) Activity model: Organization of International Scientific Congress, with > 200 attendees Broad field: Genetics, clinics, biochemistry, pharmacology, therapy Place: Barcelona, Spain Year: 2004

RESEARCH STAYS ABROAD Center: Dept. Medical Genetics and Folkhälsan Institute of Genetics (University of Helsinki) Place: Helsinki (Finland) Year: 1997 Period: 2 years 8 months 15 days Position: Postdoctoral fellow Topic: Mapping and positional cloning of genes responsible for neurologic inherited diseases

SCI JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS (2014-2018)

1. Franke B, Michelini G, Asherson P, Banaschewski T, Bilbow A, Buitelaar JK, Cormand B, Faraone SV, Ginsberg Y, Haavik J, Kuntsi J, Larsson H, Lesch KP, Ramos-Quiroga JA, Réthelyi JM, Ribases M, Reif A. Live fast, die young? A review on the developmental trajectories of ADHD across the lifespan. Eur Neuropsychopharmacol. 2018 Sep 5. pii: S0924-977X(18)30303-1. doi: 10.1016/j.euroneuro.2018.08.001. [Epub ahead of print] Review.

2. Cabana-Domínguez J, Arenas C, Cormand B, Fernàndez-Castillo N. MiR-9, miR-153 and miR-124 are down-regulated by acute exposure to cocaine in a dopaminergic cell model and may contribute to cocaine dependence. Transl Psychiatry. 2018 Aug 30;8(1):173. doi: 10.1038/s41398-018-0224-5.

3. Corominas J, Klein M, Zayats T, Rivero O, Ziegler GC, Pauper M, Neveling K, Poelmans G, Jansch C, Svirin E, Geissler J, Weber H, Reif A, Arias Vasquez A, Galesloot TE, Kiemeney LALM, Buitelaar JK, Ramos-Quiroga JA, Cormand B, Ribasés M, Hveem K, Gabrielsen ME, Hoffmann P, Cichon S, Haavik J, Johansson S, Jacob CP, Romanos M, Franke B, Lesch KP. Identification of ADHD risk genes in extended pedigrees by combining linkage analysis and whole-exome sequencing. Mol Psychiatry. 2018 Aug 16. doi: 10.1038/s41380-018-0210-6. [Epub ahead of print]

4. Brainstorm Consortium, (…), Cormand B, (…), Murray R. Analysis of shared heritability in common disorders of the brain. Science. 2018 Jun 22;360(6395). pii: eaap8757. doi: 10.1126/science.aap8757.

5. Zhang-James Y, Fernàndez-Castillo N, Hess JL, Malki K, Glatt SJ, Cormand B, Faraone SV. An integrated analysis of genes and functional pathways for aggression in human and rodent models. Mol Psychiatry. 2018 Jun 1. doi: 10.1038/s41380-018-0068-7. [Epub ahead of print]

6. Gormley P, Kurki MI, Hiekkala ME, Veerapen K, Häppölä P, Mitchell AA, Lal D, Palta P, Surakka I, Kaunisto MA, Hämäläinen E, Vepsäläinen S, Havanka H, Harno H, Ilmavirta M, Nissilä M, Säkö E, Sumelahti ML, Liukkonen J, Sillanpää M, Metsähonkala L, Koskinen S, Lehtimäki T, Raitakari O, Männikkö M, Ran C, Belin AC, Jousilahti P, Anttila V, Salomaa V, Artto V, Färkkilä M; 23andMe Research Team; International Headache Genetics Consortium (IHGC), Runz H, Daly MJ, Neale BM, Ripatti S, Kallela M, Wessman M, Palotie A. Common Variant Burden Contributes to the Familial Aggregation of Migraine in 1,589 Families. Neuron. 2018 May 16;98(4):743-753.e4. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2018.04.014.

7. Pineda-Cirera L, Cabana-Domínguez J, Roncero C, Cozar M, Grau-López L, Abad AC, Martínez-Luna N, Robles-Martínez M, Sánchez-Mora C, Ramos-Quiroga JA, Casas M, Ribasés M, Fernàndez-Castillo N, Cormand B. Evaluation of previous substance dependence genome-wide significant findings in a Spanish sample. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2018 Jun 1;187:358-362. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2018.03.013.

8. Brandler WM, Antaki D, Gujral M, Kleiber ML, Whitney J, Maile MS, Hong O, Chapman TR, Tan S, Tandon P, Pang T, Tang SC, Vaux KK, Yang Y, Harrington E, Juul S, Turner DJ, Thiruvahindrapuram B, Kaur G, Wang Z, Kingsmore SF, Gleeson JG, Bisson D, Kakaradov B, Telenti A, Venter JC, Corominas R, Toma C, Cormand B, Rueda I, Guijarro S, Messer KS, Nievergelt CM, Arranz MJ, Courchesne E, Pierce K, Muotri AR, Iakoucheva LM, Hervas A, Scherer SW, Corsello C, Sebat J. Paternally inherited cis-regulatory structural variants are associated with autism. Science. 2018 Apr 20;360(6386):327-331. doi: 10.1126/science.aan2261.

