Lucas Domínguez Rodríguez
Appointments:
Miembro del Consejo Asesor Externo del CEIGRAM. Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM)
Académico Correspondiente (Sección de Ciencias Básicas). Academia de Ciencias Veterinarias de Castilla y León
Tutor de Doctorado en Ciencias en el Programa de Maestría y Doctorado en Ciencias de la Producción y de la Salud Animal. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)
Comité Asesor para el acceso a instalaciones del CISA. Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria (INIA)
Representante de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid para formar parte del Patronato de la Fundación IMDEA Alimentación. Universidad Complutense (UCM)
Miembro del panel de evaluadores externos del Programa Manuel Colmeiro. Xunta de Galicia
Coordinador del Cluster de Agroalimentación y Salud. CEI Campus Moncloa
Miembro. Plataforma Tecnológica Española de Sanidad Animal (Vet+i)
Académico de Número de la Real Academia de Doctores de España. Real Academia de Doctores de España (RADE)
Full Professor (UCM)
Qualifications:
PhD in Veterinary Sciences
Degree in Veterinary Medicine (DVM)
Contact
VISAVET, Health Surveillance Centre
Universidad Complutense
Av. Puerta de Hierro s/n. 28040 Madrid. Spain
e-mail:
Telephone: (+34) 91 394 3721
Fax: (+34) 91 394 3795
Biography
Professor Lucas Domínguez was born in 1955 in Cabezuela del Valle (Cáceres). He has a degree and a PhD in Veterinary Medicine from the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of the Complutense University of Madrid (Extraordinary PhD Award 1983-1984). He has carried out postdoctoral stays at the Universities of Leicester and Reading (United Kingdom). He has obtained the position of Full Professor in the area of Animal Pathology I (currently Animal Health) in 1988. He obtained the I Jacumar Award for Research in Aquaculture 2001 and the ANAPORC Prize 2001.
He has held the position of Director of the Department of Animal Health of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine (UCM) and Director of the VISAVET Health Surveillance Centre (UCM) for 13 and 9 consecutive years, respectively. Under his direction the center has specialized in the surveillance of the main zoonotic and epizootic diseases of interest in Spain. Currently, VISAVET hosts the European Reference Laboratory for Bovine Tuberculosis (EU-RL), the Reference Laboratories for African Equine Pest and African Swine Fever of the OIE and the Veterinary Surveillance Network for Resistance to Antibiotics (VAV). Under his direction, VISAVET has participated in the creation of the Food Institute (Food Safety) of the IMDEA and, together with the Agri-Food and Health Cluster, has participated in the Campus of International Excellence (CEI Moncloa) project developed by both the Universidad Complutense and the Universidad Politecnica de Madrid. Professor Lucas Domínguez has also participated in the creation of the Spanish Network of Biological Alert Laboratories (RELAB).
Throughout his career he has directed numerous research projects with public and private funding and has directed 37 doctoral theses (12 of them have awards).
He has collaborated in the publication of more than 350 research works, most of them in journals with the highest impact in the area, mainly in the field of diagnosis, detection, classification, characterization, epidemiology, control and eradication of facultative intracellular pathogenic zoonotic bacteria (Listeria, Salmonella, Mycobacterium). He has also been a co-author in several books, monographs and articles on issues of Animal Health and Public Health and also authored several microbiological manuals. He has been part and is currently part of several Task Commissions of different national and international Agencies related to Animal Health, Public Health, Microbial Taxonomy, Veterinary Drugs and Food Safety and Nutrition. He is an advisor for the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment, the Area of Environment, Land Planning and Health of the Community of Madrid and the Area of Agriculture and Livestock of Castilla y Leon.
He has held the position of Director of the Department of Animal Health of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine (UCM) and Director of the VISAVET Health Surveillance Centre (UCM) for 13 and 9 consecutive years, respectively. Under his direction the center has specialized in the surveillance of the main zoonotic and epizootic diseases of interest in Spain. Currently, VISAVET hosts the European Reference Laboratory for Bovine Tuberculosis (EU-RL), the Reference Laboratories for African Equine Pest and African Swine Fever of the OIE and the Veterinary Surveillance Network for Resistance to Antibiotics (VAV). Under his direction, VISAVET has participated in the creation of the Food Institute (Food Safety) of the IMDEA and, together with the Agri-Food and Health Cluster, has participated in the Campus of International Excellence (CEI Moncloa) project developed by both the Universidad Complutense and the Universidad Politecnica de Madrid. Professor Lucas Domínguez has also participated in the creation of the Spanish Network of Biological Alert Laboratories (RELAB).
