ANA VALERO RELLO
PDI-Ajudant Doctor/A
PDI-Ajudant Doctor/A
Knowledge area: MICROBIOLOGY
Department: Microbiology and Ecology
Department: Microbiology and Ecology
Despacho 3.74
9635 43238
9635 43238
Subjects taught and teaching methods
| 33948 - Microbiología alimentaria - Degree in Human Nutrition and Dietetics | |
| 34089 - Análisis Microbiológicos Parasitológicos - Degree in Pharmacy |
Tutorials
| 14/09/2026 - 30/05/2027 |
| LUNES de 11:00 a 13:00 |
| 14/09/2026 - 30/05/2027 |
| MIÉRCOLES de 11:00 a 13:00 DESPATX DESPATX FAC. DE FARMÀCIA |
| 14/09/2026 - 30/05/2027 |
| MARTES de 16:00 a 18:00 DESPATX DESPATX FAC. DE FARMÀCIA |
Academic training
- Ciencias Biológicas. Universitat de València. 28/10/2002 (Diploma / Degree / Activities).
- Sistemas Agrícolas, Forestales y Alimentarios. Universitat de Lleida. 27/07/2007 (Ph.D.).
Journal Publications
- Jérémy Dufloo; Iván Andreu-Moreno; Jorge Moreno-García; Ana Valero-Rello; Rafael Sanjuán (2025) Receptor-binding proteins from animal viruses are broadly compatible with human cell entry factors. Nature Microbiology, 10, pp. 405 - 419 . ISSN: 2058-5276
- Valero-Rello, A.; Baeza-Delgado, C.; Andreu-Moreno, I.; Sanjuán, R. (2024) Cellular receptors for mammalian viruses. PLOS Pathogens, 20(2)(e1012021) . ISSN: 1553-7366
- Ana Valero-Rello; Rafael Sanjuán (2022) Enveloped viruses show increased propensity to cross-species transmission and zoonosis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 119(50), p. e2215600119 . ISSN: 0027-8424
- Kristoffer E Leon; Ryan D Schubert; Didac Casas-Alba; Isobel A Hawes; Prashanth S Ramachandran; Akshaya Ramesh; John E Pak; Wesley Wu; Carly K Cheung; Emily D Crawford; Lillian M Khan; Cristian Launes; Hannah A Sample; Kelsey C Zorn; Maria Cabrerizo; Ana Valero-Rello; Charles Langelier; Carmen Muñoz-Almagro; Joseph L DeRisi; Michael R Wilson (2020) Genomic and serologic characterization of enterovirus A71 brainstem encephalitis. Neurology-Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation, 7(3) . ISSN: 2332-7812
- Valero-Rello A (2019) Diversity, specificity and molecular evolution of the lytic arsenal of Pseudomonas phages. In silico perspective. Environmental Microbiology, 21(11), pp. 4136 - 4150 . ISSN: 1462-2912
- Casas-Alba, D.; Valero-Rello, A.; Muchart, J.; Armangué, T.; Jordan, I.; Cabrerizo, M.; Molero-Luís, M.; Artuch, R.; Fortuny, C.; Muñoz-Almagro, C; Launes C (2019) Cerebrospinal fluid neopterin in children with enterovirus-related Brainstem encephalitis. Pediatric Neurology, 96, pp. 70 - 73 . ISSN: 0887-8994
- Camelo-Castillo, A.; Henares, D.; Brotons, P.; Galiana, A.; Rodríguez, J.C.; Mira, A.; Muñoz-Almagro, C.; Catalan Study Group of Host-Pathogen Interaction in Patients with IPD (2019) Nasopharyngeal Microbiota in Children With Invasive Pneumococcal Disease: Identification of Bacteria With Potential Disease-Promoting and Protective Effects. Frontiers In Microbiology, 10, pp. 1 - 14 . ISSN: 1664-302X
- Ana Valero-Rello; Desiree Henares; Lesly Acosta; Mireia Jane; Iolanda Jordan; Pere Godoy; Carmen Muñoz-Almagroa (2018) Validation and implementation of a diagnostic algorithm for DNA detection of Bordetella pertussis, B. parapertussis and B. holmesii in a pediatric referral hospital in Barcelona, Spain. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 57(1) . ISSN: 0095-1137