9. Pagerols M, Richarte V, Sánchez-Mora C, Rovira P, Soler Artigas M, Garcia-Martínez I, Calvo-Sánchez E, Corrales M, da Silva BS, Mota NR, Victor MM, Rohde LA, Grevet EH, Bau CHD, Cormand B, Casas M, Ramos-Quiroga JA, Ribasés M. Integrative genomic analysis of methylphenidate response in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Sci Rep. 2018 Jan 30;8(1):1881. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-20194-7.

10. Urreizti R, Damanti S, Esteve C, Franco-Valls H, Castilla-Vallmanya L, Tonda R, Cormand B, Vilageliu L, Opitz JM, Neri G, Grinberg D, Balcells S. A De Novo FOXP1 Truncating Mutation in a Patient Originally Diagnosed as C Syndrome. Sci Rep. 2018 Jan 12;8(1):694. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-19109-9.

11. Martin J, Walters RK, Demontis D, Mattheisen M, Lee SH, Robinson E, Brikell I, Ghirardi L, Larsson H, Lichtenstein P, Eriksson N; 23andMe Research Team; Psychiatric Genomics Consortium: ADHD Subgroup; iPSYCH–Broad ADHD Workgroup, Werge T, Mortensen PB, Pedersen MG, Mors O, Nordentoft M, Hougaard DM, Bybjerg-Grauholm J, Wray NR, Franke B, Faraone SV, O'Donovan MC, Thapar A, Børglum AD, Neale BM. A Genetic Investigation of Sex Bias in the Prevalence of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder. Biol Psychiatry. 2018 Jun 15;83(12):1044-1053. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2017.11.026.

12. Fernàndez-Castillo N, Gan G, van Donkelaar MMJ, Vaht M, Weber H, Retz W, Meyer-Lindenberg A, Franke B, Harro J, Reif A, Faraone SV, Cormand B. RBFOX1, encoding a splicing regulator, is a candidate gene for aggressive behavior. Eur Neuropsychopharmacol. 2017 Nov 23. pii: S0924-977X(17)32003-5. doi: 10.1016/j.euroneuro.2017.11.012. [Epub ahead of print]

13. Cabana-Domínguez J, Roncero C, Pineda-Cirera L, Palma-Álvarez RF, Ros-Cucurull E, Grau-López L, Esojo A, Casas M, Arenas C, Ramos-Quiroga JA, Ribasés M, Fernàndez-Castillo N, Cormand B. Association of the PLCB1 gene with drug dependence. Sci Rep. 2017 Aug 31;7(1):10110. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-10207-2.

14. Garcia-Martínez I, Sánchez-Mora C, Soler Artigas M, Rovira P, Pagerols M, Corrales M, Calvo-Sánchez E, Richarte V, Bustamante M, Sunyer J, Cormand B, Casas M, Ramos-Quiroga JA, Ribasés M. Gene-wide Association Study Reveals RNF122 Ubiquitin Ligase as a Novel Susceptibility Gene for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. Sci Rep. 2017 Jul 14;7(1):5407. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-05514-7.

15. Sintas C, Carreño O, Fernàndez-Castillo N, Corominas R, Vila-Pueyo M, Toma C, Cuenca-León E, Barroeta I, Roig C, Volpini V, Macaya A, Cormand B. Mutation Spectrum in the CACNA1A Gene in 49 Patients with Episodic Ataxia. Sci Rep. 2017 May 31;7(1):2514. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-02554-x.

16. Urreizti R, Cueto-Gonzalez AM, Franco-Valls H, Mort-Farre S, Roca-Ayats N, Ponomarenko J, Cozzuto L, Company C, Bosio M, Ossowski S, Montfort M, Hecht J, Tizzano EF, Cormand B, Vilageliu L, Opitz JM, Neri G, Grinberg D, Balcells S. A De Novo Nonsense Mutation in MAGEL2 in a Patient Initially Diagnosed as Opitz-C: Similarities Between Schaaf-Yang and Opitz-C Syndromes. Sci Rep. 2017 Mar 10;7:44138. doi: 10.1038/srep44138.

17. de Castro-Miró M, Tonda R, Escudero-Ferruz P, Andrés R, Mayor-Lorenzo A, Castro J, Ciccioli M, Hidalgo DA, Rodríguez-Ezcurra JJ, Farrando J, Pérez-Santonja JJ, Cormand B, Marfany G, Gonzàlez-Duarte R. Novel Candidate Genes and a Wide Spectrum of Structural and Point Mutations Responsible for Inherited Retinal Dystrophies Revealed by Exome Sequencing. PLoS One. 2016 Dec 22;11(12):e0168966. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0168966

18. Sintas C, Fernàndez-Castillo N, Vila-Pueyo M, Pozo-Rosich P, Macaya A, Cormand B. Transcriptomic Changes in Rat Cortex and Brainstem after Cortical Spreading Depression with or Without Pre-Treatment with Migraine Prophylactic Drugs. J Pain. 2016 Dec 2. doi: 10.1016/j.jpain.2016.11.007. [Epub ahead of print]

19. Zayats T, Jacobsen KK, Kleppe R, Jacob CP, Kittel-Schneider S, Ribasés M, Ramos-Quiroga JA, Richarte V, Casas M, Mota NR, Grevet EH, Klein M, Corominas J, Bralten J, Galesloot T, Vasquez AA, Herms S, Forstner AJ, Larsson H, Breen G, Asherson P, Gross-Lesch S, Lesch KP, Cichon S, Gabrielsen MB, Holmen OL, Bau CH, Buitelaar J, Kiemeney L, Faraone SV, Cormand B, Franke B, Reif A, Haavik J, Johansson S. Exome chip analyses in adult attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Transl Psychiatry. 2016 Oct 18;6(10):e923. doi: 10.1038/tp.2016.196.

