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Jonatan Martin Rodriguez

Jonatan Martin Rodriguez

Senior Research Specialist
Visiting address: Solnav盲gen 9, Biomedicum, 17165 Solna
Postal address: C1 Mikrobiologi, tum枚r- och cellbiologi, C1 CTMR Engstrand Juan Du, 171 77 Stockholm

About me

  • My field of expertise is bacterial physiology and I am a recognized expert in
    the biology of bacteria of the genus Shewanella. My research lines focus 


  • on three inter-related areas:
    1-Respiration-induced biofilm formation (RIBF).
    2-Genomics of Shewanella spp.
    3-Antibiotic resistance from a One-Health perspective.


    Grants after PhD completion:

    2022 探花精选 Junior Investigator Award for SDG-related 


  • research.
    2022 L盲ngmanska Kulturfonden: BA22-0537 (main applicant).
    2021 ERA-NET Project /PARRTAE/ - Probing Antibiotic Residues and Resistance
    Transfer in Aquatic Environments (Reference Number: ID 351, participating
    researcher).
    2020 探花精选 Research Foundation: 2020鈥01556 (main
    applicant).
    2020 Hans Dahlbergs Stiftelse (main applicant).
    2020 L盲ngmanska Kulturfonden: BA20-0736 (main applicant).
    2019 Anna and Gunnar Vidfelts Fond for Biological Research: 2019-051 (main
    applicant).
    2019 Lars Hiertas Minne Stiftelse: FO19-0293 (main applicant).
    2019 L盲ngmanska Kulturfonden: BA19-1128 (main applicant).
    2018 Lars Hiertas Minne Stiftelse: FO2018-0196 (main applicant).
    2018 Hans Dahlbergs Stiftelse (main applicant).
    2018 Karolinska Instituet Research Foundation Grant: FS-2018:0007 (main
    applicant).
    2016 FEMS Research grant: RG-2015-0084 (main applicant).
    Commissions of trust:
    2022 Guest Editor for Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology,  

  • Rising Stars in Biofilms 2022.
    2020 Curator for the Shewanella spp. MLST database available at PubMLST 


  • 2017 Guest Editor for 
  • Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry, special issue
    on 鈥楻ecent advances in anti-biofilm strategies鈥.
    Review board member of 
  • Frontiers in Microbiology, Frontiers in Cellular
    and Infection Microbiology, and 
  • Microorganisms

     


  • 2016 - PhD, Bio探花精选 Sciences. University of La Laguna (Spain).
    2012 - MSc Biotechnology. University of La Laguna (Spain).
    2011 - MSc Oceanography. University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (Spain).
    2008 - BSc + MSc Industrial Engineering, esp. Chemistry. University of Las
    Palmas de Gran Canaria (Spain).

Research

  • Biofilm physiology: Respiration-induced biofilm formation (RIBF)
    My research focuses on the association between respiration phenomena and
    bacterial colonization of biotic and abiotic substrata through biofilm
    formation. I try to unravel the physiological and signalling mechanisms
    linking these two prima facie unrelated processes.
    In the marine indigenous bacterium and emerging pathogen /Shewanella algae/,
    my research has shown a strain-specific association between respiration of
    alternative electron acceptors and biofilm formation, and I have demonstrated
    that it is the anaerobic reduction of these compounds that triggers
    downstream events leading to surface colonization. Our efforts are now
    focused on understanding the molecular mechanisms regulating this response,
    with a special focus on taxis and c-di-GMP signaling.
    I have expanded this respiration-biofilm tandem interplay to other bacterial
    models (uropathogenic Escherichia coli), where I have been able to find 


  • associations with implications in infectivity. I currently explore the
    role of respiratory nitrate utilization in biofilm-related processes in
    other E. coli pathotypes. 

  • Genomics
    New times bring new technologies, and whole genome sequencing has
    revolutionized many 鈥榞old standards鈥 in classic microbiology. I am
    interested in gaining a deeper understanding on S. algae/Shewanella spp. diversity and 

  • evolution through genome sequence analysis to correlate genomic composition
    with phenotypic diversity and niche occupation. While doing so, we are also making 

  • efforts to shed light on the taxonomy of Shewanella spp. We plan to apply similar approaches to gain a better understanding on the colonization of organ niches by distinct strains of human-associated microorganisms. 

  • Antibiotic resistance
    Antibiotic resistance is a global threat, perhaps one of the most important
    challenges for humankind in the coming decades. I am interested in the
    environmental dimension of this phenomenon and the transmission of antibiotic
    resistance determinants from environmental to pathogenic bacteria. I
    currently lead projects that interrogate host specificity of mobile elements
    in Shewanella spp. and Vibrio spp. in aquatic environments, both in the 

  • water column and in sediments. Efforts are also devoted to determining levels
    of antibiotic residues and relating them to the presence and transmission of
    mobile genetic elements including antibiotic resistance determinants.

Teaching

  • -Supervision of diverse BSc and MSc theses in Sweden and abroad.
    -Co-supervision of 2 PhD candidates (ongoing).
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  • 200 h of teaching (Microbiology) at different levels (BSc, MSc, PhD courses,
    laboratory courses, etc.), including opponent in B. Sc. and M. Sc. programs
    in Sweden and abroad.
    -8 weeks of pedagogical training in Sweden.
    -Accredited competence as Senior Lecturer (Assoc. Prof.) by the National
    Agency for Quality Assessment and Accreditation of Spain (approximately
    equivalent to Docentur).

