Research lines:

• Modification of intestinal microbiota, Healthy Gut (ZTA)
• Genetic characterization of Campylobacter (ZTA)
• Molecular characterization of human reservoirs potentially pathogenic Escherichia coli, animal and environmental (ZTA)
• Genetic characterization of antimicrobial resistance (ZTA)
• Genetic characterization of microorganisms populations (ZTA)
• Foodborne zoonoses in animals and meat, eggs and other products from animal origin intended for human consumption, mainly Salmonella spp. Campylobacter spp., Verotoxigenic Escherichia coli and Yersinia enterocolitica (ZTA)
• Antimicrobial resistances in pathogens, food-borne zoonotic agents and indicators. (ZTA)

Last scientific publications:

• Dahdouh E., Gomez-Gil R., Sanz S., Gonzalez-Zorn B., Daoud Z., Mingorance J. and Suarez M.. A novel mutation in pmrB mediates colistin resistance during therapy of Acinetobacter baumannii. International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents, 49(6):727-733. 2017. (A)
• Ovejero CM., Escudero JA., Thomas-Lopez D., Hoefer A., Moyano G., Montero N., Martin-Espada C. and Gonzalez-Zorn B.. Highly Tigecycline-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae Sequence Type 11 (ST11) and ST147 Isolates from Companion Animals. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 61(6). pii: e02640-16. 2017. (A)
• Ovejero CM., Delgado-Blas JF., Calero-Caceres W., Muniesa M. and Gonzalez-Zorn B.. Spread of mcr-1-carrying Enterobacteriaceae in sewage water from Spain. The Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 72(4):1050-1053. 2017. (A)
• Santos-Lopez A., Bernabe-Balas C., Ares M., Ortega-Huedo R., Hoefer A., San Millan A. and Gonzalez-Zorn B.. A naturally occurring SNP in plasmid pB1000 produces a reversible increase in antibiotic resistance. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 61(2). pii: e01735-16. 2017. (A)
• Delgado-Blas JF., Ovejero CM., Abadia Patino L. and Gonzalez-Zorn B.. Coexistence of mcr-1 and blaNDM-1 in Escherichia coli from Venezuela. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 60(10)6356-6358. 2016. (A)

Last doctoral thesis supervised:

• Daniel Thomas López. Enterococcus, Salmonella y H2S: Control Remoto de la Resistencia a Antibioticos. 2017.
• Laura Carrilero Aguado. Resistance to cephalosporins in Enterococcus spp.. 2016. (, Europea)
• Belén Gutiérrez Soriano. Aminoglycoside resistance 16s rRNA methyltransferases: Mechanism of action, biological cost and interference with intrinsic methylations. 2014. (Extraordinario de Doctorado, Mención Europea)
• Laura Hidalgo del Rio. Identification and characterization of an emergent aminoglycoside resistance mechanism: the 16S rRNA methyltransferases. 2014. (, Mención Europea)
• José Antonio Escudero García-Calderón. Fluoroquinolone resistance in Streptococcus suis. 2011. (Premio Extraordinario de Doctorado curso 2011-2012, Mención Europea)

Last outreach publications:

• Gonzalez-Zorn B. and Moyano G.. Resistencia a los antibióticos: preguntas frecuentes. 3tres3.com, no. 2017.
• Gonzalez-Zorn B.. Antibióticos: tiempo de actuar. Suis, 134 pp. 3, Asís. 2017.
• Gonzalez-Zorn B., Cordero R. and San Millan A.. Resistencia a antibióticos en bacterias humanas y animales. Unidad de Información Científica y Divulgación de la Investigación. OTRI, Universidad Complutense. 2010.
• Aranaz A., Blanco JL., Cutuli MT., Dominguez L., Fernandez-Garayzabal JF., Garcia ME., Gibello A., Gomez-Lucia E., Gonzalez-Zorn B., Goyache J., Mateos A., Moreno MA., Paya MJ. and Vela AI.. Microbiología. Compañía Española de Reprografía y Servicios S.A. (CERSA). 2010.
• Gonzalez-Zorn B.. ¿Por qué las bacterias son tan eficaces en su resistencia a los antibióticos?. SINC, Fundación Española para la Ciencia y la Tecnología. 2009.

Last communications:

• Ares M., Bernabe-Balas C., Santos-Lopez A., San Millan A., Hoefer A. and Gonzalez-Zorn B.. ColE1 plasmid coexistence is mediated by compensatory adaptation. 7th Congress of European Microbiologist. 26th Congress of the Spanish Society for Microbiology. 2017. (Poster communication)
• Serna-Bernaldo C., Sanchez-Mendez I., Valenzuela C., Martin R., Muller F. and Gonzalez-Zorn B.. Small world initiative at the Deutsche Schule Madrid: citizen education to fight the antimicrobial resistance. 7th Congress of European Microbiologist. 26th Congress of the Spanish Society for Microbiology. 2017. (Poster communication)
• Moyano G., Delgado-Blas JF., Hoefer A., Montero N. and Gonzalez-Zorn B.. Understanding the impact of production animals on the dissemination of mcr-1. 7th Congress of European Microbiologist. 26th Congress of the Spanish Society for Microbiology. 2017. (Poster communication)
• Lanza V., Baquero F., Ramos-Ruiz R., Gonzalez-Zorn B., Andremont A., Sanchez-Valenzuela A., Ehrlich D., Kennedy SP., Ruppe E., van Schaik W., Willems RJ., de la Cruz F. and Coque TM.. Targeted metagenomics for analysis of resistomes. 7th Congress of European Microbiologist. 26th Congress of the Spanish Society for Microbiology. 2017. (Poster communication)
• Gonzalez-Zorn B.. The concept of one health antimicrobial stewardship. 7th Congress of European Microbiologist. 26th Congress of the Spanish Society for Microbiology. 2017. (Oral communication)