Throughout his career he has directed numerous research projects with public and private funding and has directed 37 doctoral theses (12 of them have awards).
He has collaborated in the publication of more than 350 research works, most of them in journals with the highest impact in the area, mainly in the field of diagnosis, detection, classification, characterization, epidemiology, control and eradication of facultative intracellular pathogenic zoonotic bacteria (Listeria, Salmonella, Mycobacterium). He has also been a co-author in several books, monographs and articles on issues of Animal Health and Public Health and also authored several microbiological manuals. He has been part and is currently part of several Task Commissions of different national and international Agencies related to Animal Health, Public Health, Microbial Taxonomy, Veterinary Drugs and Food Safety and Nutrition. He is an advisor for the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment, the Area of Environment, Land Planning and Health of the Community of Madrid and the Area of Agriculture and Livestock of Castilla y Leon.
Investigation
Research lines:
- Integrated monitoring and control of Toxoplasma gondii and Hepatitis E virus in food supply chains (NED)
- Modification of intestinal microbiota, Healthy Gut (ZTA)
- Genetic characterization of Campylobacter (ZTA)
- Application of MALDI-TOF technique in the clinical microbiology and Agri-food field (ICM)
- Diagnosis of leishmaniasis in the animal reservoir (NED)
- Molecular characterization of human reservoirs potentially pathogenic Escherichia coli, animal and environmental (ZTA)
- Diagnosis of Q fever in livestock and wildlife using direct and indirect tests. (NED)
- Diagnosis of swine brucellosis (NED)
- New strategies for diagnosis and control of bovine, ovine and caprine brucellosis (NED)
- Epidemiological surveillance of zoonotic tick-borne pathogens (NED)
- Tuberculosis control (MYC)
- 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)
- Molecular characterizacion studies of the Mycobacterium avium complex (MYC)
- Clinical diagnosis (ICM)
- Tuberculosis diagnosis (MYC)
- Molecular epidemiology of tubeculosis (MYC)
- Molecular typing (ICM)
- Antimicrobial resistances in pathogens, food-borne zoonotic agents and indicators (ZTA)
- Diagnosis of other mycobacteriosis (MYC)
- Design of methods for detection of biological threat agents (NED)
- Bacterial taxonomy (ICM)
Next scientific publications:
- Mourkas E., Florez-Cuadrado D., Pascoe B., Calland JK., Bayliss SC., Mageiros L., Meric G., Hitchings MD., Quesada A., Porrero MC., Ugarte-Ruiz M., Gutierrez-Fernandez J., Dominguez L. and Sheppard SK.. Gene pool transmission of multidrug resistance among Campylobacter from livestock, sewage and human disease. Environmental Microbiology. (A)
- Alvarez J., Lopez-Perez G., Muellner P., De Frutos C., Ahistrom C., Serrano T., Moreno MA., Duran M., Saez JL., Dominguez L. and Ugarte-Ruiz M.. Identifying emerging trends in antimicrobial resistance using Salmonella surveillance data in poultry in Spain. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases. (A)
- Camino E., Dorrego Rodríguez A., Carvajal KA., Buendia A., de Juan L., Dominguez L. and Cruz F.. Serological, molecular and hematological diagnosis in horses with clinical suspicion of equine piroplasmosis: pooling strengths. Veterinary Parasitology. (A)
- Risalde MA., Roy A., Bezos J., Pineda C., Casal C., Diez-Guerrier A., Lopez-Villalba I., Fernandez-Manzano A., Moreno I., de Juan L., Dominguez L. and Gortazar C.. Hypervitaminosis D has no positive effects on goat tuberculosis and may cause chronic renal lesions. The Veterinary Record. (A)
Last scientific publications:
- Rebollada A., Barcena C., Ugarte-Ruiz M., Porras-Gonzalez N., Mayoral-Alegre F., Tome-Sanchez I., Dominguez L. and Rodriguez-Bertos A.. Effects on Intestinal Mucosal Morphology, Productive Parameters and Microbiota Composition after Supplementation with Fermented Defatted Alperujo (FDA) in Laying Hens. Antibiotics, 8:215. 2019. (A)
- Roy A., Tome-Sanchez I., Romero B., Lorente-Leal V., Infantes-Lorenzo JA., Dominguez M., Martin C., Aguilo N., Puentes E., Rodriguez E., de Juan L., Risalde MA., Gortazar C., Dominguez L. and Bezos J.. Evaluation of the immunogenicity and efficacy of BCG and MTBVAC vaccines using a natural transmission model of tuberculosis. Veterinary Research, 50:82. 2019. (A)
- Diez-Delgado I., Sevilla IA., Garrido JM., Romero B., Geijo MV., Dominguez L., Juste RA., Aranaz A., de la Fuente J. and Gortazar C.. Tuberculosis vaccination sequence effect on protection in wild boar. Comparative Immunology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, 66:101329. 2019. (A)
- Miguela-Villoldo P., Hernandez M., Moreno MA., Rodriguez-Lazaro D., Quesada A., Dominguez L. and Ugarte-Ruiz M.. Carbapenemase-producing Elizabethkingia meningoseptica from healthy pigs associated with colistin use in Spain. Antibiotics, 8,146. 2019. (A)
- Ortega-García MV., Salguero FJ., Rodriguez-Bertos A., Moreno I., Garcia N., Garcia-Seco T., Torre G., Dominguez L. and Dominguez M.. A pathological study of Leishmania infantum natural infection in European rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) and Iberian hares (Lepus granatensis). Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, 1-8. 2019. (A)
Last PhD thesis supervised:
- Ruth García Gómez. Evaluation of the health status of the main aquaculture species in Papua New Guinea. 2019.
