Jordi Vila Jordi Vila Estape

Biography

 Head of the Department of Clinical Microbiology in the Hospital Clinic and Full Professor in the School of Medicine, University of Barcelona. He obtained the speciality in clinical microbiology in 1984 and the PhD in Biochemistry in 1985. He has published 238 articles in peer-reviewed journals, 35 book chapters and directed 11 doctoral thesis.  

Research Interest

  Investigation of the molecular bases of antimicrobial resistance, mainly in multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria such as Acinetobacter baumannii, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and multidrug-resistant Enterobacteriaceae. Discovery of new drugs against bacteria. He is currently working with a new derivative of ciprofloxacin with a good activity against multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacilli. Moreover, peptides with antibacterial activity are being studied. Development of molecular tools for rapid diagnosis of infectious diseases. New applications of Mass-spectrometry in the field of diagnosis of infectious diseases are investigated and discovery of biomarkers. Relationship between antimicrobial resistance and virulence in E. coli, Salmonella spp., Yersinia enterocolitica, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Acinetobacter baumannii.