Patricia Barral
Postdoctoral researcher
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Francis Crick Institute
United Kingdom
Biography
Patricia obtained her PhD in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid (Spain) in 2005, studying the mechanisms underlying allergic responses. After a short postdoc at the Universidad de Santiago de Compostela (Spain) she joined the London Research Institute (CRUK) to work with Facundo Batista, where she used in vivo imaging techniques to decipher the cellular interactions regulating lymphocyte activation. In 2013 she established her lab at King's College London.
Research Interest
Immune Responses to Lipids Laboratory. immune system recognizes and responds to a variety of lipids both endogenous and present on pathogenic bacteria (e.g. Streptococcus pneumoniae; Helicobacter pylori; Mycobacterium tuberculosis), fungi (Aspergillus fumigatus) or commensals
Publications
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Mas, S; Torres, M; Garrido-Arandia, M; Salamanca, G; Castro, L; Barral, P; Purohit, A; Pauli, G; RodrÃguez, R; Batanero, E; Barderas, R and Villalba, M (2014) Ash pollen immunoproteomics: identification, immunologic characterization, and sequencing of 6 new allergens. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology 133, 923-926.e923
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Saez de Guinoa, J; Jimeno, R; Farhadi, N; Jervis, PJ; Cox, LR; Besra, GS and Barral, P (2017) CD1d-mediated activation of group 3 innate lymphoid cells drives IL-22 production. EMBO Reports 18, 39-47
