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Arturo Martínez Trejo is a predoctoral student at the University of Barcelona from 2022 to date. He obtained his degree in Bacteriological and Parasitological Chemistry from the National School of Biological Sciences of the National Polytechnic Institute of Mexico in 2018. He holds a Master of Science in Biomedicine and Molecular Biotechnology from the same university and graduated in 2022. 

He has focused his studies and work in the field of clinical microbiology. His current PhD project focuses on the development and implementation of diagnostic techniques, mainly molecular techniques. He has published in peer-reviewed journals in the field of microbiology. He has also presented his work in Spanish and international congresses.

His doctoral thesis focuses on the implementation and development of diagnostic techniques to develop a rapid, reliable and accessible diagnostic tool based on loop-mediated isothermal amplification of nucleic acids (LAMP) and the standardisation and implementation of a molecular technique based on digital PCR (dPCR) for the early detection of pathogens. His doctoral research is being supervised by Dr Jordi Vila Estape, Professor at the University of Barcelona, and Dra. Andrea Vergara Gómez, both from the University of Barcelona and the Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Spain.

Lines of research

• Microbiology
• Infectious deseases
• Molecular biology
• Development of diagnostic tools to diagnose infectious diseases

Main publications

• Martínez-Trejo A, Ruiz-Ruiz JM, Gonzalez-Avila LU, Saldaña-Padilla A, Hernández-Cortez C, de Jesús Colmenero-Solís R, Bello-López JM, Castro-Escarpulli G. The CRISPR-Cas system in clinical strains of Acinetobacter baumannii: an in-silico analysis. Lett Appl Microbiol. 2024 Jan 2;77(1):ovae003. doi: 10.1093/lambio/ovae003. PMID: 38211976.
• Otero J, Rodríguez-Lázaro MA, Martínez-Trejo A, Mbanze D, Solana G, Vergara A, Bosch S, Gozal D, Vila J, Farré R. Robust and low-cost open-source device for detecting infectious microorganisms by loop-mediated isothermal amplification. HardwareX. 2024 Aug 24;19:e00568. doi: 10.1016/j.ohx.2024.e00568. PMID: 39291286; PMCID: PMC11405915.
• Loyola-Cruz MÁ, Gonzalez-Avila LU, Martínez-Trejo A, Saldaña-Padilla A, Hernández-Cortez C, Bello-López JM, Castro-Escarpulli G. ESKAPE and Beyond: The Burden of Coinfections in the COVID-19 Pandemic. Pathogens. 2023 May 22;12(5):743. doi: 10.3390/pathogens12050743. PMID: 37242413; PMCID: PMC10222376.
• Martínez-Trejo A, Ruiz-Ruiz JM, Gonzalez-Avila LU, Saldaña-Padilla A, Hernández-Cortez C, Loyola-Cruz MA, Bello-López JM, Castro-Escarpulli G. Evasion of Antimicrobial Activity in Acinetobacter baumannii by Target Site Modifications: An Effective Resistance Mechanism. Int J Mol Sci. 2022 Jun 13;23(12):6582. doi: 10.3390/ijms23126582. PMID: 35743027; PMCID: PMC9223528.