Anicet Ramon Blanch Gisbert

Anicet Ramon Blanch Gisbert

Full professor

ORCID: 0000-0002-7632-6758
Scopus Author ID: 7005906680
Researcher ID: B-7573-2012
Knowledge area: Microbiologia

Trustee of the Fundació Bosch i Gimpera. Technology Transfer Organisation of the University of Barcelona

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

Contact Information
Department of Genetics, Microbiology and Statistics
Av. Diagonal, 643
934029012
ablanch(a)ub.edu

Teaching

Biotechnology
Industrial Biotechnology
Vaccine Design and Development
R+D+i Management

Academic Training

Biología . Universidad de Barcelona . 06/1983 . (Diploma / Degree / Activities)
Biología . Universidad de Barcelona . 04/1988 . (Ph.D.)

Research interests

Water Microbiology related to Health
Microbial Source Tracking
Biotechnology
Industrial Biotechnology
Bacteriophages as viral indicators

Projects

Estudi microbià multiparamètric de les aigües subterrànies del sector del Garraf . 2019 - 2020 . Ref.310356 . Geoservei Projectes i Gestió Ambiental, S.L. . PI: Anicet Ramon Blanch Gisbert
Fast detection of bacteriophages as viral indicators in water (Aquaphage) (PRODUCTE) . 2017 - 2019 . Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca (AGAUR) . PI: Anicet Ramon Blanch Gisbert
Evaluación de los bacteriófagos en la transferencia de genes de resistencia a antibióticos en alimentos . 2016 - 2020 . Ref.AGL2016-75536-P . Ministerio de Economia y Competitividad . PI: Maria Teresa Muniesa Perez; Anicet Ramon Blanch Gisbert
Contrato de licencia de patente . 2016 - 2036 . Ref.309156 . Bluephage, SL . PI: Anicet Blanch Gisbert; Juan Jofre Torroella; Maria Teresa Muniesa Perez; Francisco Lucena Gutierrez; Elisenda Balleste Pau; Lejla Imamovic
Protecting the health of Europeans by improving methods for the detection of pathogens in drinking water and water used in food preparation (AQUAVALENS) . 2013 - 2018 . Ref.311846 . Unió Europea . PI: Alberto Bosch Navarro; Anicet Blanch Gisbert

Journal Publications

Toribio-Avedillo, Daniel; Mendez, Javier; Muniesa, Maite; Blanch, Anicet R. (2020). Evaluation of New Components in Modified Scholten's Medium for the Detection of Somatic Coliphages. Food And Environmental Virology, 12(2), pp. 148 - 157 . https://doi.org/10.1007/s12560-020-09419-z . ISSN: 1867-0334
Sánchez-Alfonso, A.C., Venegas, C., Díez, H., Méndez, J., Blanch, A.R., Jofre, J., Campos, C. (2020). Microbial indicators and molecular markers used to differentiate the source of faecal pollution in the Bogotá River (Colombia). International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health, 225 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheh.2020.113450 . ISSN: 1438-4639
Martín-Díaz, J.; Lucena, F.; Blanch, AR.; Jofre, J. (2020). Review: Indicator bacteriophages in sludge, biosolids, sediments and soils. Environmental Research, 182 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2020.109133 . ISSN: 0013-9351
Pereira,P.P.; Torres Tejerizo,G.A.; Fernandez,M.; Blanch,A.R.; Gonzalez,P.S.; Agostini,E. (2020). Polyphasic characterization and identification of the bioremediation agent Bacillus sp. SFC 500-1E. Genomics, S0888-7543(20)3 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ygeno.2020.08.008 . ISSN: 0888-7543
Blanch, A.R., Lucena, F.; Muniesa, M.; Jofre, J. (2020). Fast and easy methods for the detection of coliphages. Journal of Microbiological Methods, 173, p. 105940 . ISSN: 0167-7012
Pascual-Benito,M.; Balleste,E.; Monleon-Getino,T.; Urmeneta,J.; Blanch,A.R.; Garcia-Aljaro,C.; Lucena,F. (2020). Impact of treated sewage effluent on the bacterial community composition in an intermittent mediterranean stream. Environmental Pollution, 266(1), p. 115254 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2020.115254 . ISSN: 0269-7491
Pascual-Benito, M.; Nadal-Sala, D.; Tobella, M.; Ballesté, E.; García-Aljaro, C.; Sabaté, S.; Sabater, F.; Martí, E.; Gracia-Aljaro, C.; Blanch, A.R.; Lucena, F. (2020). Modelling the seasonal impacts of a wastewater treatment plant on water quality in a Mediterranean stream using microbial indicators. Journal of Environmental Management, 261, p. 110220 . Institutional Repository . ISSN: 0301-4797
Toribio-Avedillo, D.; Martín-Díaz, J-; Blanco-Picazo, P.; Blanch A.R.; Muniesa, M. (2020). F-specific coliphage detection by the Bluephage method. Water Research, 184, p. 116215 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2020.116215 . ISSN: 0043-1354
Ballesté, E.; Pascual-Benito, M.;Martín-Díaz, J.; Blanch, A.R.; Lucena, F.; Muniesa, M, Jofre, J.; García-Aljaro, C. (2019). Dynamics of crAssphage as a human source tracking marker in potentially faecally polluted environments. Water Research, 155, pp. 233 - 244 . Institutional Repository . ISSN: 0043-1354
Sala-Comorera, L.; Blanch, A.R.; Casanovas-Massana, A.; Monleon-Getino, A.; Garcia-Aljaro, C. (2019). Traceability of different brands of bottled mineral water during shelf life, using PCR-DGGE and next generation sequencing techniques. Food Microbiology, 82, pp. 1 - 10 . Institutional Repository . ISSN: 0740-0020

Others Publications

Solà, J.; Ballesté, E.; Blanch, A.R.; Carrey, R.; Domingo, F.; López, J.M.; Lucena, F.; Montaner, J.; Otero, N.; Pons, P.; Rull, M.; Soler, A. (2019). Caracterització de zones amb presència de contaminació difusa per nitrats- Distribució en el medi hídric i discriminació de l'origen del nitrogen. Clau CTN1600028 . In Geoservei Projectes i Gestió Ambiental S.L.; Agència Catalana de l'Aigua . (pp. 1 - 90) .
Blanch, A. R.; Ballesté, E.; Weidhaas, J.; Santo Domingo, J.; Ryu, H. (2016). Methods of Targeting Animal Sources of Fecal Pollution in Water . In Manual of Environmental Microbiology. Fourth Edition . Number. 3.4.4 . (pp. 1 - 28) . American Society for Microbiology . ISBN: 9781555816025 . http://asmscience.org/content/book/10.1128/9781555818821.ch3.4.4
Blanch, A.R.; Lucena, F. (2013). Pathogens and microbial indicators in sludge . In Effective sewage sludge management. Quaderni de la Ricerca Scientifica . Volume. 120 . (pp. 193 - 209) . Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche . ISBN: 978-88-8080-113-9 .
Hagedorn, C.; Harwood, V.J.; Blanch, A.R. (2011). Overview: Microbial Source Tracking: Methods, Applications,and Case Studies . In Microbial Source Tracking: Methods, Applications,and Case Studies . (pp. 1 - 6) . Springer Science + Business Media . ISBN: 9781441993854 .