PERSONAL DATA

NAME: Jordi

LAST NAME: Camps Polo

BORN: 09/12/1977, Igualada, Spain

CIVIL STATUS: Married

HOME ADDRESS:

WORKING ADDRESS:          

Section of Cancer Genomics

Genetics Branch/Center for Cancer Research

National Cancer Institute/National Institutes of Health
50 South Drive, Rm. 1408
Bethesda, MD 20892-8010

Phone: 301-402-2008/301-435-4014
Fax: 301-402-1204
campsj@mail.nih.gov

ACADEMIC TRAINING

CURRENT POSITION

Jan 2006-: Post-Doctoral fellowship at the National Cancer Institue

EDUCATION AND DEGREES

2000 – 2005: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain

Ph. D. in Cell Biology

Supervisor: Prof. Rosa Miró

2000 – 2001: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain

M. Sc. “Identification of different patterns of chromosomal instability in colorectal cancer”

Supervisor: Prof. Rosa Miró

1999 – 2003: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain

Bachelor in Biochemistry

1995 – 1999: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain

Bachelor in Biology

LANGUAGES

Catalan: Native language

Spanish: Native language

English: Advanced level

German: Elementary level

GRANTS AND HONOURS

·         October – December 2003 / May –June 2004. Visiting student to the Laboratory of Cytomolecular Genetics, University of Helsinki, Finland. Supervisor: Prof. Sakari Knuutila.

·         October – December 2001. Visiting student to the Laboratory of Molecular Oncology, University of Heidelberg, Germany. Supervisor: Dr. Gyula Kovacs.

·         2000-2003. Predoctoral fellowship of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.

·         2004-2005. Recipient of a predoctoral fellow from EPICUR-Red: Una red multidisciplinar para el estudio de la etiología, clínica y genética molecular del cáncer de vejiga urinaria.

·         2006-2008. Recipient of a Visiting Fellowship grant from the Nacional Institutes of Health

·         Co-organizer of the 8^th Workshop on Cytogenetics and Molecular Genetics of Human Solid Tumours, Barcelona, September 2002.

·         Reviewer of international peer-review journals: Laboratory Investigation, Cytogenetic and Genome Research.

SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS

·         Esther Prat, Javier del Rey, Jordi Camps, Immaculada Ponsa, Josep Lloreta, Josep Egozcue, Antoni Gelabert, Mercedes Campillo, Rosa Miró. The clonal relationship between synchronous urothelial tumors is similar to that observed among the subclones of the same tumor. Submitted.

·         Esther Prat, Marta Bernués, Javier del Rey, Jordi Camps, Immaculada Ponsa, Ferran Algaba, Josep Egozcue, MªRosa Caballín, Antoni Gelabert, Rosa Miró. Common pattern of unusual chromosome abnormalities in hereditary papillary renal carcinoma. Cancer Genet Cytogenet. 2006 Jan 15;164(2):142-7.

·         Jordi Camps, Itziar Salaverria, Maria J. Garcia, Esther Prat, Sílvia Beà, Jessica C. Pole, Lluis Hernández, Javier Del Rey, Juan Cruz Cigudosa, Marta Bernués, Carlos Caldas, Dolors Colomer, Rosa Miró, Elías Campo. Genomic Imbalances and Patterns of Karyotypic Variability in Archetypical Mantle-Cell Lymphoma Cell Lines. Leuk Res. 2006 Aug;30(8):923-34.

·         Jordi Camps, Gemma Armengol, Javier del Rey, Juanjo Lozano, Hanna Vauhkonen, Esther Prat, Josep Egozcue, Lauro Sumoy, Sakari Knuutila, Rosa Miró. Genome-wide differences between microsatellite stable and unstable colorectal tumors. Carcinogenesis. 2006 Mar;27(3):419-28.

·         Camps J, Ponsa I, Ribas M, Prat E, Egozcue J, Peinado MA, Miró R. Comprehensive measurement of chromosomal instability in cancer cells: Combination of fluorescence in situ hybridization and cytokinesis-block micronucleus assay. FASEB J. 2005 Mar 9; 19:828-30.

·         Prat E, Camps J, del Rey J, Egozcue J, Miro R, Gelabert A, Algaba F. Combination of toluidine blue staining and in situ hybridization to evaluate paraffin tissue sections. Cancer Genet Cytogenet 2004 Nov;155(1):89-91.

·         Camps J, Morales C, Prat E, Ribas M, Capella G, Egozcue J, Peinado MA, Miró R. Genetic evolution in colon cancer KM12 cells and metastatic derivates. Int J Cancer. 2004 Jul 20;110(6):869-74.

·         Camps J, Mrasek K, Prat E, Weise A, Starke H, Egozcue J, Miró R, Liehr T. Molecular cytogenetic characterization of the colorectal cancer cell line SW480. Oncol Rep 2004 Jun;11(6):1215-8.

·         Tarafa G, Prat E, Risques RA, González S, Grau M, Camps J, Guinó E, Moreno V, Esteller M, Herman JG, Germà JR, Miró R, Peinado MA, Capellà G. Common genetic evolutionary pathways in familial adenomatous polyposis tumors. Cancer Res. 2003 Sep 15;63(18):5731-7.

·         Pedrazzini E, Mamaev N, Yakovleva T, Sukhikh T, Salido M, Sole F, Prat E, Camps J, Miro R, Slavutsky I. Genomic rearrangements involving rDNA and centromeric hetrochromatin in vulvar epidermoid carcinoma A-431 cell line. Cancer Genet Cytogenet. 2003 May;143(1):50-8.

