About me

Graduated in Biology by the University of Barcelona (UB) in 1993, I obtained my PhD in 1998 in the Biomedicine Dept (Faculty of Medicine, UB) supervised by Prof. C. Enrich. I joined the laboratory of Prof. RG Parton at the University of Queensland (Australia) as NHMRC Research Officer until 2001. Granted with a Ramón y Cajal contract in 2002 and recognized by the I3 program in 2006 (MICINN), I founded the 'Lipid Trafficking and Disease' group (IDIBAPS). From 2007, I’m Research Prof. in the Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA). In 2011, I was further appointed as Assistant Prof. (Biomedicine Dept, Faculty of Medicine, UB) and today I combine my research in IDIBAPS with teaching.

Featured publications

Featured Projects

  • Lipid droplets as key players in brain microgliosis after stroke

    Principal investigator: Albert Pol Sorolla
    Funder: La Caixa Foundation
    Code: HR23-00560
    Duration: 21/12/2023 - 30/12/2026
  • Lipid droplets as innate immunity hubs

    Principal investigator: Albert Pol Sorolla
    Funder: European Commission
    Code: CE_HE_ERC_2022_SyG
    Duration: 01/01/2023 - 31/12/2028
  • Mapping the innate immunity defences organised on lipid droplets

    Principal investigator: Albert Pol Sorolla
    Funder: Agencia Estatal de Investigación
    Code: PID2021-127043OB-I00
    Duration: 01/09/2022 - 31/08/2025
  • EU Training Network in understanding the molecular regulation and the role of endo-lysosomal (EndoConnect)

    Principal investigator: Albert Pol Sorolla
    Funder: European Commission
    Code: CE_H2020-MSCA-ITN-20
    Duration: 01/01/2021 - 31/03/2025
  • Mammalian lipid droplets: a central role in the organismal antibacterial response?

    Principal investigator: Albert Pol Sorolla
    Funder: Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP)
    Code: RGP0020/2015
    Duration: 01/06/2015 - 30/11/2018