Silvia Bofill Mas

Senior lecturer

Knowledge area: Microbiologia

Research group: IP Virus, bacteris i protozous d'interès en salut pública i seguretat alimentària

Contact Information
Department of Genetics, Microbiology and Statistics
Departament de Microbiologia, edificio annexo, Av. Diagonal 645
934039043
sbofill(a)ub.edu

Teaching

Virology. Biotechnology Degree

Microorganisms and Food Safety. Master of Advanced Microbiology and Master on Food Development and Innovation

Medical Virology. Master in Advanced Microbiology

Health Aspects. Master of Science and Integral Management

Academic Training

Biologia . Facultat de Biologia, UB . 07/1997 . (Diploma / Degree / Activities)

Biologia . Facultat de Biologia, UB . 11/07/2003 . (Ph.D.)

Projects

Evaluation of the efficiency of Faircap filters for bacterial and viral removal from water samples in humanitarian contexts . 2019 - 2020 . Ref.310347 . Faircap CIC . PI: Silvia Bofill Mas

UrbaN Bio-geochemistry: Integrating the Air, water, Soil and microbiological sciEnce needed to unDerpin pollution management [UNBIASED] . 2019 - 2021 . Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades . PI: Maria Izquierdo i Enric Vázquez

Tools and criteria for URBAN groundWATer management. URBANWAT . 2019 - 2021 . Ref.PCI2019-103643 WW2017 2 . Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (MICINN) . PI: Sílvia Bofill

Viruses, bacteria and protozoa of interest in food safety, detection and control in the metagenomics era-MetaPatFood . 2019 - 2021 . Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades . PI: Rosina Girones i Rosa Araujo

Journal Publications

Fernandez-Cassi, X.; Timoneda, N.; Martinez-Puchol, S.; Rusinol, M.; Rodriguez-Manzano, J.; Figuerola, N.; Bofill-Mas, S.; Abril, J. F.; Girones, R. (2018). Metagenomics for the study of viruses in urban sewage as a tool for public health surveillance. Science of the Total Environment, 618, pp. 870 - 880 . Institutional Repository . ISSN: 0048-9697

Fernandez-Cassi, X.; Timoneda, N.; Gonzales-Gustavson, E.; Abril, J. F.; Bofill-Mas, S.; Girones, R. (2017). A metagenomic assessment of viral contamination on fresh parsley plants irrigated with fecally tainted river water. International Journal of Food Microbiology, 257, pp. 80 - 90 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2017.06.001 . ISSN: 0168-1605

Hjelmsø, M.H.; Hellmér, M.; Fernandez-Cassi, X.; Timoneda, N.; Lukjancenko, O.; Seidel, M.; Elsässer, D.; Aarestrup, F.M.; Löfström, C.; Bofill-Mas, S.; Abril, J.F.; Girones, R.; Schultz, A.C. (2017). Evaluation of methods for the concentration and extraction of viruses from sewage in the context of metagenomic sequencing. PLoS One, 12(1), p. e0170199 . Institutional Repository . ISSN: 1932-6203

Fernandez-Cassi, X.; Silvera, C.; Cervero-Aragó, S.; Rusiñol, M.; Latif-Eugeni, F.; Bruguera-Casamada, C.; Civit, S.; Araujo, R.M.; Figueras, M.J.; Girones, R.; Bofill-Mas, S. (2016). Evaluation of the microbiological quality of reclaimed water produced from a lagooning system. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 23, pp. 16816 - 16833 . https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-016-6812-0 . ISSN: 0944-1344

Rusiñol M; Fernandez-Cassi X; Timoneda N; Carratalà A; Abril JF; Silvera C; Figueras MJ; Gelati E; Rodó X; Kay D; Wyn-Jones P; Bofill-Mas S; Girones R. (2018). Corrigendum to 'Evidence of viral dissemination and seasonality in a Mediterranean river catchment: implications for water pollution management' [J. Environ. Manag. 159 (2015) 58-67]. Journal of Environmental Management, 223, p. 1100 . ISSN: 0301-4797

Aguado, D.; Fores, E.; Guerrero-Latorre, L.; Rusiñol, M.; Martínez-Puchol, S.; Codony, F.; Girones, R.; Bofill-Mas, S. (2019). VirWaTest, A Point-of-Use Method for the Detection of Viruses in Water Samples. JoVE. Journal of Visualized Experiments(147), p. e59463 . Institutional Repository . ISSN: 1940-087X

Rusiñol, M.; Martínez-Puchol, S.; Timoneda, N.; Fernández-Cassi, X.; Pérez-Cataluña, A.; Fernández-Bravo, A.; Moreno-Mesonero, L.; Moreno, Y.; Alonso, J.L.; Figueras, M.J.; Abril, J.F.; Bofill-Mas, S.; Girones, R. (2020). Metagenomic analysis of viruses, bacteria and protozoa in irrigation water. International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health(224), p. 113440 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheh.2019.113440 . ISSN: 1438-4639

Sílvia Bofill-Mas & Marta Rusiñol (2020). Recent trends on methods for the concentration of viruses from water samples. Current Opinion in Environmental Science & Health . ISSN: 2468-5844

Martínez-Puchol, S.; Rusiñol, M.; Fernández-Cassi, X.; Timoneda, N.; Itarte, M.; Andrés, C.; Antón, A.; Abril, J.F.; Girones, R.; Bofill-Mas, S. (2020). Characterisation of the sewage virome: comparison of NGS tools and occurrence of significant pathogens. Science of the Total Environment, 713, p. 136604 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.136604 . ISSN: 0048-9697

Rusinol, Marta; Hundesa, Ayalkibet; Cardenas-Youngs, Yexenia; Fernandez-Bravo, Ana; Perez-Cataluna, Alba; Moreno-Mesonero, Laura; Moreno, Yolanda; Calvo, Miquel; Luis Alonso, Jose; Jose Figueras, Maria; Araujo, Rosa; Bofill-Mas, Silvia; Girones, Rosina (2020). Microbiological contamination of conventional and reclaimed irrigation water: Evaluation and management measures. Science of the Total Environment, 710, p. 136298 . Institutional Repository . ISSN: 0048-9697

More Information: http://www.ub.edu/microbiologia_virology/en/pagina/laboratory-viruses-contaminants-water-and-food