Elena De Mendoza Barberá

Lecturer Professor

Scopus Author ID: 17343776800

Researcher ID: K-8868-2015

Knowledge area: Microbiologia

Research group: Microbiologia de l'aigua relacionada amb la salut (MARS)

Contact Information
Department of Biology, Healthcare and the Environment
Av. Joan XXIII
934024496
edemendoza(a)ub.edu

Academic training

Llicenciatura Biologia (Bachelor of Arts, Biology)

Doctorat Europeu en Bioquímica, Biologia Molecular y Biomedicina

Research interests

Virulence factors in Aeromonas hydrophila

Study and sequencing of genes involved in lipopolysaccharide synthesis in different serotypes of Aeromonas hydrophila

Study and sequencing of genes involved in polar and lateral flagellation in Aeromonas spp

Characterization of mutants in the lipopolysaccharide and extracellular polysaccharide of Pseudomonas aeruginosa causing acute and chronic respiratory infections

Analysis of glycosylation mechanisms in Aeromonas spp

Projects

Glicanos y temperatura como moduladores de la virulencia en Aeromonas . 2016 - 2020 . Ref.BIO2016-80329-P . Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad . PI: Susana Merino Montero; Juan Tomas Magaña

Desenvolupament d'eines víriques per a la lluita integrada contra fitopatògens d'alt impacte . 2021 - 2023 . Fertinagro Biotech S.L. . PI: María Teresa Muniesa Pérez

Sistemas de O-glicosilación en Aeromonas mesófilas: Diversidad y análisis funcional . 2022 - 2025 . Ref.PID2021-124676NB-I00 . Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (MICINN) . PI: Susana Merino Montero; Juan Tomas Magaña

Microbiologia de l'aigua relacionada amb la salut (MARS) . 2022 - 2025 . Ref.2021 SGR 01081 . Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca (AGAUR) . PI: Susana Merino Montero

Institut d'Investigació en Nutrició i Seguretat Alimentària (INSA-UB) . 2023 - 2026 . Ref.CEX2021-001234-M . Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (MICINN) . PI: Rosa Maria Lamuela Raventos

Relevant publications

E. Mendoza-Barberá; S. Merino; J. Tomás. Surface Glucan Structures in Aeromonas spp. In Marine Drugs. Volume 19. Number 11. 2021 . Institutional Repository

Forn-Cuní, G.; Fulton, K.M.; Smith, J.C.; Twine, S.M.; Mendoza-Barberà, E.; Tomás, J.M.; Merino, S. Polar flagella glycosylation in Aeromonas: genomic characterization and involvement of a specific glycosyltransferase (Fgi-1) in heterogeneous flagella glycosylation. In Frontiers in Microbiology. Volume 11. 2021 . Institutional Repository

Kaszowska, M.; Mendoza-Barberá, E.; Maciejewska, A.; Merino, S.; Lugowski, C.; Tomás, J.M. The Complete Structure of the Core Oligosaccharide from Edwardsiella tarda EIB 202 Lipopolysaccharide. In International Journal of Molecular Sciences. Volume 18. Number 6. 2017 . Institutional Repository

Casillo A; Ziaco M; Lindner B; Merino S; Mendoza-Barberá E; Tomás JM; Corsaro MM. Structural characterization of core Region in Erwinia amylovora lipopolysaccharide. In International Journal of Molecular Sciences. Volume 18. Number 3. 2017 . Institutional Repository

Fulton, K. M.; Mendonza, E; Twine, S.M.; Tomás, J.M.; Merino S. Polar glycosylated and lateral non-glycosylated flagella from Aeromonas hydrophila strain AH-1 (serotype O11). In International Journal of Molecular Sciences. Volume 16. 2015 . Institutional Repository

Merino, S.; de Mendoza, E.; Canals, R.; Tomás, J.M. Functional genomics of the Aeromonas salmonicida lipopolysaccharide O-antigen and A-layer from typical and atypical strains. In Marine Drugs. Volume 13. 2015 . Institutional Repository

Mendoza-Barberá, Elena; Julve, Josep; Nilsson, Stefan K.; Lookene, Aivar; Martín-Campos, Jesús M.; Roig, Rosa; Lechuga-Sancho, Alfonso M.; Sloan, John H.; Fuentes-Prior, Pablo; Blanco-Vaca, Francisco. Structural and functional analysis of APOA5 mutations identified in patients with severe hypertriglyceridemia. In Journal of Lipid Research. Volume 54. Number 3. 2013 . Institutional Repository

Colletier, Jacques-Philippe; Aleksandrov, Alexey; Coquelle, Nicolas; Mraihi, Sonia; Mendoza-Barberá, Elena; Field, Martin; Madern, Dominique. Sampling the conformational energy landscape of a hyperthermophilic protein by engineering key substitutions. In Molecular Biology and Evolution. Volume 29. Number 6. 2012 . Institutional Repository

Mendoza-Barberá, Elena; Corral-Rodríguez, María Angeles; Soares-Schanoski, Alessandra; Velarde, Milko; Macieira, Sofia; Messerschmidt, Albrecht; López-Collazo, Eduardo; Fuentes-Prior, Pablo. Contribution of globular death domains and unstructured linkers to MyD88.IRAK-4 heterodimer formation: an explanation for the antagonistic activity of MyD88s. In Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. Volume 380. Number 1. 2009 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbrc.2009.01.069

Ramos-Barbero, M.D.; Gómez-Gómez, D.; Sala-Comorera, L.; Rodríguez-Rubio, L.; Morales-Cortes, D.; Mendoza-Barberá, E.; Vique, G.; Toribio-Avedillo, G.; Blanch, A.R.; Ballesté, E.; Garcia-Aljaro, C.; Muniesa, M. Characterization of crAss-like phage isolates highlights Crassvirales genetic heterogeneity and worldwide distribution. In Nature Communications. Number 14. 2023 . Institutional Repository