Carlos Balsalobre Parra

Carlos Balsalobre Parra

Full professor

ORCID: 0000-0002-4147-219X
Scopus Author ID: 6603556558
Researcher ID: E-4213-2016
Knowledge area: Microbiologia

Member of the academic commission of the Biotechnology PhD program

Research group: Biologia molecular de bacteris patògens i estratègies antimicrobianes

Contact Information
Department of Genetics, Microbiology and Statistics
Departament de Genética, Microbiología y Estadística, Facultat de Biología, UB
934034622
cbalsalobre(a)ub.edu

Teaching

Genetic Engineering (Biotechnology program)
Cellular and Molecular Biology of Microorganisms (Biochemistry Program)
Cell MIcrobiology (Master in Advanced Microbiology)
Food Biotechnology (Master in Molecular Biotechnology)

Academic Training

Licenciado en Ciencias Biológicas . Universitat de Barcelona . 08/10/1992 . (Diploma / Degree / Activities)
Doctorat en Ciencias Biológicas . Universitat de Barcelona . 27/03/1998 . (Ph.D.)

Projects

Recerca de noves estratègies atibiofilm per controlar la contaminació per salmonel·la en la indústria . 2013 - 2014 . Fundació Caixa de Pensions 'La Caixa' . PI: Carlos Balsalobre Parra
Identificación de factores implicados en la transmisión de la campilobacteriosis por alimentos . 2014 - 2017 . Ref.AGL2013-45339-R . Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad . PI: Carlos Balsalobre Parra; Cristina Madrid Xufre
Biologia molecular de bacteris patògens i estratègies antimicrobianes . 2017 - 2021 . Ref.2017SGR499 . Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca (AGAUR) . PI: Cristina Madrid Xufre
Comunicación entre plásmidos conjugativos y el cromosoma bacteriano: caracterización del impacto en la fisiología y de los mecanismos de regulación implicados . 2019 - 2022 . Ref.PGC2018-096958-B-I00 . Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades . PI: Carlos Balsalobre Parra; Cristina Madrid Xufre

Journal Publications

Gaviria-Cantin, T.; El Mouali, Y.; Le Guyon, S.; Römling, U.; Balsalobre, C. (2017). Gre factors-mediated control of hilD transcription is essential for the invasion of epithelial cells by Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium. PLoS Pathogens, 13(4), p. e1006312 . Institutional Repository . ISSN: 1553-7366
Sonia Paytubi; Cintia Cansado; Cristina Madrid; Carlos Balsalobre (2017). Nutrient composition promotes switching between pellicle and bottom biofilm in Salmonella. Frontiers in Microbiology, 8, p. 2160 . Institutional Repository . ISSN: 1664-302X
Velasco, E.; Wang, S.; Sanet, M.; Fernández-Vázquez, J.; Jové, D.; Glaría, E.; Valledor, A.F.; O'Halloran, T.V.; Balsalobre, C. (2018). A new role for Zinc limitation in bacterial pathogenicity: modulation of α-hemolysin from uropathogenic Escherichia coli. Scientific Reports, 8, p. 6535 . Institutional Repository . ISSN: 2045-2322
El Mouali, Y.; Gaviria-Cantin, T.; Sánchez-Romero, M.A.; Gibert, M.; Westermann, A.J.; Vogel, J.; Balsalobre, C. (2018). CRP-cAMP mediates silencing of Salmonella virulence at the post-transcriptional level. PLoS Genetics, 14(6), p. e1007401 . Institutional Repository . ISSN: 1553-7390
Iglesias-Torrens, Y.; Miró, E.; Guirado, P.; Llovet, T.; Muñoz, C.; Cerdà-Cuellar, M.; Madrid, C.; Balsalobre, C.; Navarro, F. (2018). Population structure, antimicrobial resistance and virulence-associated genes in Campylobacter jejuni isolated from three ecological niches: gastroenteritis patients, broilers, and wild birds. Frontiers in Microbiology, 9, p. 1676 . Institutional Repository . ISSN: 1664-302X
El Mouali, Y; Balsalobre, C. (2019). 3' untranslated regions: regulation at the end of the road. Current Genetics, 65, pp. 127 - 131 . Institutional Repository . ISSN: 0172-8083
Guirado, P.; Paytubi, S.; Miró, E.; Iglesias-Torrens, Y.; Navarro, F.; Cerdà-Cuéllar, M.; Stephan-Otto Attolini, C.; Balsalobre, C.; Madrid, C. (2020). Differential distribution fo the wlaN and cgtB genes, associated with Guillain-Barré syndrome, in Campylobacter jejuni isolates from humans, broiler chickens, and wild birds. Microorganisms, 8, p. 325 . Institutional Repository . ISSN: 2076-2607
Cuevas-Ferrando, E.; Guirado, P.; Miró, E.; Iglesias-Torrens, Y.; Navarro, F.; Alioto, T.S.; Gómez-Garrido, J.; Madrid, C.; Balsalobre, C. (2020). Tetracycline resistance transmission in Campylobacter is promoted at temperatures resembling the avian reservoir. Veterinary Microbiology, 244 . Institutional Repository . ISSN: 0378-1135
Cabrer-Panes, J,D.; Fernández-Coll, L.; Fernández-Vázquez, J.; Gaviria-Cantin, T.C.; El Mouali, Y.; Åberg, A.; Balsalobre, C. (2020). ppGpp Mediates the Growth Phase Dependent Regulation of agn43, a Phase Variable Gene, by Stimulating Its Promoter Activity. Environmental Microbiology Reports, 12(4) . Institutional Repository . ISSN: 1758-2229
Gibert, M.; Paytubi, S.; Madrid, C.; Balsalobre, C. (2020). Temperature Dependent Control of the R27 Conjugative Plasmid Genes. Frontiers In Molecular Biosciences(7) . Institutional Repository . ISSN: 2296-889X

Others Publications

Balsalobre, C. (2011). Escherichia coli, un petit gran organisme . In Treballs de la Societat Catalana de Biologia. Organismes model en Biologia . Volume. 62 . (pp. 31 - 43) . Treballs de la Societat Catalana de Biologia. ISSN: 0212-3037 .