Eduard Torrents Serra

Eduard Torrents Serra

Professor agregat

ORCID: 0000-0002-3010-1609
Scopus Author ID: 6602518367
Researcher ID: C-7184-2008
Àrea de coneixement : Microbiologia

Coordinador de la Secció de Microbiologia de la Societat Catalana de Biologia (SCB) https://scb.iec.cat/microbiologia/

Grup de Recerca: Nanobioengineering and Bioelectrònics (SIC-BIO)

Informació de contacte
Departament de Genètica, Microbiologia i Estadística
Bacterial Infections and antibacterial therpaies group. Institut de Bioenginyeria de Catalunya (IBEC).
934034756
eduard.torrents(a)ub.edu

Docència

Docencia Biologia Molecular de la Cèl.lula Microbiana

Formació acadèmica

Llicenciat . Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona . 31/07/1995 . (Diplomatura / Llicenciatura / Grau)
Bacterial Ribonucleotide Reductases:genetics, enzymatic and evolutionary studies . Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona . 20/07/2001 . (Doctorat )

Linies de Recerca

Bacterial ribonucleotide reductase as new target to inhibiut bacterial proliferation
New systems for drug delivery systems based on nanoparticles
New strategies to combat bacterial infections
Molecular mechanisms of bacterial virulence and biofilm formation
Development of bacterial vaccines

Projectes

BioVac2; an artifical bacteria: a novel generation of bioinspired vaccines . 2020 - 2022 . Ref.BioVac2 . Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology . IP: Eduard Torrents Serra
BiofilmChip: a personalized treatment for biofilm infections . 2019 - 2021 . Ref.CI18-004 . LObra Social La Caixa . IP: Eduard Torrents Serra
Noves estrategies antimicrobianes pel tractament de les enfermetats infeccioses en malalts de fibrosis quistica . 2017 - 2020 . Ref.L16ALFQCAIXA . Fundación Bancaria la Caixa . IP: Eduard Torrents Serra
Ribonucleotide reductases as a novel therapeutic target againts bacterial pathogens . 2016 - 2018 . Ref.BIO2015-63557-R . Ministerio de Economia y Competitividad . IP: Eduard Torrents Serra1
COMPRENDER LA SINTESIS DEL ADN EN PATOGENOS BACTERIANOS: NUEVAS ESTRATEGIAS PARA EL TRATAMIENTO DE ENFERMEDADES INFECCIOSAS . 2019 - 2021 . Ref.RTI2018-098573-B-I00 . Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades . IP: Eduard Torrents Serra

Publicacions en revistes

del Mar Cendra, Maria; Blanco-Cabra, Nuria; Pedraz, Lucas; Torrents, Eduard (2019). Optimal environmental and culture conditions allow the in vitro coexistence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus in stable biofilms. Scientific Reports, 9, p. 16284 . Repositori Institucional . ISSN: 2045-2322
Blanco-Cabra, Nuria; Vega-Granados, Karina; Moya-Anderico, Laura; Vukomanovic, Marija; Parra, Andres; Alvarez de Cienfuegos, Luis; Torrents, Eduard (2019). Novel Oleanolic and Maslinic Acid Derivatives as a Promising Treatment against Bacterial Biofilm in Nosocomial Infections: An in Vitro and in Vivo Study. ACS Infectious Diseases, 5(9), pp. 1581 - 1589 . https://doi.org/10.1021/acsinfecdis.9b00125 . ISSN: 2373-8227
Vukomanovic, M.; Torrents, E. (2019). High time resolution and high signal-to-noise monitoring of the bacterial growth kinetics in the presence of plasmonic nanoparticles. Journal of Nanobiotechnology, 17, p. 21 . Repositori Institucional . ISSN: 1477-3155
Pedraz, L.; Blanco, N.; Torrents, E. (2020). Gradual adaptation of facultative anaerobic pathogens to microaerobic and anaerobic conditions. The FASEB Journal , 34, pp. 2912 - 2928 . ISSN: 0892-6638
Blanco-Cabra, Nuria; Paetzold, Bernhard; Ferrar, Tony; Mazzolini, Rocco; Torrents, Eduard; Serrano, Luis; LLuch-Senar, Maria (2020). Characterization of different alginate lyases for dissolving Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms. Scientific Reports, 10(1), p. 9390 . Repositori Institucional . ISSN: 2045-2322
Crespo, Anna; Blanco-Cabra, Nuria; Torrents, Eduard (2018). Aerobic Vitamin B-12 Biosynthesis Is Essential for Pseudomonas aeruginosa Class II Ribonucleotide Reductase Activity During Planktonic and Biofilm Growth. Frontiers in Microbiology, 9 . https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2018.00986 . ISSN: 1664-302X
Crespo, A.; Pedraz, L.; Van Der Hofstadt, M.; Gomila, G.; Torrents, E. (2017). Regulation of ribonucleotide synthesis by the Pseudomonas aeruginosa two-component system AlgR in response to oxidative stress. Scientific Reports, 7, p. 17892 . Repositori Institucional . ISSN: 2045-2322
Crespo, Anna; Gavalda, Joan; Julian, Esther; Torrents, Eduard (2017). A single point mutation in class III ribonucleotide reductase promoter renders Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 inefficient for anaerobic growth and infection. Scientific Reports, 7 . https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-14051-2 . ISSN: 2045-2322
Baelo, Aida; Levato, Riccardo; Julian, Esther; Crespo, Anna; Astola, Jose; Gavalda, Joan; Engel, Elisabeth; Angel Mateos-Timoneda, Miguel; Torrents, Eduard (2015). Disassembling bacterial extracellular matrix with DNase-coated nanoparticles to enhance antibiotic delivery in biofilm infections. Journal of Controlled Release, 209, pp. 150 - 158 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jconrel.2015.04.028 . ISSN: 0168-3659
Moya-Anderico, L.; Vukomanovic M.; Cendra M.d.M.; Segura-Feliu M.; Gil V.; del Río J.A.; Torrents E. (2021). Utility of Galleria mellonella larva for evaluating nanoparticle toxicity. Chemosphere, 266(129235) . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.129235 . ISSN: 0045-6535

Altres Publicacions

Blanco-Cabra, N.; Vega-Granados, K.; Moya-Andérico, L.; Vukomanovic, M.; Parra, A.; Álvarez de Cienfuegos, L.; Torrents, E. (2019). El aceite de oliva ofrece dos poderosas armas en la lucha contra la resistencia bacteriana . En Oleo . Volum. 178 . (pp. 54 - 57) . https://www.oleorevista.com/?page_id=1002335
Torrents, E.; Cendra, MM.; Sanmukh, S.; Pedraz, L.; Blanco-Cabra, N.; Moya, L.; Rubio-Canalejas, A.; Campo, V. (2019). Grupo de Infecciones bacterianas y terapias antimicrobianas (BIAT Group) . En SEM@foro, 68. . Volum. 68 . (pp. 33 - 34) . ISBN: ISSN 2254-4399 .