DITAPREIN
Research Lines: Development of vaccines; immunomodulation by microorganisms and their products; microbiological diagnosis; new chemotherapy drugs; foodborne microbial pathogens; quorum sensing in multidrug-resistant pathogens and application of inhibitors of bacterial communication; study of bacterial biofilms and new antimicrobial extractions; bioactive substances of marine origin; production of marine microalgae with controlled biochemical composition; multitrophic aquaculture: use of waste for the production of microalgae and molluscs; production of carotenoids and biopolymers from microalgae.
Address:
Microbiology Department, University Clinical Hospital, Rúa da Choupana, s/n, 15706 Santiago de Compostela, A Coruña
Faculty of Medicine, R. de San Francisco, s/n, 15782 Santiago de Compostela
CIBUS Building – Floor 3, Rúa Lope Gómez de Marzoa s/n, Campus Vida, 15782, Santiago de Compostela
IARCUS – Building B, C/Constantino Candeira 5, 15782 Santiago de Compostela
Coordinator
Components
Relevant projects
- A multidisciplinary and circular approach towards the development of innovative, SAFE-by-design, (bio) degRadable multifunctional COATings (SAFERCOAT) - MASSIMO LAZZARIANA & MARIA OTERO CASAL
- Adherir y hundir: Biopelículas microbianas para lacaptura de microplásticos (PlaSTICK) - MANUEL ROMERO BERNARDEZ
- CONSOLIDACIÓN E ESTRUTURACIÓN 2023 GPC GI-1209 - Biotecnoloxía para a diagnose, tratamento e prevención das enfermidades infecciosas - DITAPREIN - ANA MARIA OTERO CASAL
Relevant publications
- Virzì, Nicola Filippo, et al. «Combining antibacterial and wound healing features: Xanthan gum/guar gum 3D-printed scaffold tuned with hydroxypropyl-β-cyclodextrin/thymol and Zn2+». Carbohydrate Polymers, vol. 351, 2025
- Virzì, Nicola Filippo, et al. «Combining antibacterial and wound healing features: Xanthan gum/guar gum 3D-printed scaffold tuned with hydroxypropyl-β-cyclodextrin/thymol and Zn2+». Carbohydrate Polymers, vol. 351, 2025
- Illescas-López, Marta, et al. «Assessment of performance and comparison of three commercial HDV RNA detection assays: implications for diagnosis and treatment monitoring». Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, vol. 14, 2024
- Robertson, Shaun N., et al. «Development, characterization, and evaluation of a simple polymicrobial colony biofilm model for testing of antimicrobial wound dressings». Journal of Applied Microbiology, vol. 135, n.º 3, 2024
- Silva-Bea, Sergio, et al. «Draft genome sequence of Klebsiella pneumoniae KLEB-33: a convergent biofilm hyperforming multiresistant strain belonging to the emerging ST16 lineage harboring multiple hypervirulence genes». Microbiology Resource Announcements, vol. 13, n.º 4, 2024