- Balsells, E.; Dagan, R.; Yildirim, I.; Gounder, P.P.; Steens, A.; Muñoz-Almagro, C.; Mameli, C.; Kandasamy, R.; Givon Lavi, N.; Daprai L; van der Ende A; Trzcinski K; Nzenze S; Meiring S; Foster D; Bulkow LR; Rudolph K; Valero-Rello A; Ducker S; Frimann Vestrheim D; von Gottberg; Pelton SI; Zuccotti G; Pollard AJ; Sanders EAM; Campbell H; Madhi SA; Nair H; Kyaw M (2018) The relative invasive disease potential of Streptococcus pneumoniae among children after PCV introduction: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Infection, 77(5), pp. 368 - 378 . ISSN: 0163-4453
- D. Casas-Alba; M.F. de Sevilla; A. Valero-Rello; C. Fortuny; J.-J. García-García; C. Ortez; J. Muchart; T. Armangué; I. Jordan; C. Luaces; I. Barrabeig; R. González-Sanz; M. Cabrerizo; C. Muñoz-Almagro; C. Launes (2017) Outbreak of brainstem encephalitis associated with enterovirus-A71 in Catalonia, Spain (2016): a clinical observational study in a children's reference centre in Catalonia. Clinical Microbiology and Infection, 23(11), pp. 874 - 881 . ISSN: 1198-743X
- Domínguez, A.; Soldevila, N.; Caylà, J.A.; García-Cenoz, M.; Ferrús, G.; Sala-Farré, M.R.; Álvarez, J.; Carol, M.; Barrabeig, I.; Camps, N.; Coronas L; Muñóz-Almagro C; Godoy P; Transmission of Pertussis in Households Working Group (2017) Assessment of clinical symptoms in household contacts of confirmed pertussis cases. Journal of Infection, pp. 426 - 432 . ISSN: 0163-4453
- Valero-Rello, A.; López-Sanz, M.; Quevedo-Olmos, A.; Sorokin, A.; Ayora, S. (2017) Molecular mechanisms that contribute to horizontal transfer of plasmids by the bacteriophage SPP1. Frontiers In Microbiology, 8 . ISSN: 1664-302X
- Brotons, P.; Bassat, Q.; Lanaspa, M.; Henares, D.; Perez-Arguello, A.; Madrid, L.; Balcells, R.; Acacio, S.; Andres-Franch, M.; Marcos, M.A.; Valero-Rello A; Muñóz-Almagro C (2017) Nasopharyngeal bacterial load as a marker for rapid and easy diagnosis of invasive pneumococcal disease in children from Mozambique. Plos One. ISSN: 1932-6203
- Cabrerizo, M.; Grupo para el Estudio de las Infecciones por Enterovirus y Parechovirus (2017) Importance of enteroviruses in neuropaediatrics: From polioviruses to other enteroviruses,Importancia de los enterovirus en neuropediatría: De los poliovirus a otros enterovirus. Revista de neurología, 64(3), pp. S35 - S38 . ISSN: 0210-0010
- Launes, C.; Casas-Alba, D.; Fortuny, C.; Valero-Rello, A.; Cabrerizo, M.; Muñoz-Almagro, C. (2016) Utility of FilmArray meningitis/encephalitis panel during outbreak of brainstem encephalitis caused by enterovirus in catalonia in 2016. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 55(1) . ISSN: 0095-1137
- Pere Godoy;, Manuel García-Cenoz; Diana Toledo; Glòria Carmona; Joan A Caylà; Miquel Alsedà; Josep Àlvarez; Irene Barrabeig; Neus Camps; Pere Plans; María Company; Jesús Castilla; Maria-Rosa Sala-Farré; Carmen Muñoz-Almagro; Cristina Rius; Àngela Domínguez; Transmission of Pertussis in Households Working Group (2016) Factors influencing the spread of pertussis in households: a prospective study, Catalonia and Navarre, Spain, 2012 to 2013. Eurosurveillance, 21(45) . ISSN: 1560-7917
- Valero-Rello, A.; Hapeshi, A.; Anastasi, E.; Alvarez, S.; Scortti, M.; Meijer, W.G.; MacArthur, I.; Vázquez-Bolanda, J.A. (2015) An invertron-like linear plasmid mediates intracellular survival and virulence in bovine isolates of Rhodococcus equi. Infection and Immunity, 83(7) . ISSN: 0019-9567
Previous Tasks
- Profesor Colaborador Externo. Universidad Internacional de Valencia. 01/03/2022 - 30/11/2023.