20. Garcia-Martínez I, Sánchez-Mora C, Pagerols M, Richarte V, Corrales M, Fadeuilhe C, Cormand B, Casas M, Ramos-Quiroga JA, Ribasés M. Preliminary evidence for association of genetic variants in pri-miR-34b/c and abnormal miR-34c expression with attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder. Transl Psychiatry. 2016 Aug 30;6(8):e879. doi: 10.1038/tp.2016.151.

21. Cabana-Domínguez J, Roncero C, Grau-López L, Rodríguez-Cintas L, Barral C, Abad AC, Erikson G, Wineinger NE, Torrico B, Arenas C, Casas M, Ribasés M, Cormand B, Fernàndez-Castillo N. A Highly Polymorphic Copy Number Variant in the NSF Gene is Associated with Cocaine Dependence. Sci Rep. 2016 Aug 8;6:31033. doi: 10.1038/srep31033.

22. Klein M, Berger S, Hoogman M, Dammers J, Makkinje R, Heister AJ, Galesloot TE, Kiemeney LA, Weber H, Kittel-Schneider S, Lesch KP, Reif A, Ribasés M, Ramos-Quiroga JA, Cormand B, Zayats T, Hegvik TA, Jacobsen KK, Johansson S, Haavik J, Mota NR, Bau CH, Grevet EH, Doyle A, Faraone SV, Arias-Vásquez A, Franke B. Meta-analysis of the DRD5 VNTR in persistent ADHD. Eur Neuropsychopharmacol. 2016 Sep;26(9):1527-32. doi: 10.1016/j.euroneuro.2016.06.012.

23. Torrico B, Chiocchetti AG, Bacchelli E, Trabetti E, Hervás A, Franke B, Buitelaar JK, Rommelse N, Yousaf A, Duketis E, Freitag CM, Caballero-Andaluz R, Martinez-Mir A, Scholl FG, Ribasés M; ITAN., Battaglia A, Malerba G, Delorme R, Benabou M, Maestrini E, Bourgeron T, Cormand B, Toma C. Lack of replication of previous autism spectrum disorder GWAS hits in European populations. Autism Res. 2016 Jul 15. doi: 10.1002/aur.1662. [Epub ahead of print]

24. Gormley P, Anttila V, Winsvold BS, Palta P, Esko T, Pers TH, Farh KH, Cuenca-Leon E, Muona M, Furlotte NA, Kurth T, Ingason A, McMahon G, Ligthart L, Terwindt GM, Kallela M, Freilinger TM, Ran C, Gordon SG, Stam AH, Steinberg S, Borck G, Koiranen M, Quaye L, Adams HH, (...); International Headache Genetics Consortium., (...), Chasman DI, Nyholt DR, Palotie A. Meta-analysis of 375,000 individuals identifies 38 susceptibility loci for migraine. Nat Genet. 2016 Aug;48(8):856-66. doi: 10.1038/ng.3598.

25. Asherson P, Cormand B. The genetics of aggression: Where are we now? Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet. 2016 Jul;171(5):559-61. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.b.32450.

26. Brevik EJ, van Donkelaar MM, Weber H, Sánchez-Mora C, Jacob C, Rivero O, Kittel-Schneider S, Garcia-Martínez I, Aebi M, van Hulzen K, Cormand B, Ramos-Quiroga JA; IMAGE Consortium., Lesch KP, Reif A, Ribasés M, Franke B, Posserud MB, Johansson S, Lundervold AJ, Haavik J, Zayats T. Genome-wide analyses of aggressiveness in attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder. Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet. 2016 Jul;171(5):733-47. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.b.32434.

27. Pagerols M, Richarte V, Sánchez-Mora C, Garcia-Martínez I, Corrales M, Corominas M, Cormand B, Casas M, Ribasés M, Ramos-Quiroga JA. Pharmacogenetics of methylphenidate response and tolerability in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Pharmacogenomics J. 2016 Jan 26. doi: 10.1038/tpj.2015.89. [Epub ahead of print]

28. Fernàndez-Castillo N, Cormand B. Aggressive behavior in humans: Genes and pathways identified through association studies. Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet. 2016 Jul;171(5):676-96. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.b.32419. Review.

29. Urreizti R, Roca-Ayats N, Trepat J, Garcia-Garcia F, Aleman A, Orteschi D, Marangi G, Neri G, Opitz JM, Dopazo J, Cormand B, Vilageliu L, Balcells S, Grinberg D. Screening of CD96 and ASXL1 in 11 patients with Opitz C or Bohring-Opitz syndromes. Am J Med Genet A. 2016 Jan;170A(1):24-31. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.a.37418.

