Fitxa persona

MARIA ALMA BRACHO LAPIEDRA
PDI-Ajudant Doctor/A

alma.bracho@uv.es
http://www.uv.es/bracho

Knowledge area: GENETICS
Department: Genetics

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Subjects taught and teaching methods

36834 - Genetics - Degree in Biology
42587 - Evolutionary Bioinformatics - Master's Degree in Bioinformatics
46472 - Methods in Virology - Master’s Degree in Virology
46467 - General Virology - Master’s Degree in Virology

Tutorials

01/09/2026 - 31/08/2027

MIÉRCOLES de 12:30 a 14:00 1.2.6 DESPATX 1.2.6 DESPATX INSTITUTS UNIVERSITARIS DE PATERNA

01/09/2026 - 31/08/2027

LUNES de 12:30 a 14:00 1.2.6 DESPATX 1.2.6 DESPATX INSTITUTS UNIVERSITARIS DE PATERNA

Observations

Participate in the e-tutoring programme of the Universitat de València

Journal Publications

Álvarez-Herrera, Miguel; Ruiz-Rodriguez, Paula; Navarro-Domínguez, Beatriz; Zulaica, Joao; Grau, Brayan; Bracho, María Alma; Guerreiro, Manuel; Aguilar‐Gallardo, Cristóbal; González-Candelas, Fernando; Comas, Iñaki; Geller, Ron; Coscollá, Mireia (2025) Genome data artifacts and functional studies of deletion repair in the BA.1 SARS-CoV-2 spike protein. Virus Evolution, 11(1), pp. 1 - 11 . ISSN: 2057-1577
Costa, Rosa; Olea, Beatriz; Bracho, María Alma; Albert, Eliseo; de Michelena, Paula; Martínez-Costa, Cecilia; González-Candelas, Fernando; Navarro, David (2022) RNA viral loads of SARS-CoV-2 Alpha and Delta variants in nasopharyngeal specimens at diagnosis stratified by age, clinical presentation and vaccination status. Journal of Infection, 84(4), pp. 582 - 584 . ISSN: 0163-4453
de Michelena, Paula; Torres, Ignacio; Albert, Eliseo; Bracho, Alma; González-Candelas, Fernando; Navarro, David (2022) Impact of time elapsed since full vaccination on SARS-CoV-2 RNA load in Delta-variant breakthrough COVID-19s. Journal of Infection, 84(4), pp. 579 - 613 . ISSN: 0163-4453
Ruiz-Rodríguez, Paula; Frances-Gomez, Clara; Chiner-Oms, Álvaro; López, Mariana G.; Jiménez Serrano, Santiago; Cancino-Muñoz, Irving; Ruiz-Hueso, Paula; Torres-Puente, Manuela; Bracho, Maria Alma; D'Auria, Giuseppe; Martinez-Priego, Llúcia; Guerreiro, Manuel; Montero-Alonso, Marta; Gómez, María Dolores; Piñana, José Luis; SeqCOVID-SPAIN consortium; González-Candelas, Fernando; Comas, Iñaki; Marina, Alberto; Geller, Ron; Coscolla, Mireia (2021) Evolutionary and Phenotypic Characterization of Two Spike Mutations in European Lineage 20E of SARS-CoV-2. MBio, 12(6), pp. e2315 - e2321 . ISSN: 2161-2129
López, Mariana G.; Chiner-Oms, Álvaro; García de Viedma, Darío; Ruiz-Rodriguez, Paula; Bracho, Maria Alma; