María Teresa García-Seco Romero
Jefe de Ensayos Clínicos
Qualifications:
PhD in Veterinary Sciences
Máster en Investigación en Ciencias Veterinarias
Tesina
Degree in Veterinary Medicine (DVM)
Contact
Investigation

Research lines:
- Integrated monitoring and control of Toxoplasma gondii and Hepatitis E virus in food supply chains (NED)
- Diagnosis of leishmaniasis in the animal reservoir (NED)
- 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)
- Design of methods for detection of biological threat agents (NED)

Last scientific publications:
- Sánchez-Morales L., Perez-Sancho M., Garcia-Seco T., Balseiro A., Perez-Domingo A., Buendia A., Diez-Guerrier A., de Garnica-Garcia MG., Mareque P., Risalde MA., Gortazar C., Dominguez M. and Dominguez L.. Exploring trained immunity to complement vaccination against Streptococcus suis in swine. Developmental and Comparative Immunology, 172:105498. 2025. (A)
- Sánchez-Morales L., Porras N., Perez-Domingo A., Perez-Sancho M., Garcia-Seco T., Diaz-de Frutos M., Buendia A., Moreno I., Zamora L., Balseiro A., Risalde MA., Rodriguez-Bertos A., Gortazar C., Dominguez M. and Dominguez L.. The impact of mycobacteria-induced trained immunity on SARS-CoV-2 vaccine responses. Frontiers in immunology, 16. 2025. (A)
- Herrero-Garcia G., Perez-Sancho M., Barroso P., Herranz-Benito C., Relimpio D., Garcia-Seco T., Perello A., Diez-Guerrier A., Pozo P., Balseiro A., Dominguez L. and Gortazar C.. One Health Farming: Noninvasive monitoring reveals links between farm vertebrate richness and pathogen markers in outdoor hoofstock. One Health, 19:100924. 2024. (A)
- Carvalho A., Hipolito A., Trigo de Roza F., Garcia-Pastor L., Vergara E., Buendia A., Garcia-Seco T. and Escudero JA.. The expression of integron arrays is shaped by the translation rate of cassettes. Nature Communications, 15(1):9232. 2024. (A)
- Polo C., Garcia-Seco T., Garcia N., Fernandez-Benito V., Briones V., Diez-Guerrier A., Alvarez J., Dominguez L. and Perez-Sancho M.. Time, temperature and media: the three keys to improve the recovery of Campylobacter fetus subsp. venerealis from preputial bull samples. Veterinary Research Communications, 48(4):2109-2119. 2024. (A)

Last PhD thesis supervised:
- Coral Polo Vaquero. New approaches in the control of infectious fertility problems in extensive cattle. 2023.(Doctorado Industrial)
Outreach

Last outreach publications:
- Herranz-Benito C., Garcia-Seco T., Perello A., Diez-Guerrier A., Martinez A., Gortazar C., Dominguez L. and Perez-Sancho M.. What the environment hides: emerging use of non-invasive sampling in animal health. Profesión Veterinaria, 104:90-98, Colegio Oficial de Veterinarios de Madrid. 2025.
- Perez-Sancho M., Sánchez-Morales L., Garcia-Seco T., Moreno I., Diez-Guerrier A., Risalde MA., Dominguez M. and Dominguez L.. El potencial de la inmunidad entrenada en la lucha contra enfermedades infecciosas de relevancia en el cerdo. Profesión Veterinaria, Colegio Oficial de Veterinarios de Madrid. 2024.
- Perez-Sancho M., Garcia-Seco T., Sánchez-Morales L., Moreno I., Dominguez M., Goyache J. and Dominguez L.. Trained immunity and mycobacteria: towards the future of global health. Anales de la Real Academia de Doctores de España, 9(4):843-862, Real Academia de Doctores de España. 2024.
- Garcia-Seco T. and Bezos J.. Aborto ovino causado por Salmonella Abortusovis (aborto paratifoide). Albèitar Portugal, Grupo Asis. 2019.
- Perez-Sancho M., Vela AI., Garcia-Seco T., Gottschalk M., Dominguez L. and Fernandez-Garayzabal JF.. Assessment of MALDI-TOF MS as alternative tool for Streptococcus suis identification. 113-118, Applications of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) tools in microbiology of infectious diseases. Ed. 1. Frontiers. 2017.

Last communications:
- Perez-Sancho M., Garcia-Seco T., Perez-Domingo A., Sánchez-Morales L., Risalde MA., Diez-Guerrier A., Moreno I., Dominguez M. and Dominguez L.. Estudio de moduladores de inmunidad innata usando Streptococcus suis como modelo experimental. I International Congress ENZOEM. 2025. (Poster communication)
- Paulino-Carvalho A., Hipolito A., Garcia-Pastor L., Vergara E., Buendia A., Garcia-Seco T. and Escudero JA.. The Expression Gradient Of Integron Cassette Arrays Is Shaped By Cassette Identity. XXIX Congreso Sociedad Española de Microbiología. SEM 2023. 2025. (Oral communication)
- Sánchez-Morales L., Porras N., Perez-Domingo A., Perez-Sancho M., Garcia-Seco T., Diaz-de Frutos M., Buendia A. and Dominguez L.. Inmunidad entrenada y su potencial impacto en la inmunidad adquirida frente al SARS-CoV-2. XI VETINDOC - IX PhDay Complutense. 2025. (Oral communication)
- Garcia-Seco T., Franco L., Sánchez-Morales L., Perez-Domingo A., Cruz F., Juste R., Agirregomoskorta I., Ceron JJ. and Perez-Sancho M.. Explorando la utilidad de marcadores de estrés oxidativo en ensayos de evaluación de la inmunidad entrenada orientada en modelo porcino. XXVIII Simposio Nacional AVEDILA. 2025. (Poster communication)
- Garcia-Seco T., Herranz Benito C., Barcena C., Diez de Tejada P., Diaz R., Giron EC., Benito G., Alvarez J. and Perez-Sancho M.. Avances en la vigilancia ambiental de Coxiella burnetii en granjas de pequeños rumiantes. XXVIII Simposio Nacional AVEDILA. 2025. (Oral communication)

