Yelina Ortiz Pérez

  • IBBTEC. c/ Albert Einstein, 22; 39011 Santander
  • ortizy@unican.es
  • 942 206 799 ext. 25915
  • Molecular Biology of Brucella Pathogenicity
  • Microbiology & Genomics
  • Department of Microbiology & Genomics

Yelina Ortiz Pérez graduated in Biology from the University of Alcalá in Madrid in 2014 and obtained her Master’s in Molecular Biology and Biomedicine from UC/UPV in 2015. Following this period, she continued working in the laboratory of Dr. Juan Mª García Lobo, where she had completed her Master’s thesis under the supervision of Dr. Félix J. Sangari García. In February 2016, she was awarded a predoctoral fellowship from UC to carry out her doctoral thesis titled “The panoply of Brucella: Search for effectors of the Type IV Secretion System and Characterization of Lysosome Inhibitors”, under the supervision of Dr. Félix J. Sangari García and Dr. Matxalen Llosa Blas.

During her PhD, she completed a three-month research stay in the laboratory of Dr. Brett Lindenbach in the Department of Microbial Pathogenesis at Yale University (USA). This stay allowed her to further develop her expertise in handling Risk Group 3 (RG3) pathogenic microorganisms, performing cell culture techniques and infections with RG3 viruses such as YFV and HCV, and participating in several specialized courses offered by Yale University. Thanks to this experience, she participated in the start-up of the NCB3 laboratory at IBBTEC.

After earning her PhD in January 2020, she continued working at IBBTEC with various research groups, consistently involved in projects related to Risk Group 2 and 3 pathogens. Since then, she has been specializing in biosafety, completing several training courses. In 2023, she joined the NCB2 and NCB3 microbiology laboratories as a Technical Support Specialist through a PTA grant, contributing to both research projects and the organizational management of the laboratories. Additionally, since November 2023, she has been a member of the IBBTEC Biosafety Committee.


​​​​​​​Molecular Biology of Brucella Pathogenicity


Research lines 

    •  Brucella virulence factors (and their regulation).
    •  Metagenomics and microbial ecology

Group history

Our research group holds a long record of activity in the field of Molecular Microbiology. Our previous work in mechanisms of recombination and mobility of antibiotic resistance genes in medically important bacteria was  followed by the analysis of molecular pathogenicity of Brucella giving significant contributions to new vaccines and epidemiological methods.  By adopting high throughput methods and new generation sequencing we broadened our studies in Brucella and starting moving to the field of metagenomics and ambiental microbiology.

Funding

Control y seguimiento del biodeterioro y de las condiciones ambientales del agua de infiltracion y de las emisiones de gas radón de la cueva de Altamira" Ref.: 2018CC100242. Ministerio de Cultura y Deprte. Subdirección General de Museos Estatales. Duración 15/10/2018-01/09/2020.

Félix Sangari García (IP)

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