- Mª Luisa de la Cruz Conty. Application of quantitative analytic methods for the epidemiological study of zoonotic diseases. 2018.
- Jose Antonio Infantes Lorenzo. Immunoproteomic characterization of protein derivatives from Mycobacterium bovis, Mycobacterium avium (subspecies avium and paratuberculosis) and Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis. Application in diagnosis. 2018.
- Diego Flórez Cuadrado. Genomic characterization and antimicrobial resistance of Campylobacter. 2017.(Mención Europea)
- Adriana Cabal Rosel. Distribución, cuantificación y caracterización de genes de virulencia de Escherichia coli en reservorios animales, humanos y medioambientales. 2016.(Internacional)
Outreach
Last outreach publications:
- Florez-Cuadrado D., Moreno MA., Ugarte-Ruiz M. and Dominguez L.. Antimicrobial Resistance in the Food Chain in the European Union. 86(5):115-136, Biological Emerging Risks in Foods. Ed. 1. Academic Press. 2018.
- Briones V., Perez-Sancho M., Goyache J., Gonzalez S. and Dominguez L.. La cruda realidad. Weblog Madri+d de Seguridad Alimentaria y Alimentación, Fundación para el Conocimiento madri+d. 2018.
- Roy A., Gonzalez S., Romero B., de Juan L., Dominguez L. and Bezos J.. Método de segregación como medida de control y erradicación de la tuberculosis caprina (y II). Albéitar, 215:26-28, Asís. 2018.
- Roy A., Gonzalez S., Romero B., de Juan L., Dominguez L. and Bezos J.. Método de segregación como medida de control y erradicación de la tuberculosis caprina. Albéitar, 214:20-22, Servet-Grupo Asís Biomedia S.L... 2018.
- Briones V., Perez-Sancho M., Goyache J. and Dominguez L.. Ante la moda de comer natural. El País, Ediciones El País. 2018.
Last communications:
- Miguela-Villoldo P., Maasoumi N., Hernandez M., Moreno MA., Rodriguez-Lazaro D., Garcia M., Quesada M., Rivero E., Dominguez L. and Ugarte-Ruiz M.. Use of Quantitative Real-time PCR for Testing Trends of the mcr1 Colistin-resistance Gene in Spanish Pig Caecal Content. 1st One Health EJP Annual Scientific Meeting. 2019. (Poster communication)
- Rebollada A., Mayoral-Alegre F., Tome-Sanchez I., Ancochea C., Cruz S., Hernandez-Carrillo J., Torre G., Porras-Gonzalez N., Gonzalez S., Romero B., Goyache J., Dominguez L. and Rodriguez-Bertos A.. Pathology Live!. V Congreso de Docencia Veterinaria (VetDoc). 2019. (Poster communication)
- Dominguez L.. Listeriosis y salud pública. Radio 5. 2019. (Radio interview)
- Dominguez L.. Experto asegura que la incidencia para la salud de la listeria es "muy baja". EFE Salud. 2019. (Press interview)
- Dominguez L.. Brote de listeriosis 2019 en España. II Jornadas formativas de Salud Pública: Listeriosis. 2019. (Oral communication)