30. Veroude K, Zhang-James Y, Fernàndez-Castillo N, Bakker MJ, Cormand B, Faraone SV. Genetics of aggressive behavior: An overview. Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet 2016; 171:3-43

31. Fernàndez-Castillo N, Cabana-Domínguez J, Soriano J, Sànchez-Mora C, Roncero C, Grau-López L, Ros-Cucurull E, Daigre C, van Donkelaar MMJ, Franke B, Casas M, Ribasés M, Cormand B. Transcriptomic and genetic studies identify NFAT5 as a candidate gene for cocaine dependence. Transl Psychiatry 2015; 5:e667

32. Gómez-Grau M, Garrido E, Cozar M, Rodriguez-Sureda V, Domínguez C, Arenas C, Gatti RA, Cormand B, Grinberg D, Vilageliu L. Evaluation of Aminoglycoside and Non-Aminoglycoside Compounds for Stop-Codon Readthrough Therapy in Four Lysosomal Storage Diseases. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0135873

33. Alemany S, Ribasés M, Vilor-Tejedor N, Bustamante M, Sánchez-Mora C, Bosch R, Richarte V, Cormand B, Casas M, Ramos-Quiroga JA, Sunyer J. New suggestive genetic loci and biological pathways for attention function in adult attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet. 2015 Jul 14. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.b.32341. [Epub ahead of print]

34. Sánchez-Mora C, Richarte V, Garcia-Martínez I, Pagerols M, Corrales M, Bosch R, Vidal R, Viladevall L, Casas M, Cormand B, Ramos-Quiroga JA, Ribasés M. Dopamine receptor DRD4 gene and stressful life events in persistent attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet. 2015 Jul 14. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.b.32340. [Epub ahead of print]

35. Weber H, Kittel-Schneider S, Heupel J, Weißflog L, Kent L, Freudenberg F, Alttoa A, Post A, Herterich S, Haavik J, Halmøy A, Fasmer OB, Landaas ET, Johansson S, Cormand B, Ribasés M, Sánchez-Mora C, Ramos-Quiroga JA, Franke B, Lesch KP, Reif A. On the role of NOS1 ex1f-VNTR in ADHD-allelic, subgroup, and meta-analysis. Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet 2015 Jun 18. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.b.32326. [Epub ahead of print]

36. Toma C, Torrico B, Hervás A, Salgado M, Rueda I, Valdés-Mas R, Buitelaar JK, Rommelse N, Franke B, Freitag C, Reif A, Pérez-Jurado LA, Battaglia A, Mazzone L, Bacchelli E, Puente XS, Cormand B. Common and rare variants of microRNA genes in autism spectrum disorders. World J Biol Psychiatry 2015 Apr 23 [Epub ahead of print]

37. Torrico B, Fernàndez-Castillo N, Hervás A, Milà M, Salgado M, Rueda I, Buitelaar JK, Rommelse N, Oerlemans AM, Bralten J, Freitag CM, Reif A, Battaglia A, Mazzone L, Maestrini E, Cormand B, Toma C. Contribution of common and rare variants of the PTCHD1 gene to autism spectrum disorders and intellectual disability. Eur J Hum Genet 2015; 23:1694-701

38. Maier R, Moser G, Chen GB, Ripke S; Cross-Disorder Working Group of the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium, Coryell W, Potash JB, Scheftner WA, Shi J, Weissman MM, Hultman CM, Landén M, Levinson DF, Kendler KS, Smoller JW, Wray NR, Lee SH. Joint analysis of psychiatric disorders increases accuracy of risk prediction for schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and major depressive disorder. Am J Hum Genet 2015; 96:283-94

39. Network and Pathway Analysis Subgroup of Psychiatric Genomics Consortium. Psychiatric genome-wide association study analyses implicate neuronal, immune and histone pathways. Nat Neurosci 2015; 18:199-209

40. Sintas C, Fernández-Morales J, Vila-Pueyo M, Narberhaus B, Pozo-Rosich P, Macaya A, Cormand B. Replication study of previous migraine GWAS findings in a Spanish sample. Cephalalgia 2015; 35:776-782

41. Martín-García E, Fernández-Castillo N, Burokas A, Gutiérrez-Cuesta J, Sánchez-Mora C, Casas M, Ribasés M, Cormand B, Maldonado R. Frustrated expected reward induces differential transcriptional changes in the mouse brain. Addict Biol 2015; 20:22-37

42. Sánchez-Mora C, Ramos-Quiroga JA, Bosch R, Corrales M, Garcia-Martinez I, Nogueira M, Pagerols M, Palomar G, Richarte V, Vidal R, Arias-Vasquez A, Bustamante M, Forns J, Gross-Lesch S, Guxens M, Hinney A, Hoogman M, Jacob C, Jacobsen KK, Kan C, Kiemeney L, Kittel-Schneider S, Klein M, Onnink M, Rivero O, Zayats T, Buitelaar J, Faraone SV, Franke B, Haavik J, Johansson S, Lesch KP, Reif A, Sunyer J, Bayés M, Casas M, Cormand B, Ribasés M. Case-control genome-wide association study of persistent ADHD identifies FBXO33 as a novel candidate gene for the disorder. Neuropsychopharmacology 2015; 40:915-926

43. Louter M, Fernandez-Morales J, de Vries B, Winsvold B, Anttila V, Fernandez-Cadenas I, Vila-Pueyo M, Sintas C, van Duijn C, Cormand B, Alvarez-Sabin J, Montaner J, Ferrari M, van den Maagdenberg A, Palotie A, Zwart

J, Macaya A, Terwindt G, Pozo-Rosich P. Candidate-gene association study searching for genetic factors involved in migraine chronification. Cephalalgia. 2015; 35:500-507

