Helena Torrell (ORCID ID 0000-0001-5487-4289; h-index=7; citations= 118; 7 pubs in last 5 years) is a researcher expert in genomic and metagenomic procedures. She has a doctorate in Biochemistry from URV. Her PhD, "Mitochondrial DNA Analysis in Severe Mental Disorder", has allowed her to accumulate extensive experience in applying the latest technologies in metagenomics and transcriptomics to the life sciences. She is currently working at Eurecat-COS as a specialist in Genomics and Transcriptomics, developing metagenomics applications in the field of environment and functional feeding using NGS and applying bioinformatic tools for data processing and analysis