Research lines:

• Characterization of the emergence of foodborne pathogens subjected to surveillance and monitoring programs through quantitative epidemiology (EPIQ)
• Evaluation of the performance of diagnostic tests for diseases of importance in animal health and assessment of their application in the frame of control and surveillance programs (EPIQ)
• Genetic characterization of antimicrobial resistance (ZTA)
• Genetic characterization of microorganisms populations (ZTA)
• Foodborne zoonoses in animals and animal derived products intended for human consumption (eggs, meat..), as well as water samples, 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:

• Vela AI., Serna C., Ugarte-Ruiz M., Buendia A., Casamayor A., Calderón-Bernal JM., Dominguez L., Cid D. and Fernandez-Garayzabal JF.. Antibiotic Resistance to Critically Important Antimicrobials and Virulence Genes in Enterococcus faecalis Strains Isolated from Eurasian Griffon Vultures (Gyps fulvus) and Their Association with Mobile Genetic Elements. Veterinary sciences, 12(11):1083. 2025. (A)
• Serna C., Pulido-Vadillo M., Matamoros BR., Fernandez-Favieres FJ., Montero N., Garcia-Berdun C., Garcia ME., Blanco JL., Delgado-Blas JF. and Gonzalez-Zorn B.. Persistent multispecies dissemination of armA-carrying IncR plasmids among clinical and environmental bacterial populations in a Spanish veterinary hospital. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, e0067325. 2025. (A)
• Maguire M., Serna C., Delgado-Blas JF., Clarke C., DeLappe N., Cormican M., Coughlan SC., Miliotis G., Gonzalez-Zorn B. and Burke LP.. Healthcare-related transmission of mobile genetic elements co-carrying blaNDM and 16S rRNA methyltransferase genes in multiple Enterobacterales. Microbial Genomics, 11(8):001473. 2025. (A)
• Serna C., Matamoros BR., Pulido-Vadillo M., Delgado-Blas JF., Jansen RR., Willems RJL., Almeida A., Harrison EM., Dupuy B., Coll F. and Gonzalez-Zorn B.. Global dissemination of npmA mediated pan-aminoglycoside resistance via a mobile genetic element in Gram-positive bacteria. Nature Communications, 16(1):6360. 2025. (A)
• Serna C., Calderón-Bernal JM., Torre-Fuentes L., Garcia-Munoz A., Diez-Guerrier A., Hernandez M., Fernandez-Garayzabal JF., Vela AI., Cid D. and Alvarez J.. Integrative and conjugative elements associated with antimicrobial resistance in multidrug resistant Pasteurella multocida isolates from bovine respiratory disease (BRD)-affected animals in Spanish feedlots. The Veterinary quarterly, 45(1):1-15. 2025. (A)

Last communications:

• Fernandez-Favieres FJ., Delgado-Blas JF., Serna C., Pulido-Vadillo M., Montero N. and Gonzalez-Zorn B.. β-lactamasas de espectro extendido en la interfaz humana-animal-ambiental. Jornadas Vigilancia Sanitaria 2023: presente y futuro para 2030. 2023. (Poster communication)
• Pulido-Vadillo M., Delgado-Blas JF., Serna C., Fernandez-Favieres FJ., Wedel E., Montero N. and Gonzalez-Zorn B.. Hiperresistencia a carbapenemas mediada por la amplificación adaptativa del gen blaNDM-1. Jornadas Vigilancia Sanitaria 2023: presente y futuro para 2030. 2023. (Oral communication)
• Serna C., Delgado-Blas JF., Pulido-Vadillo M., Fernandez-Favieres FJ. and Gonzalez-Zorn B.. Metiltransferasas del ARNr 16S: un análisis genómico y epidemiológico global de un mecanismo emergente de resistencia a aminoglucósidos. Jornadas Vigilancia Sanitaria 2023: presente y futuro para 2030. 2023. (Poster communication)
• Delgado-Blas JF., David S., Serna C., Pulido-Vadillo M., Montero N., Fernandez-Favieres FJ., Aanensen D., Abadia Patiño L. and Gonzalez-Zorn B.. La cara oculta de los plásmidos IncL: impacto del linaje L3 en la dinámica de la resistencia a los antibióticos. Jornadas Vigilancia Sanitaria 2023: presente y futuro para 2030. 2023. (Poster communication)
• Serna C.. Diseminación silenciosa de pan-resistencia a aminoglucósidos en un ambiente hospitalario durante una década. VII VETINDOC - V PhDay Complutense. 2021. (Oral communication)