44. Hervás A, Toma C, Romarís P, Ribasés M, Salgado M, Bayés M, Balmaña N, Cormand B, Guijarro S, Arranz MJ. The involvement of serotonin polymorphisms in Autistic Spectrum symptomatology. Psychiatr Genet 2014; 24:158-63

45. Hart AB, Gamazon ER, Engelhardt BE, Sklar P, Kähler AK, Hultman CM, Sullivan PF, Neale BM, Faraone SV; Psychiatric Genomics Consortium: ADHD Subgroup, de Wit H, Cox NJ, Palmer AA. Genetic variation associated with euphorigenic effects of d-amphetamine is associated with diminished risk for schizophrenia and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2014; 111:5968-5973

46. Vila-Pueyo M, Pons R, Raspall-Chaure M, Marcé-Grau A, Carreño O, Sintas C, Cormand B, Pineda-Marfà M, Macaya A. Clinical and genetic analysis in alternating hemiplegia of childhood: Ten new patients from Southern Europe. J Neurol Sci 2014 Sep 15;344(1-2):37-42

47. Vila-Pueyo M, Gené GG, Flotats-Bastardes M, Elorza X, Sintas C, Valverde MA, Cormand B, Fernández-Fernández JM, Macaya A. A loss-of-function CACNA1A mutation causing benign paroxysmal torticollis of infancy. Eur J Paediatr Neurol 2014; 18:430-433

48. Toma C, Torrico B, Hervás A, Valdés-Mas R, Tristán A, Padillo V, Maristany M, Salgado M, Arenas C, Puente XS, Bayés M, Cormand B. Exome sequencing in multiplex autism families suggests a major role for heterozygous truncating mutations. Mol Psychiatry 2014; 19:784-90

CONTRIBUTIONS TO BOOKS (ALL)

1. Fernàndez-Castillo N, Ribasés M, Cormand B. MDMA (ecstasy) and gene expression in the brain. In: "The Neuropathology Of Drug Addictions And Substance Misuse. Volume 2: Recreationmal substances/stimulants, club and dissociative drugs, hallucinogens, and inhalants". Preedy VR (ed.). Elsevier, San Francisco, 2015

2. 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 JF, Vidal F, Vilardell, M. Diccionario Novartis de Genómica y Medicina Molecular. Barquinero J, Madrenas J, Salgado A, Vidal F (eds.). Rubes Editorial, S.L., Barcelona, 2006. ISBN-10: 84-497-0125-2

[Bru Cormand participated in the writing of the definitions related to the area of genetics] 3. Cormand B, Bayés M, Pihko H. Muscle-Eye-Brain disease: A new pathogenic mechanism for muscular dystrophy

and abnormal neuronal migration. In: “Progress in Muscular Dystrophy Research”. pp 59-99. Burgess VN (ed.). Nova Science Publishers Inc., New York, 2005. ISBN-10: 1-59454-375-5

4. Grinberg D, Chabás A, Cormand B, Gort L, Montfort M, Díaz-Font A, Vilageliu L. Molecular basis of Gaucher disease. In: "Recent Research Developments in Human Genetics". pp 223-235. S.G. Pandalai (ed.). Research Singpost, 2003. ISBN-10: 81-7736-244-5

5. Vilageliu L, Díaz-Font A, Montfort M, Cormand B, Grinberg D. Origen de la mutación N370S. In: "Enfermedad de Gaucher, epidemiología, clínica, diagnóstico, terapéutica". pp 29-28. Giraldo P, Giralt M, Pérez Calvo JI, Pocoví M (eds.). Fundacion Española para el Estudio y Terapéutica de la Enfermedad de Gaucher (FETEG), Zaragoza, 2003. ISBN-10: 84-607-8915-2

6. Grinberg D, Cormand B, Gort L, Montfort M, Chabás A, Vilageliu L. Patologia molecular de la malaltia de Gaucher. In: "Patologia molecular". pp 151-161. Bartrons R. (ed.) Treballs de la Societat Catalana de Biologia, Barcelona, 1999. ISSN: 0212-3037

GUEST EDITOR FOR INTERNATIONAL SCI JOURNALS Guest editor for the American Journal of Medical Genetics B: Coordination of a Special Issue on "Aggression Genetics", including 13 research or review articles: Am J Med Genet B 71(5):557–760, 2016

COMMUNICATIONS TO SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS (ALL)

COMMUNICATIONS TO INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS (1993-2015) 168 (58 in the last 5 years: 2014-2018) COMMUNICATIONS TO NATIONAL SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS (1993-2015) 36 (4 in the last 5 years: 2014-2018)

INVITED CONFERENCES IN INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS (ALL) 1. Cormand B. How the environment interacts with genes in drug addiction. IV International Congress on Dual

Disorders. Barcelona, Spain, April 17-20, 2015. 2. Cormand B. Case-control genome-wide association study of persistent ADHD identifies FBXO33 as a candidate

gene for the disorder. Symposium on the "Advances in the Genetics of ADHD and Related Disorders". XVI World Congress of Psychiatry (WPA). Madrid, Spain, September 14-18, 2014

3. Cormand B. The genetics of ADHD across the lifespan: Tales and realities of common and rare genetic variants. Symposium on the "Neurobiology of ADHD across the lifespan". 27th European College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ECNP) Congress. Berlin, Germany, October 18-21, 2014

4. Cormand B. MicroRNAs in Substance Use Disorders and in Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. Symposium on the "Genetic basis of the disorders by substance use and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder". III International Congress of Dual Disorders. Barcelona, Spain, October 23-26, 2013

5. Cormand B. the role of sequencing in the detection of genetic risk factors for autism. Autism Congress Frankfurt 2013. Frankfurt, Germany, March 15-16, 2013.

