Marcelo E. Guerin
Research Professor
Biophysicis
Biofisika Basque Centre for Biophysics
Spain
Biography
Marcelo Guerin is an Ikerbasque Research Professor who is currently the Head of the Structural Glycobiology Group at the Unit of Biophysics (2009-present). His interest in glycobiology began as an undergraduate student, while working with Prof. Alberto C. Frasch in the Leloir Institute at Buenos Aires, Argentina (1991-1996). Marcelo obtained a Pharm. D. in the School of Pharmacy and Biochemistry at the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina (1997). He then completed a Ph.D. in biochemistry and molecular biology with Prof. Armando J. Parodi, at the Leloir Institute (1997-2002). He moved as a post-doctoral fellow to Prof. Pedro M. Alzari’s laboratory, Structural Biochemistry Unit at the Institut Pasteur in Paris, France (2003-2007). He continued his work as a Research Scientist in the Mycobacteria Research Laboratories, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology at Colorado State University, USA (2008-2009).
Research Interest
Research interest includes Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology.
Publications
-
Andrés E, Albesaâ€Jové D, Biarnés X, Moerschbacher BM, Guerin ME, Planas A. Structural basis of chitin oligosaccharide deacetylation. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 2014 Jul 1;53(27):6882-7.
-
Boldrin F, Ventura M, Degiacomi G, Ravishankar S, Sala C, Svetlikova Z, Ambady A, Dhar N, Kordulakova J, Zhang M, Serafini A. The phosphatidyl-myo-inositol mannosyltransferase PimA is essential for Mycobacterium tuberculosis growth in vitro and in vivo. Journal of bacteriology. 2014 Oct 1;196(19):3441-51.
-
Giganti D, Albesa-Jové D, Urresti S, Rodrigo-Unzueta A, MartÃnez MA, Comino N, Barilone N, Bellinzoni M, Chenal A, Guerin ME, Alzari PM. Secondary structure reshuffling modulates glycosyltransferase function at the membrane. Nature chemical biology. 2015 Jan 1;11(1):16-8.
