Irene had a degree in Biology from the Autonomous University of Madrid in 2017. In 2018, she began a Master's Degree in Industrial and Environmental Biotechnology at the Complutense University of Madrid, during which she enjoyed a Collaboration grant from the Ministry of Education and Science in the Department of Microbiology III.
The search for a master's degree project focused on microbial interactions and their biotechnological applications led her to join into Intergenomics Group at IBBTEC, led by Fernando de la Cruz. In this project, she accomplish the methodological optimization of wheat seed endophytic microbiome analysis.
After concluding her Master's degree, Irene begins her doctoral thesis under the supervision of Marta Robledo and Fernando de la Cruz. Her principal aim is expanding knowledge on plasmid metagenomics and its applications in environmental biotechnology.
Intergenomics
Research lines
– Evolution and Ecology:
• Classification of conjugative and mobilizable plasmids based on their relaxase sequences.
• Conjugative systems of Cyanobacteria and Actinomycetes.
– Molecular Engines: Protein and DNA transporters across bacterial membranes
– Protein Engineering: Conjugative relaxases as a target for the inhibition of the dissemination of antibiotic resistance.
– Systems Biology
Funding
- Nuevas estrategias para el control de infecciones nosocomiales. INNOECO RTC-2015-3184-1.
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“Promover el desarrollo tecnológico, la innovación y una investigación de calidad” |
- Plásmidos ortogonales para Biología Sintética y de Sistemas. Ministerio de Educación (BFU2011-26608).
- Bacterial Computing with Engineered Populations (BACTOCOM). European Union 7th Framework. Programme, Area Information and Communication Technologies (FP7-ICT-2009-4; Proyecto nº 248919).
- EVOTAR: Evolution and transfer of antibiotic resistance (Project no. 282004). European Union FP7-HEALTH 2011.2.3.1-2.
- Diversidad y distribución de plásmidos de bacterias ácido-lácticas. Acción Integrada Hispano-Serbia. PRI-AIBSE-2011-1186. IP: Fernando de la Cruz
- INGENIERÍA GENÉTICA DE ESCHERICHIA COLI PARA MEJORAR LA PRODUCCIÓN DE LÍPIDOS RICOS EN ÁCIDOS GRASOS OMEGA-3 (TF16-XX-003), cofinanciado por SODERCAN S.A. y el Programa Operativo FEDER