6. Cormand B. Genetic risk factors for ASD and ADHD in comparison. Autism congress Frankfurt 2012. Frankfurt, Germany, March 16-17, 2012.

7. Cormand B. Association of gene systems with adult ADHD: the SNARE complex and others. Symposium on “The genetics of adult ADHD”. XVIII World Congress on Psychiatric Genetics. Athens, Greece, October 3-7, 2010

8. Cormand B, Ribasés M, Ramos-Quiroga JA, Sánchez-Mora C, Casas M, Johansson S, Haavik J, Reif A, Franke B, Bayés M. The dopamine system in adult ADHD – findings from the IMpACT study. Symposium on “The IMpACT of genetic variation on adult ADHD”. 22nd European Congress of Neuropsychopharmacology (ECNP) Congress. Istanbul, Turkey, September 12-16, 2009.

Eur Neuropsychopharmacology 19 (Suppl. 3):S186, 2009 9. Cormand B. Clinical and genetic distinction between Walker-Warburg syndrome and muscle-eye-brain disease.

85th ENMC International Workshop on Congenital Muscular Dystrophy / 6th International CMD Workshop / 1st Workshop of the Myo-Cluster Project GENRE. Naarden, The Netherlands, October 27-28, 2000.

Neuromuscul Dis 12:69-78, 2000 10. Cormand B. Towards the Muscle-Eye-Brain Disease Gene: Genetic Localization, Physical Mapping and Mutation

Analysis of Candidate Genes. 68th International Workshop (5th International Workshop) on congenital muscular dystrophy. Naarden, The Netherlands, April 9-11, 1999

Neuromuscul Dis 9:446-454, 1999 11. Cormand B. Are Walker-Warburg syndrome and Muscle-Eye-Brain disease allelic disorders? 68th ENMC

International Workshop (5th International Workshop) on congenital muscular dystrophy. Naarden, The Netherlands, April 9-11, 1999

Neuromuscul Dis 9:446-454, 1999

SUPERVISED PhD THESES (ALL) SUPERVISED PhD THESES: 1. SUPERVISOR: Bru Cormand Rifà, Roser González Duarte TITLE: High-throughput methodologies for the identification of novel genes and mutations responsible for

retinal dystrophies. Functional study of new candidates AUTHOR: Marta de Castro Miró

DATE, SCORE, INSTITUTION: 13/09/2017, Excellent cum laude, Universitat de Barcelona

2. SUPERVISOR: Bru Cormand Rifà, Claudio Toma TITLE: Molecular genetics of autism: Identification of rare ad common susceptibility variants AUTHOR: Bàrbara Torrico Avilés DATE, SCORE, INSTITUTION: 17/07/2015, Excellent cum laude, Universitat de Barcelona

3. SUPERVISOR: Bru Cormand Rifà TITLE: Genes and migraine: Mutational analysis and association studies in patients and transcriptomics in

an animal model AUTHOR: Cèlia Sintas Vives DATE, SCORE, INSTITUTION: 15/07/2015, Excellent cum laude, Universitat de Barcelona

4. SUPERVISOR: Bru Cormand Rifà, Alfons Macaya Ruiz TITLE: Genetic basis of the Chiari malformation type I AUTHOR: Aintzane Urbizu Serrano DATE, SCORE, INSTITUTION: 3/06/2013, Excellent cum laude, Universitat de Barcelona

5. SUPERVISOR: Bru Cormand Rifà, Marta Ribasés Haro TITLE: Genetic risk factors for attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) AUTHOR: Cristina Sánchez Mora DATE, SCORE, INSTITUTION: 23/06/2011, Excellent cum laude, Universitat de Barcelona

6. SUPERVISOR: Bru Cormand Rifà, Alfons Macaya Ruiz TITLE: Genetic and functional analyses of hemiplegic migraine and common migraine AUTHOR: Oriel Carreño DATE, SCORE, INSTITUTION: 3/11/2011, Excellent cum laude, Universitat de Barcelona

7. SUPERVISOR: Bru Cormand Rifà, Marta Ribasés Haro TITLE: Genetics and psychostimulant drugs: cocaine dependence and ecstasy use AUTHOR: Noèlia Fernández Castillo DATE, SCORE, INSTITUTION: 27/05/2011, Excellent cum laude, Universitat de Barcelona

8. SUPERVISOR: Bru Cormand Rifà, Miguel Casas Brugué TITLE: ADHD in adults: Genetic factors, evaluation and pharmacological treatment AUTHOR: Josep Antoni Ramos Quiroga DATE, SCORE, INSTITUTION: 3/07/2009, Excellent cum Laude, Universitat de Barcelona

9. SUPERVISOR: Bru Cormand Rifà, Alfons Macaya Ruiz TITLE: Assessment of genes predisposing to common migraine AUTHOR: Roser Corominas Castiñeira DATE, SCORE, INSTITUTION: 2/06/2009, Excellent cum Laude, Universitat de Barcelona