·         Gutierrez NC, Camps J, Hernandez JM, Garcia JL, Prat E, Gonzalez MB, Miro R, San Miguel JF. Multicolor fluorescence in situ hybridisation (M-FISH) studies in multiple myeloma (MM) and nonclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS). Hematol J. 2003;4(1):67-70.

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

·         Analysis of colorectal carcinoma-derived cell lines using oligonucleotide-based arrayCGH Jordi Camps, Michael J. Difilippantonio, Danny Wangsa, Linda Barenboim-Stapleton, Hesed M. Padilla-Nash, Quang T. Nguyen, Nicole McNeil & Thomas Ried ArrayCGH-MC. September 2006, Leuven, Belgium. Poster Presentation

·         Jordi Camps, Laura Camacho, Javier del Rey, Esther Prat Rosa Miró. Chromosomal fragility in peripheral blood lymphocytes from patients with bladder cancer. Fragilome Meeting. 17-19 February, 2005, Heidelberg, Germany. Poster Presentation

·         Jordi Camps, Hanna Vauhkonen, Jassu Atiye, Javier del Rey, Esther Prat, Rosa Miró, Sakari Knuutila. Array-based comparative genomic hybridization study of cell lines and pooled samples of colorectal cancer. Marie Curie Conferences and Training Courses on arrayCGH and Molecular Cytogenetics. 29 September-2October, 2004, Cambridge, UK. Poster Presentation

·         Jordi Camps, Immaculada Ponsa, Maria Ribas, Esther Prat, Josep Egozcue, Miguel A. Peinado, Rosa Miró. Comprehensive measurement of chromosomal instability in cancer cells: Combination of fluorescence in situ hybridization and cytokinesis-block micronucleus assay. 8th European Workshop on Cytogenetics and Molecular Genetics of Human Solid Tumors. 16-19 September 2004, Brno, Chez Republic. Oral Presentation

·         Jordi Camps, Cristina Morales, Esther Prat, Maria Ribas, Gabriel Capellà, Josep Egozcue, Miguel A. Peinado, Rosa Miró. Genomic instability and chromosome evolution in KM12 colon cancer cell lines. Fourth European Cytogenetics Conference. September 2003, Bologna, Italy. Poster Presentation 

·         Maria Ribas, Laia Masramon, Jordi Camps, Elisenda Vendrell, Rosa Miró, Miguel A. Peinado. The nature and dynamics of chromosomal instability in colon cancer cells. 8th European Workshop on Cytogenetics and Molecular Genetics of Human Solid Tumours. 12-15 September 2002, Barcelona, Spain. Oral Presentation

·         Jordi Camps, Esther Prat, Maria Ribas, Laia Masramon, Gabriel Capellà, Josep Egozcue, Miguel A. Peinado, Rosa Miró. De novo non clonal structural rearrangements define a rate of chromosome instability in colon cancer cell lines. 8th European Workshop on Cytogenetics and Molecular Genetics of Human Solid Tumors. September 2002, Barcelona, Spain. Poster Presentation

·         Esther Prat, Jordi Camps, Ferran Algaba, Antoni Gelabert, Josep Egozcue, Mª Rosa Caballín, Rosa Miró. CGH analysis of bladder tumors at early stages. Comparison between chromosome imbalances and clinical progression. 8th European Workshop on Cytogenetics and Molecular Genetics of Human Solid Tumors. September 2002, Barcelona, Spain. Poster Presentation

·         E Prat, J Camps, G Tarafa, M Ribas, J Egozcue, MA Peinado, G Capellà, R Miró. CGH analysis of Familial Adenomatous Polyposis Tumours. 14th International Chromosome Conference, September 2001, Würzburg, Germany. Poster Presentation

·         J Camps, E Prat, M Ribas, L Masramon, J Egozcue, MA Peinado, R Miró. HCT116 and KM12SM: Two Well Cytogenetically Characterized Colon Cancer Cell Lines by CGH and M-FISH. Third European Cytogenetics Conference. July 2001, Paris, France. Poster Presentation

·         Antoni Gelabert-Mas, Esther Prat, Jordi Camps, Mª Rosa Caballín, Josep Egozcue, Rosa Miró. Detección de alteraciones en tumores papilares de vejija, mediante hibridación genómica comparada. LXVI Congreso Nacional de Urología. May 2001, Granada, Espanya. Oral Presentation

·         J Camps, E Prat, M Ribas, L Masramon, J Egozcue, MA Peinado, R Miró. HCT116 and KM12SM: Two Well Cytogenetically Characterized Colon Cancer Cell Lines. The Second Euroconference on Quantitative Molecular Cytogenetics. April 2001, Salamanca, Spain. Oral Presentation

·         Prat E, Camps J, Bernués M, Caballín MR, Egozcue J, Gelabert A, Miró R. Chromosomal imbalances in papillary bladder tumors detected by comparative genomic hibridization. 7th European Workshop on Cytogenetics and Molecular Genetics of Human Solid Tumors. September 2000, Edinburgh, UK. Poster Presentation

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2001 – 2003: Responsible of practical lectures to Medical Students in the Unitat de Biologia Dpt. Biologia Cel·lular, Fisiología i Immunologia, Facultat de Medicina, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.

March 2004: Imparting lectures in Medicine Degree for the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.

June 2007: Imparting lectures for the PhD program of Cell Biology at the University Autònoma de Barcelona

MAIN SUBJECTS OF RESEARCH

·         Genomic instability in cancer.

·         Cytogenetics and molecular genetics of solid tumours.

·         Advanced molecular cytogenetic techniques.

·         CGH microarray technology

·         Gene expression profiling