Articles

  • Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY. 2024;74(8)
    Martin-Rodriguez AJ; Fernandez-Juarez V; Valeriano VD; Mihindukulasooriya I; Ceresnova L; Joffre E; Jensie-Markopoulos S; Moore ERB; Sjoeling A
  • Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS. 2024;64(2):107221
    Chen Q; Zhang F; Bai J; Che Q; Xiang L; Zhang Z; Wang Y; Sjoling A; Martin-Rodriguez AJ; Zhu B; Fu L; Zhou Y
  • Article: MSYSTEMS. 2024;9(7):e0026224-e00224
    Liang Q; Chen N; Wang W; Zhang B; Luo J; Zhong Y; Zhang F; Zhang Z; Martin-Rodriguez AJ; Wang Y; Xiang L; Xiong X; Hu R; Zhou Y
  • Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY. 2023;73(4)
    Martin-Rodriguez AJ; Thorell K; Joffre E; Jensie-Markopoulos S; Moore ERB; Sjoeling A
  • Article: FRONTIERS IN CELLULAR AND INFECTION MICROBIOLOGY. 2023;13:1130333
    Li Q; Chen Q; Liang S; Wang W; Zhang B; Martin-Rodriguez AJ; Liang Q; Zhang F; Guo L; Xiong X; Hu R; Xiang L; Zhou Y
  • Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY. 2022;72(7)
    Martin-Rodriguez AJ; Meier-Kolthoff JP
  • Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY. 2022;72(7)
    Nicklasson M; Martin-Rodriguez AJ; Thorell K; Higdon SM; Neves L; Mussagy A; Rydberg HA; Hernroth B; Svensson-Stadler L; Sjoling A
  • Article: MSYSTEMS. 2022;7(2):e0151821-e01521
    Martin-Rodriguez AJ; Higdon SM; Thorell K; Tellgren-Roth C; Sjoling A; Galperin MY; Krell T; Romling U
  • Article: FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY. 2022;13:1017092
    Ding M; Ye Z; Liu L; Wang W; Chen Q; Zhang F; Wang Y; Sjoling A; Martin-Rodriguez AJ; Hu R; Chen W; Zhou Y
  • Article: FRONTIERS IN CELLULAR AND INFECTION MICROBIOLOGY. 2022;12:897531
    Bai J; Zhang F; Liang S; Chen Q; Wang W; Wang Y; Martin-Rodriguez AJ; Sjoeling A; Hu R; Zhou Y
  • Article: MICROBIOLOGY RESOURCE ANNOUNCEMENTS. 2021;10(31):e0055921-10.1128/mra.00521
    Tellgren-Roth C; Thorell K; Galperin MY; Krell T; Romling U; Sjoling A; Martin-Rodriguez AJ
  • Article: MICROBIAL BIOTECHNOLOGY. 2021;14(3):1183-1200
    Martin-Rodriguez AJ; Villion K; Yilmaz-Turan S; Vilaplana F; Sjoling A; Romling U
  • Article: MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY. 2021;115(2):255-271
    Kamal SM; Cimdins-Ahne A; Lee C; Li F; Martin-Rodriguez AJ; Seferbekova Z; Afasizhev R; Wami HT; Katikaridis P; Meins L; Luensdorf H; Dobrindt U; Mogk A; Romling U
  • Article: NPJ BIOFILMS AND MICROBIOMES. 2021;7(1):9
    Martin-Rodriguez AJ; Reyes-Darias JA; Martin-Mora D; Gonzalez JM; Krell T; Romling U
  • Article: FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY. 2020;11:26
    Martin-Rodriguez AJ; Rhen M; Melican K; Richter-Dahlfors A
  • Article: FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY. 2019;10:1861
    Thorell K; Meier-Kolthoff JP; Sjoling A; Martin-Rodriguez AJ
  • Article: FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY. 2019;95(1):fiy210
    Martin-Rodriguez AJ; Suarez-Mesa A; Artiles-Campelo F; Romling U; Hernandez M
  • Article: REVISTA ESPA脩OLA DE QUIMIOTERAPIA. 2018;31(2):160-163
    Fernandez-Fernandef E; Martin-Rodriguez AJ; Hernandez M; Maria Navarro-Mari J; Romling U; Gutierrez-Fernandez J
  • Article: FRONTIERS IN CELLULAR AND INFECTION MICROBIOLOGY. 2018;8:368
    Martin-Rodriguez AJ; Alvarez-Mendez SJ; Overa C; Baruah K; Lourenco TM; Norouzitallab P; Bossier P; Martin VS; Fernandez JJ
  • Article: EXPERIMENTAL PARASITOLOGY. 2017;183:167-170
    Reyes-Batlle M; Martin-Rodriguez AJ; Lopez-Arencibia A; Sifaoui I; Rizo Liendo A; Bethencourt Estrella CJ; Garcia Mendez AB; Chiboub O; Hajaji S; Valladares B; Martinez-Carretero E; Pinero JE; Lorenzo-Morales J
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All other publications

  • Review: TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY. 2023;31(2):120-134
    Martin-Rodriguez AJ
  • Editorial comment: FRONTIERS IN CELLULAR AND INFECTION MICROBIOLOGY. 2023;13:1169998
    Armbruster CE; Franca A; Kushugulova A; Mauch RM; Martin-Rodriguez AJ
  • Other: JMM CASE REP. 2017;4(12):e005131
    Mart铆n-Rodr铆guez AJ; Mart铆n-Pujol O; Artiles-Campelo F; Bola帽os-Rivero M; R枚mling U
  • Editorial comment: CURRENT TOPICS IN MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY. 2017;17(17):1887-1888
    Martin-Rodriguez AJ
  • Review: CURRENT TOPICS IN MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY. 2017;17(17):1928-1944
    Martin-Rodriguez AJ; Romling U
  • Conference publication: PLANTA MEDICA. 2014;80(16):1437
    Bazzocchi IL; Martin-Rodriguez AJ; Ticona JC; Gomez IC; Marzaro E; Jimenez IA; Flores N; Benjumea D; Martin VS; Fernandez-Castro J

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