10. SUPERVISOR: Bru Cormand Rifà, Alfons Macaya TITLE: Genetic and molecular analysis of inherited migraines AUTHOR: Ester Cuenca León DATE, SCORE, INSTITUTION: 2008, Excellent cum laude, Universitat de Barcelona

11. SUPERVISOR: Bru Cormand Rifà, Daniel Grinberg, Lluïsa Vilageliu TITLE: Genetic and molecular analysis of Maroteaux-lamy syndrome AUTHOR: Elena Garrido Fernández DATE, SCORE, INSTITUTION: 2008, Excellent cum laude, Universitat de Barcelona ONGOING PhD THESES: 12. SUPERVISOR: Bru Cormand Rifà, Noèlia Fernàndez Castillo TITLE: Genetics and cocaine dependence: Association studies, transcriptomics and animal models AUTHOR: Judit Cabana Domínguez STARTING DATE, INSTITUTION: 2014, Universitat de Barcelona 13. SUPERVISOR: Bru Cormand Rifà, Stephen V. Faraone TITLE: Shared and specific genetic basis of autism spectrum disorders and ADHD AUTHOR: Anu Shivalikanjli STARTING DATE, INSTITUTION: 2015, Universitat de Barcelona

14. SUPERVISOR: Bru Cormand Rifà, Noèlia Fernàndez Castillo TITLE: Genetics and Epigenetics of Drug Dependence AUTHOR: Laura Pineda Cirera STARTING DATE, INSTITUTION: 2015, Universitat de Barcelona 15. SUPERVISOR: Bru Cormand Rifà, Noèlia Fernàndez Castillo TITLE: Genetic and funcional analyses of Autism Spectrum Disorders and ADHD AUTHOR: Ester Antón Galindo STARTING DATE, INSTITUTION: 2017, Universitat de Barcelona

OTHER MERITS

MERITS RELATED TO RESEARCH ACTIVITY ACCREDITED RESEARCH PERIODS (CNEAI) Four 6-years research periods (1993-1998, 1999-2004, 2005-2010, 2011-2016) accredited by the 'Comisión Nacional Evaluadora de la Actividad Investigadora', CNEAI, Spain.

PERSONAL GRANTS AND CONTRACTS - Contract 'Investigador en el Sistema Nacional de Salud' (FIS, Ministerio de Sanidad y Consumo, 2001-2003,

renounced in 2001) - Contract 'Reincorporación de Doctores y Tecnólogos a España' (Ministerio de Educación y Cultura, 2000-2001,

renounced in 2001) - Postdoctoral grant (Fundació Vall d'Hebrón per a la Recerca i la Docència, 1999-2000) - Postdoctoral grant 'Formación de Personal Investigador en el Extranjero' (FPI / PF9840982254, Ministerio de

Educación y Cultura, 1998-2000, renounced in 1999) - Postdoctoral grant (Academy of Finland, 1997-1998) - Predoctoral grant (The Ulla Hjelt Fund for the Finnish Foundation of Pediatric Research, 1997) - Predoctoral grant 'investigació i ampliació d'estudis a l'estranger' (DOGC 2283, CIRIT, Generalitat de Catalunya,

1997) - Predoctoral grant 'Pla de Formació d'Investigadors' (FI/93-1170, CIRIT, Generalitat de Catalunya, 1993-1996)

POSTDOCTORAL STAYS IN SPAIN - Genetics Unit, Department of Experimental Sciences and Health, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (February 2001-

November 2001) - Department of Genetics, Faculty of Biology, Universitat de Barcelona (April 2000-February 2001) - Biomedical Research Unit and Laboratory of Neurometabolic Disorders, Hospital Materno-Infantil Vall d'Hebron,

Barcelona (November 1999-March 2000)

REVIEWER FOR INTERNATIONAL SCI JOURNALS Reviewer for more than 30 SCI journals: Molecular Psychiatry, Biological Psychiatry, American Journal of Medical Genetics B, American Journal of Human Genetics, Human Mutation, PLoS ONE, Neurogenetics, American Journal of Psychiatry, Biochimica and Biophysica Acta, Psychiatry Research, Psychiatric Genetics, Cephalalgia, Molecular Genetics & Metabolism, World Journal of Biological Psychiatry, Headache, Neurogenetics, Genes Brain & Behavior, Annals of Human Genetics, Clinical Genetics, European Neuropsychopharmacology, Neuroscience Letters, Frontiers in Psychiatry, Archives of Disease in Childhood, Behavioral and Brain Functions, International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology, Progress in Neuropsychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry, BMC Psychiatry, Neurological Sciences, Journal of Psychopharmacology, Archives of General Psychiatry, European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience, Annals of Human Genetics, etc.

