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)

Next scientific publications:

• Rozwandowicz M., Brouwer MSM., Fischer J., Wagenaar J., Gonzalez-Zorn B., Guerra B., Mevius DJ. and Hordijk J.. Plasmids carrying antimicrobial resistance genes in Enterobacteriaceae. The Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. (A)

Last scientific publications:

• Ares M., Bernabe-Balas C., Santos-Lopez A., Baquero MR., Prasad KN., Cid D., Martin-Espada C., San Millan A. and Gonzalez-Zorn B.. PCR-Based Analysis of ColE1 Plasmids in Clinical Isolates and Metagenomic Samples Reveals Their Importance as Gene Capture Platforms. Frontiers in Microbiology, 9(469):1-15. 2018. (A)
• Hadziabdic S., Fischer J., Malorny B., Borowiak M., Guerra B., Kaesbohrer A., Gonzalez-Zorn B. and Szabo I.. In vivo transfer and microevolution of avian native IncA/C2blaNDM-1-carrying plasmid pRH-1238 during a broiler chicken infection study. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, AAC.02128-17. 2018. (A)
• Singh S., Pathak A., Kumar A., Rahman M., Singh A., Gonzalez-Zorn B. and Prasad KN.. Emergence of chromosome borne colistin resistance gene mcr-1 in clinical isolates of Klebsiella pneumoniae from India. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 62(2). pii: e01885-17. 2018. (A)
• Lanza VF., Baquero F., Martinez JL., Ramos-Ruiz R., Gonzalez-Zorn B., Andremont A., Sanchez-Valenzuela A., Ehrlich SD., Kennedy S., Ruppe E., van Schaik W., Willems RJ., de la Cruz F. and Coque TM.. In-depth resistome analysis by targeted metagenomics. Microbiome, 6(1):11. 2018. (A)
• 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)

Last PhD thesis supervised:

• Cristina Martínez Ovejero. Mecanismos emergentes de resistencia a antibióticos en enterobacterias de origen humano, animal y ambiental. 2017.
• Andreas Hoefer . Regulation of the 16S rRNA resistance methyltransferases: A functional and mutational analysis of the armA 5´ UTR. 2017.
• 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.(PhD Extraordinary Award, Mención Europea)

Last outreach publications:

• Delgado-Blas JF., Matamoros BR. and Gonzalez-Zorn B.. Ecology of blaNDM and mcr-1. Journal of Laboratory and Precision Medicine, AME Publishing Company. 2017.
• 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.

Last communications:

• Gonzalez-Zorn B.. Abordaje de los programas AMS dede la gestión. Perspectiva Europea. Antimicrobial stewardship: de la teoría a la práctica. 2017. (Oral communication)
• Gonzalez-Zorn B.. Resistencias microbianas. LIV Simposium Científico de Avicultura de WPSA-AECA . 2017. (Oral communication)
• Gonzalez-Zorn B.. Improving Hygienic Conditions One Way to Reduce Antibiotics. The Pig Site. 5m. 2017. (Web interview)
• Gonzalez-Zorn B.. Hace 30 años que no hemos descubierto nuevos antibióticos en el mundo. Tribuna. La Segunda. 2017. (Press interview)
• Gonzalez-Zorn B.. Exceso de antibióticos en el ganado español. Noticias. Antena 3 TV. 2017. (TV communication)