Jordi Vila Estapé

Full professor

Knowledge area: Microbiologia

Research group: IP BASES MOLECULARES DE LA RESISTÈNCIA BACTERIANA ALS ANTIBIÒTICS: DISSENY DE NOUS ANTIMICROBIANS

Contact Information
Department of Basic Clinical Practice
Casanova, 143
932275522
jvila(a)ub.edu, jordi.vila(a)isglobal.org

Teaching imparted (current)

Microbiologia Mèdica - Medicina - Universidad de Barcelona.

Microbiologia - Ciencias Biomédicas - Universidad de Barcelona.

Biotecnologia i Bioinformàtica - Ingeniería Biomédica(1) - Universidad de Barcelona.

Microbiologia Clínica - Ciències Biomèdiques - Universidad de Barcelona.

Quimioteràpia Antimicrobiana i Disseny de Nous Antimicrobians - Recerca Clínica - Universidad de Barcelona.

Academic training

Farmacia . Universidad de Barcelona . 07/1978 . (Diploma / Degree / Activities)

Grado de licenciatura . Universidad de Barcelona . 10/1980 . (Diploma / Degree / Activities)

Farmacia . Universidad de Barcelona . 07/1985 . (Ph.D.)

Professional experience

Residente F.I.R. Microb. Hospital Clínico de Barcelona. 1981 - 1984

Associate Research. University of Virginia. 1985 - 1987

Profesor Asociado. Dpto.Microbiología. Fac.Medicina. Univ.Barcelona. 1987 - 1990

Profesor Visitante. Center for Genetic Adaptation and Antimicobial Resistance (Tufts University, Boston). 01/05/1995 - 31/09/1995

Profesor Visitante. Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology. University of California, Berkeley. Dr. N. Cozzarrelli. 01/06/2000 - 31/09/2000

Profesor Titular. Departamento de Microbiologia, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Barcelona. 1991 - 2007

Research interests

A.baumanii: Epidemiología molecular, clínica, patogénia y susceptibilidad alos antibióticos

Etiología de la diarrea del viajero

Mecanismos de resistencia a los antibióticos

Diseño y evalución de nuevos antimicrobianos y técnicas diagnósticas

Research Projects

Combating bacterial resistance iun Europe - Carbapenem resistance - COMBACTE-CARE . 2015 - 2017 . Ref.Grant agreement: 115620 . Unió Europea . PI: Seamus O'Brien

Disseny i desenvolupament d'una molècula quimèrica per a tractar infeccions causades per microorganismes multiresistents a antibiòtics . 2019 . Ref.201834 . Fundació La Marató de TV3 . PI: Jordi Vila Estapé

AMR DetecTool . 2020 - 2022 . Ref.201834 . EIT Health . PI: Jordi Vila Estapé

Microbiome-based stratification of individuals at risk of HIV-1 acquisition, chronic clinical complications, antimicrobial drug resistance and unresponsiveness to therapeutic HIV-1 vaccination - MISTRAL . 2020 - 2024 . Ref.201834 . Comunitat Europea Projecte H2020 (Horizon 2020) . PI: Jordi Vila Estapé

Desarrollo de dos nuevas estrategias (inhibidores de bombas de expulsión y ARN antisentido) activas frente a bacterias multiresistentes . 2021 - 2023 . Ref.2000766 . Fondo de Investigación Sanitaria. Instituto de Salud Carlos III . PI: Jordi Vila Estapé

Journal Publications

van Belkum, A.; Bachmann, T.T.; Luedke, G.; Lisby, G.; Kahlmeter, G.; Mohess, A.; Becker, K.; Hays, J.P.; Woodford, N.; Mitsakakis, K.; Moran-Gilad, J.; Vila, J.; Peter, H.; Rex, J.; Dunne, W.M. (2019). Developmental roadmap for antimicrobial susceptibility testing systems. Nature Reviews Microbiology, 17, pp. 51 - 62 . Institutional Repository . ISSN: 1740-1526

Guiral, E.; Quiles, M.G.; Muñoz, L.; Moreno-Morales, J.; Alejo-Cancho, I.; Salvador, P.; Alvarez-Martinez, M.J.; Marco, F.; Vila, J. (2019). Emergence of resistance to quinolones and β-lactam antibiotics in enteroaggregative and enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli causing traveler's diarrhea. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 63, p. e01745 . https://doi.org/10.1128/AAC.01745-18 . ISSN: 0066-4804

