Contact

laura.alvarez-fraga_at_inrae.fr

Activities

Research axis: OPTIFIL

Research topics:

• Microbiology
• Bioinformatics
• Pathogens
• Antimicrobial resistance
• Virulence

Projects

• VIRULENCE: Assessing the (co)dissemination of virulence and antibiotic resistance genes in resource recovery applications. European Commission. MSCA Postdoctoral fellowship

Professional and research experience

• Researcher at INRAE starting in June 2025
• MSCA Postdoctoral fellow at INRAE-LBE (2023-2025)
• Postdoctoral researcher at INRAE-LBE (2022)
• Postdoctoral fellow at the Institute of Biomedical Research of A Coruña, Spain (2021-2022)
• Postdoctoral fellow at The University of Queensland, Australia, (2019-2021)
• PhD at Institute of Biomedical Research of A Coruña - University of A Coruña, Spain (2012-2018)
• MSc in Advanced Microbiology at the University of Barcelona, Spain (2010-2011)
• BSc and MSc in Biology at the University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain (2005-2010)

Recent publications

https://cv.hal.science/laura-alvarez-fraga
https://scholar.google.es/citations?user=o752HJIAAAAJ&hl=en
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3920-5866

• Álvarez-Fraga L, Capson-Tojo G, Sanglier M, Hamelin J, Escudié R, Wéry N, García-Bernet D, Battimelli A, Guilayn F. A meta-analysis to optimize pathogen reduction during anaerobic digestion. Renew. Sustain. Energy Rev. 2025. 207, 114982.
• Álvarez-Fraga L, Phan MD, Goh KGK, Nhu NTK, Hancock SJ, Allsopp LP, Peters KM, Forde BM, Roberts LW, Sullivan MJ, Totsika M, Beatson SA, Ulett GC, Schembri MA. Differential Afa/Dr fimbriae expression in the multidrug resistant Escherichia coli ST131 clone. mBio. 2022. 13(1):e03519-21.
• Álvarez-Fraga L, Conde-Pérez K, Vázquez-Ucha JC, Ageitos L, Rumbo-Feal S, Martínez-Guitián M, Trigo-Tasende N, Rodríguez J, Bou G, Jiménez C, Beceiro A, Poza M. In-depth analysis of the role of the acinetobactin cluster in the virulence of Acinetobacter baumannii. Front. Microbiol. 2021. 12:752070.
• Álvarez-Fraga L, Martínez-Guitián M, Vázquez-Ucha JC, Conde-Pérez K, Vallejo JA, Perina A, Bou G, Poza M, Beceiro A. Global transcriptomic analysis during murine pneumonia infection unravels new virulence factors in Acinetobacter baumannii. J. Infect. Dis. 2021. 223(8):1356-1366.
• Álvarez-Fraga L, Martínez-Guitián M, Vázquez-Ucha JC, Conde-Pérez K, Lasarte-Monterrubio C, Vallejo JA, Bou G, Poza M, Beceiro A. Involvement of HisF in the persistence of Acinetobacter baumannii during a pneumonia infection. Front. Cell. Infect. Microbiol. 2019. 9:310.
• Álvarez-Fraga L, Vázquez-Ucha JC, Martínez-Guitián M, Vallejo JA, Bou G, Beceiro A, Poza M. Pneumonia infection in mice reveals the involvement of the feoA gene in the pathogenesis of Acinetobacter baumannii. Virulence. 2018. 9(1):496-509.
• Álvarez-Fraga L, Rumbo-Feal S, Pérez A, Gómez MJ, Gayoso C, Vallejo JA, Ohneck EJ, Valle J, Actis LA, Beceiro A, Bou G, Poza M. Global assessment of small RNAs reveals a noncoding transcript involved in biofilm formation and attachment in Acinetobacter baumannii ATCC 17978. PLoS ONE. 2018. 12(8):e0182084.
• Álvarez-Fraga L, Pérez A, Rumbo-Feal S, Merino M, Vallejo JA, Ohneck EJ, Edelmann RE, Beceiro A, Vázquez-Ucha JC, Valle J, Actis LA, Bou G, Poza M. Analysis of the role of the LH92_11085 gene of a biofilm hyper-producing Acinetobacter baumannii strain on biofilm formation and attachment to eukaryotic cells. Virulence. 2016. 7(4):443-455.
• ́lvarez-Fraga L, López M, Merino M, Rumbo-Feal S, Tomás M, Bou G, Poza M. Draft genome sequence of the biofilm-hyperproducing Acinetobacter baumannii clinical strain MAR002. Genome  Announc. 2015. 3(4):e00824-15.