MEMBER OF EVALUATION PANELS (SCIENTIFIC PROJECTS, GRANTS, CONTRACTS, DIAGNOSTIC TESTS) - Oxford Wellcome Trust - AGAUR - FIS-Iinstituto de Salud Carlos III - Fundació Mútua de Terrassa (Hospital Universitari Mútua de Terrassa) - Human Fertilisation and Embriology Authority (UK) - E-RARE - ERA-NET NEURON - European Human Genetics Conference (European Society of Human Genetics) - Horizon 2020 (European Commission) - Alessandro Liberati Grants (Agenzia Sanitaria e Sociale Regionale Emilia-Romagna, Italia) - Agencia Nacional de Evaluación y Prospectiva (ANEP) - Agence Nationale de la Recerche (ANR), France

- Junta de Andalucía - MRC Grants (Council's Triage, Neurosciences and Mental Health Board), UK - Qatar National Research Fund

MERITS RELATED TO ACADEMIC/TEACHING ACTIVITIES ACADEMIC POSITIONS Vice Dean of Research, Faculty of Biology (Universitat de Barcelona, 2015-present) Coordinator of the Tutorial Program of the Degree in Biomedical Sciences (Universitat de Barcelona, 2010-present) Academic Secretary of the Degree in Biomedical Sciences (Universitat de Barcelona, 2009-2015) Accreditation as a Full Professor (ANECA, 2011) Associate Professor of Genetics (Universitat de Barcelona, 2001-present) Assistant Professor of Genetics type 3 (Universitat de Barcelona, 1992) ACCREDITED TEACHING PERIODS Four 5-years teaching periods (1993-2001, 2002-2006, 2007-2011, 2012-2016) accredited by the 'Agència per a la Qualitat del Sistema Universtiari de Catalunya', AQU. TEACHING CERTIFICATES Certificate of Pedagogical Competence (CAP, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 1995) TEACHING EXPERIENCE - Degree in Biology and Degree in Biochemistry (Universitat de Barcelona, 1992-2008): Genetics, Human Genetics, Molecular Genetics, Human Molecular Genetics - Degree in Biology (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2000-2001): Genetics - Degree in Biomedical Sciences (Universitat de Barcelona, 2009-2018): Human Genetics - Degree in Biomedical Sciences (Universitat de Barcelona, 2018-present): Genetic basis of disease - Degree in Biomedical Sciences (Universitat de Barcelona, 2018-present): Neurogenetics of behavior - Doctorate Program 'Genetics', Department of Genetics, Universitat de Barcelona: Molecular Analysis of inherited disorders (2001-2003), Advances in Human Genetics (2003-2007) - Doctorate Program 'The New Human Genetics: From Evolution to Pathology' (Department of Experimental

Sciences and Health, Universitat Pompeu Fabra): Update in Human Molecular Genetics (2000-2001) - Master University-Entrerprise (Universitat de Barcelona) Genes and Diseases (1999-2000), Genetic basis of complex disease (2001-2002) - Master in Biomedicine (Universitat de Barcelona) Genetic Diagnosis (2006-2008), Genetic Diseases (2006-2010) - Master in Developmental Biology and Genetics (Universitat de Barcelona): Genetic Diagnosis: Chromosomal Abnormalities and Monogenic Disorders (2007-2011), Heterogeneous, Oligogenic

and Complex Disorders (2007-2011) - Master in Genetics and Genomics (Universitat de Barcelona, 2012-2016): Genetic Diagnosis, Genetic basis of Mendelian and Complex Disorders, Human Genome Bru Cormand has been the coordinator of several topics in Degrees and Masters:

- Research Seminars in Genetics (Master in Developmental Biology and Genetics, Universitat de Barcelona, 2008-

2011) - Genetic Diagnosis: Chromosomal abnormalities and monogenic disorders (Master in Developmental Biology and

Genetics, Universitat de Barcelona, 2007-2011) - Heterogeneous, Oligogenic and Complex Disorders (Master in Developmental Biology and Genetics, Universitat de

Barcelona, 2007-2011) - Genetic Diagnosis (Master in Biomedicine, Universitat de Barcelona, 2006-2008) - Practical sessions in Human Genetics (Degree in Biology and Degree in Biomedical Sciences, University of

Barcelona) In total, Bru Cormand has taught > 2,700 hours face-to-face with the students. Since he is an Associate Professor of Genetics (2001), the average number of face-to-face teaching hours/course has been >150. PARTICIPATION IN COMMITTEES FOR AWARDING ACADEMIC POSITIONS Member or Secretary of 8 Committees for the evaluation of academic positions at different Spanish Universities: - Associate Professor of Genetics (position #285TA, BOE 05/11/2002, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, 2003) - 'Professor Ajudant d’Universitat' in Organic Chemistry (Universitat de Barcelona, 2003) - Associate Professor og Genetics (position 3#35/207, BOE 23/04/2004, Universidad de Granada, 2004) - 'Professor Lector' in Genetics (DOGC 01/12/2004, Department of Genetics, Universitat de Barcelona, 2004). - Two 'Assistant Professor' positions in Statistics and Operative Research (DOGC 02/06/2009, Department of

Statistics, Universitat de Barcelona, 2009) - Two 'Assistant Professor' positions in Genetics (DOGC 15/06/2015, Department of Genetics, Universitat de

Barcelona, 2015) ACADEMIC COMMITTEES RELATED TO TEACHING Doctorate Academic Commission, PhD Genetics Program, Universitat de Barcelona (2007-present) TUTORSHIP OF RESEARCH STUDENTS Tutor of >40 PhD Theses, Master Projects or Advanced Research Degrees (DEAs). PARTICIPATION IN COMMITTES FOR THE EVALUATION OF PhD PROJECTS AND MASTER/DEA PROJECTS (2000-2016) Member of evaluation committees: 39 PhD Theses and 13 Master/DEA projects.