Cosgaya Clara, Ratia Carlos, Marí-Almirall Marta, Rubio Laia, Higgins Paul G., Seifert Harald, Roca Ignasi, Vila Jordi. (2019). In vitro and in vivo Virulence Potential of the Emergent Species of the Acinetobacter baumannii (Ab) Group. Frontiers in Microbiology, 10 . Institutional Repository . ISSN: 1664-302X

Vila, J.; Moreno-Morales, J.; Ballesté-Delpierre, C. (2020). Current landscape in the discovery of novel antibacterial agents. Clinical Microbiology and Infection, 26, pp. 596 - 603 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cmi.2019.09.015 . ISSN: 1198-743X

Vergara, A; Boutal, H; Ceccato, A; López, M; Cruells, A; Bueno-Freire, L; Moreno-Morales, J; Puig de la Bellacasa, J; Castro, P; Torres, A; Marco, F; Casals-Pascual, C; Vila, J. (2020). Assessment of a Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification (LAMP) Assay for the Rapid Detection of Pathogenic Bacteria from Respiratory Samples in Patients with Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia. Microorganisms, 8(1), p. 103 . https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms8010103 . ISSN: 2076-2607

Vergara, A.; Moreno-Morales, J.; Roca, I; Pitart, C.; Kostyanev, T.; Rodriguez-Bano, J.; Goossens, H.; Marco, F.; Vila, J. (2020). A comparative study between real-time PCR and loop-mediated isothermal amplification to detect carbapenemase and/or ESBL genes in Enterobacteriaceae directly from bronchoalveolar lavage fluid samples. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 75(6), pp. 1453 - 1457 . Institutional Repository . ISSN: 0305-7453

Wernli D; Jørgensen PS; Parmley EJ; Troell M; Majowicz S; Harbarth S; Léger A; Lambraki I; Graells T; Henriksson PJG; Carson C; Cousins M; Skoog Ståhlgren G; Mohan CV; Simpson AJH; Wieland B; Pedersen K; Schneider A; Chandy SJ; Wijayathilaka TP; Delamare-Deboutteville J; Vila J; Stålsby Lundborg C; Pittet D. (2020). Evidence for action: a One Health learning platform on interventions to tackle antimicrobial resistance. The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 20, pp. e307 - e311 . ISSN: 1473-3099

Moreno-Morales J; Vergara A; Kostyanev T; Rodriguez-Baño J; Goossens H; and Vila J. (2021). Evaluation of a Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification Assay to Detect Carbapenemases Directly from Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid Spiked with Acinetobacter spp. Frontiers in Microbiology, 11(597684) . Institutional Repository . ISSN: 1664-302X

López Y, Tato M, Gargallo-Viola FD, Cantón R, Vila J, Zsolt I (2021). Comparative activity of ozenoxacin and other quinolones in Staphylococcus aureus strains overexpressing the efflux pumps encoding genes mepA and norA. International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents, 56, p. 106082 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2020.106082 . ISSN: 0924-8579

López, Y.; Muñoz, L.; Gargallo-Viola, D.; Cantón, R.; Vila, J.; Zsolt, I. (2021). Uptake of Ozenoxacin and Other Quinolones in Gram-Positive Bacteria. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 22, p. 13363 . https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms.222413363 . ISSN: 1661-6596

Other publications

Martínez-Martínez, J.A.; Labarca, J.; Vila, J. (2020). Infecciones causadas por Pseudomonas, Acinetobacter y otros bacilos Gramnegativos no fermentadores (Burkholderia, Stenotrophomonas, Moraxella, Achromobacter, Alcaligenes, Comamonas y otros) . In Medicina Interna: Farreras-Rozman . Volume. XIX Ed./Vol.II . (pp. 2118 - 2124 ) . P.Farreras, C.Rozman. Elsevier. SA Editores .

Almirante, B.; Vila, J. (2020). Infecciones causadas por Enterobacterias . In Medicina Interna: Farreras-Rozman . Volume. XIX Ed./Vol.II . (pp. 2110 - 2117) . P.Farreras, C.Rozman. Elsevier. SA Editores .