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Lecturer
- About
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- Email Address
- mariavirtudes.solanocollado@abdn.ac.uk
- Office Address
- School/Department
- School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition
Internal Memberships
Deputy Lead of the Year 1 MBChB programme
Co-lead IDEALL (https://www.abdn.ac.uk/smmsn/about/ideall-group.php)
Curriculum Steering Group committee
Latest Publications
PclR is a transcriptional activator of the gene that encodes the pneumococcal collagen-like protein PclA
Scientific Reports, vol. 12, 11827Contributions to Journals: ArticlesRecognition of Streptococcal Promoters by the Pneumococcal SigA Protein
Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences, vol. 8, 666504Contributions to Journals: ArticlesA Small-Scale shRNA Screen in Primary Mouse Macrophages Identifies a Role for the Rab GTPase Rab1b in Controlling Salmonella Typhi Growth
Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology, vol. 11, 660689Contributions to Journals: ArticlesThe Rab32/BLOC-3–dependent pathway mediates host defense against different pathogens in human macrophages
Science Advances, vol. 7, no. 3, eabb1795Contributions to Journals: ArticlesVARP and Rab9 Are Dispensable for the Rab32/BLOC-3 Dependent Salmonella Killing
Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology, vol. 10, 581024Contributions to Journals: Articles
Prizes and Awards
Shortlisted nominee Student's Union & the University of Aberdeen Excellence Awards - Most inspiring, 2023
- Research
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Research Overview
I am interested in infection biology, in particular in studying the close interaction of bacteria with our immune cells. In the most recent years, my research has focused on the interplay between Salmonella Typhi, the bacterium that causes typhoid fever, with macrophages – cells of the immune system devoted to kill microbes -. Because S. Typhi is human restricted (it cannot infect other species), I have been particularly interested on understanding what mechanisms mouse macrophages use to restrict S. Typhi and whether these mechanisms are functional in humans.
Knowledge Exchange
2021 Global Science Show as STEM ambassador, a virtual science festival on Twitter.
2020 Café Connect UoA: Asymptomatic carriers: the hidden epidemic (podcast)
2020 Skype a Scientist (platform that matches students with scientists around the globe)
2019 Soapbox Science as part of Explorathon 2019 (European Researchers’ Night-Scotland), an event where women working in science share the research they do with the general public using no-traditional methods
2017 Falling Walls Lab Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions contestant as part of the ‘Science is wonder-ful!’ event (European Researcher’s night) in Brussels, a science contest where research projects are presented in a three minutes pitch to a distinguished jury representing science and business organisations
2016 Pechakucha 20x20 (20 slides in 20 seconds) as part of Explorathon 2016 (European Researchers’ Night-Scotland), a visual talk lasting 6 minutes and 40 seconds
2016 Participation in “Sneaky Bugs”, a public engagement activity for children where they were introduced to concepts such as microbes, infection, antibiotics and resistance to antibiotics while having fun pretending to be scientist on the bench
Funding and Grants
2020-2021 Wellcome Trust Institutional Strategic Support Fund (ISSF) Fellowship
2018-2019 Tenovus Scotland Small Pilot Grant
2016-2018 Marie-Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship
- Teaching
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Courses
- Foundations of Medicine (ME2019)
- Student Selected component 1 (ME2511)
- Student Selected component 2 (ME3013)
Teaching Responsibilities
Key area of expertise -microbiology and bacterial infection, immunology-innate immune response, molecular biology
- ME2019 (Foundations of Medicine) - Lead Course coordinator. Lectures and problem-solving sessions.
- SM2501 (The cell) - Practicals
- ME2511 (Year 1 MBChB Student Selected Component) - Tutor
- BI25M7 (Energy for life) – Course co-ordination. Lectures on Metabolic crosstalk host-pathogen, practicals & tutorials
- SM2001 (Foundation skills for medical sciences) - Workshops
- SM2501 (Research skills for Medical Sciences) - Theme leader and tutor
- BI20M3 (Molecular biology of the gene) – Practicals
- ME3013 - Year 2 MBChB Student Selected Component - Tutor
- IM3501 (Fundamentals of Immunology) – Lectures, practicals and tutorials
- IM3502 (Applied Immunology – Human health) - Lectures and tutorials
- IM4006 (Current Research in Immunology) - Lectures
- IM4007 (Honours Immunology-Option 1) - Lectures
- MC4314 (Honours microbiology - option 2) - Lectures on bacteria-host interactions
- MB4050 (Advanced Molecular Biology) – course co-ordination. Workshops
- MB5526 (Genes and Immunity) - Lectures and tutorials
- Honours projects: supervision of research projects
- MSc projects: supervision of research projects
Non-course Teaching Responsibilities
Personal tutor
- Publications
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PclR is a transcriptional activator of the gene that encodes the pneumococcal collagen-like protein PclA
Scientific Reports, vol. 12, 11827Contributions to Journals: ArticlesRecognition of Streptococcal Promoters by the Pneumococcal SigA Protein
Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences, vol. 8, 666504Contributions to Journals: ArticlesA Small-Scale shRNA Screen in Primary Mouse Macrophages Identifies a Role for the Rab GTPase Rab1b in Controlling Salmonella Typhi Growth
Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology, vol. 11, 660689Contributions to Journals: ArticlesThe Rab32/BLOC-3–dependent pathway mediates host defense against different pathogens in human macrophages
Science Advances, vol. 7, no. 3, eabb1795Contributions to Journals: ArticlesVARP and Rab9 Are Dispensable for the Rab32/BLOC-3 Dependent Salmonella Killing
Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology, vol. 10, 581024Contributions to Journals: ArticlesRab32 restriction of intracellular bacterial pathogens
Small GTPases, vol. 9, no. 3, pp. 216-223Contributions to Journals: ArticlesMgaSpn and H-NS: Two unrelated global regulators with similar DNA-binding properties
Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences, vol. 3, no. SEP, 60Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fmolb.2016.00060
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