- Investigadora Postdoctoral Senior. I2SysBio (Universitat de València - CSIC). 11/02/2021 - 31/12/2023.
- Técnico Gestión Proyectos Internacionales. INCLIVA Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria. 11/2019 - 02/2021.
- Investidadora Coordinadora Línea Bordetella. Fundació Sant Joan de Dèu (Barcelona). 01/2016 - 01/2019.
- Postdoctoral Researcher. Micalis Institute (INRA, Francia) y Centro Nacional de Biotecnología. 10/2013 - 01/2015.
- Marie Curie Intra European Postdoctoral Fellow. University of Edinburgh (Reino Unido). 08/2010 - 07/2012.
- Postdoctoral Researcher. Irish Equine Centre (Irlanda) - University of Edinburgh (Reino Unido). 02/2009 - 07/2010.
- Investigador visitante. Instituto Cavanilles de Biodiversidad y Biologia Evolutiva (Universitat de València). 02/2008 - 01/2009.
- Estancia predoctoral. Food Science Australia (CSIRO, Australia). 02/2006 - 06/2006.
- Investigadora Predoctoral FPI. Universitat de Lleida. 05/2003 - 05/2007.
Activity interests
- Microecology of the Respiratory Tract - MicroResp (GIUV2026-006). Facultad de Farmacia y Ciencias de la Alimentación, Universitat de València. . (28/11/2024).
- Virus experimental evolution and study of host entry factors. Instituto de Biología Integrativa de Sistemas (I2SysBio, UV-CSIC). . (01/2021 - 12/2023).
- Molecular epidemiology and pathogenomics of the respiratory pathogen Bordetella spp. Hospital Sant Joan de Déu (Barcelona). . (01/2016 - 01/2019).
- Evolution of a sporeforming food-borne opportunistic pathogen in the environment: Bacillus cereus Grup. Centro Nacional de Biotecnología (CSIC-CNB) - Micalis Institute (INRA, Francia). . (10/2013 - 12/2015).
- Role of bacterial multigene families in infection: Identification of host target networks by high throughput protein interactomics. University of Edinburgh (Reino Unido). . (07/2010 - 06/2012).
- Pathogenomics of the respiratory pathogen Rhodococcus equi, and study of Rhodococcus phages. University of Edinburgh (Reino Unido). . (02/2009 - 06/2010).
- Molecular epidemiology of human virus. Instituto Cavanilles de Biodiversidad y Biología Evolutiva. . (01/2008 - 01/2009).
Projects
- Experimental Virology for Assessing Disease Emergence Risks (EVADER) (). 2022 - 2023. European Research Council. . PI: Rafael Sanjuan.
- Collective infectious units and the social evolution of viruses (VIS-À-VIS) (). 2021 - 2022. European Research Council. . PI: Rafael Sanjuan.
- Caracterización molecular de las cepas de Bordetella causantes de tos ferina en niños menores de cinco años. Análisis del impacto en la epidemiología y la clínica de la enfermedad (). 2017 - 2019. Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Fondo de Investigación Sanitaria (FIS).. . PI: Ana Valero Rello.
- Laboratorio de soporte para la vigilancia epidemiológica molecular de Streptococcus pneumoniae, Bordetella pertussis y Neisseria meningitidis (). 2016 - 2019. Agència de Salut Pública de Catalunya. . PI: Carmen Muñoz Almagro.
- Setting up a sentinel system to assess the burden of whooping cough in EU/EEA (PERTINENT) (). 2016 - 2019. European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC). . PI: Alain Moren (EpiConcept) ; Carmen Muñoz Almagro (HSJD); otras 10 instituciones.
- Evolution of a sporeforming food-borne opportunistic pathogen in the environment (PathoBactEvol) (). 2013 - 2015. Agence Nationale de la recherche (ANR). . PI: Vincent Sanchis.
- The role of bacterial multigene families in infection: Identification of host target networks by high throughput protein interactomics (INFBIOSYS) (Seventh Framework Programme of the European Union. Marie Curie Actions¿ International Research Staff Exchange Scheme (IRSES)). 2010 - 2012. European Commission FP7. . PI: Ana Valero Rello (beneficiaria); José A. Vázquez-Boland (líder grupo).
- Rhodococcus equi genomics: rational design of control and preventative measures to combat foal pneumonia (). 2009 - 2010. Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Foods Beaufort Award. . PI: Ursula Fogarty, José A. Vázquez-Boland.
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