Dr Gonzalo Yebra
- The Roslin Institute
Contact details
Address
- Street
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The Roslin Institute
Easter Bush Campus
Midlothian - City
- Post code
- EH25 9RG
Background
Gonzalo joined Prof Ross Fitzgerald's lab at The Roslin Institute in 2017 as a postdoctoral research fellow. He applies comparative genome sequence analysis in order to understand Staphylococcus aureus evolution, dispersion and host adaptation, and thus combat the infectious diseases caused by this pathogen in both humans and livestock. Before then, he worked as a postdoctoral researcher (2013-2016) on HIV molecular phylodynamics with Prof Andrew Leigh Brown, also in the University of Edinburgh. Before moving to Edinburgh, Gonzalo completed his PhD (2012) in Madrid, Spain, studying the molecular epidemiology of HIV. His main research interests are molecular epidemiology and evolutionary dynamics of pathogens and the application of phylogenetic analyses to these fields.
Qualifications
2012 - PhD in Molecular Biology. Autonomous University, Madrid, Spain
2006 - BSc in Biology. Complutense University, Madrid, Spain (Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Award). Dissertation: Impact of immigration on the HIV epidemics in Madrid: epidemiological, clinical and molecular perspectives
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Multiclonal human origin and global expansion of an endemic bacterial pathogen of livestock: Evolutionary history of bovine Staphylococcus aureus
(11 pages)
In:
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), vol. 119, pp. 1-11
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2211217119
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print) -
A graph-based approach for the visualisation and analysis of bacterial pangenomes
(15 pages)
In:
BMC Bioinformatics, vol. 23, pp. 1-15
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12859-022-04898-2
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Radical genome remodelling accompanied the emergence of a novel host-restricted bacterial pathogen
In:
PLoS Pathogens, vol. 17
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1009606
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print) -
The Molecular Epidemiology and Transmission Dynamics of HIV Type 1 in a General Population Cohort in Uganda
In:
Viruses, vol. 12
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/v12111283
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Population analysis of Staphylococcus aureus reveals a cryptic, highly prevalent superantigen SElW that contributes to the pathogenesis of bacteremia
In:
mBio
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.02082-20
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print)