Elena De Mendoza Barbera

Elena De Mendoza Barbera

Lecturer Professor

ORCID: 0000-0002-6374-4125
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) . Universitat de Boston (Boston University) . 16/05/2004 . (Diploma / Degree / Activities)
Doctorat Europeu en Bioquímica, Biologia Molecular y Biomedicina . Universidad Autónoma de Madrid . 27/11/2012 . (Ph.D.)

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

Journal Publications

E. Mendoza-Barberá; S. Merino; J. Tomás (2021). Surface Glucan Structures in Aeromonas spp. Marine Drugs, 19(11), pp. 1 - 17 . Institutional Repository . ISSN: 1660-3397
Forn-Cuní, G.; Fulton, K.M.; Smith, J.C.; Twine, S.M.; Mendoza-Barberà, E.; Tomás, J.M.; Merino, S. (2021). Polar flagella glycosylation in Aeromonas: genomic characterization and involvement of a specific glycosyltransferase (Fgi-1) in heterogeneous flagella glycosylation. Frontiers in Microbiology, 11, p. 595697 . Institutional Repository . ISSN: 1664-302X
Kaszowska, M.; Mendoza-Barberá, E.; Maciejewska, A.; Merino, S.; Lugowski, C.; Tomás, J.M. (2017). The Complete Structure of the Core Oligosaccharide from Edwardsiella tarda EIB 202 Lipopolysaccharide. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 18(6), p. 1163 . Institutional Repository . ISSN: 1661-6596
Casillo A; Ziaco M; Lindner B; Merino S; Mendoza-Barberá E; Tomás JM; Corsaro MM. (2017). Structural characterization of core Region in Erwinia amylovora lipopolysaccharide. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 18(3), pp. 559 - 559 . Institutional Repository . ISSN: 1661-6596
Fulton, K. M.; Mendonza, E; Twine, S.M.; Tomás, J.M.; Merino S. (2015). Polar glycosylated and lateral non-glycosylated flagella from Aeromonas hydrophila strain AH-1 (serotype O11). International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 16, pp. 28255 - 28269 . Institutional Repository . ISSN: 1661-6596
Merino, S.; de Mendoza, E.; Canals, R.; Tomás, J.M. (2015). Functional genomics of the Aeromonas salmonicida lipopolysaccharide O-antigen and A-layer from typical and atypical strains. Marine Drugs, 13, pp. 3791 - 3808 . Institutional Repository . ISSN: 1660-3397
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 (2013). Structural and functional analysis of APOA5 mutations identified in patients with severe hypertriglyceridemia. Journal of Lipid Research, 54(3), pp. 649 - 661 . https://doi.org/10.1194/jlr.M031195 . ISSN: 0022-2275
Colletier, Jacques-Philippe; Aleksandrov, Alexey; Coquelle, Nicolas; Mraihi, Sonia; Mendoza-Barberá, Elena; Field, Martin; Madern, Dominique (2012). Sampling the conformational energy landscape of a hyperthermophilic protein by engineering key substitutions. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 29(6), pp. 1683 - 1694 . https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/mss015 . ISSN: 0737-4038
Mendoza-Barberá, Elena; Corral-Rodríguez, María Angeles; Soares-Schanoski, Alessandra; Velarde, Milko; Macieira, Sofia; Messerschmidt, Albrecht; López-Collazo, Eduardo; Fuentes-Prior, Pablo (2009). Contribution of globular death domains and unstructured linkers to MyD88.IRAK-4 heterodimer formation: an explanation for the antagonistic activity of MyD88s. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 380(1), pp. 183 - 187 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbrc.2009.01.069 . ISSN: 0006-291X
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. (2023). Characterization of crAss-like phage isolates highlights Crassvirales genetic heterogeneity and worldwide distribution. Nature Communications(14), p. 4295 . Institutional Repository . ISSN: 2041-1723

Others Publications

Elena Mendoza-Barberá; Susana Merino; and Juan M. Tomás (2023). Bacterial adhesion . In Molecular Medical Microbology, 3rd Edition . Volume. 1 . (pp. 359 - 374) . Academic Press, Elsevier . ISBN: 978-0-323-89992-5 . http://doi.org/10.1016/C2018-1-03862-7
M. Kaszowska; E. Mendoza-Barberá*; A. Maciejewska; S. Merino; C. Lugowski ; J. M. Tomás (2020). The Complete structure of the core oligosaccharide from Edwardsiella tarda EIB 202 . In Lipopolysaccharides (LPSs) . Volume. 1 . (pp. 63 - 72) . MDPI . ISBN: 978-3-03928-256-2 . http://doi.org/10.3390/books978-3-03928-257-9

Relevant Activities

Accreditation for the development of teaching and research activity as an Associate Professor (Profesora Contratada Doctora)
Accreditation for the development of teaching and research activity as an Assistant Professor (Professora Lectora)
Member of the Catalan Biotechnology Reference Network (XRB)
Member of the Institute for Nutrition and Food Safety Research (INSA-UB)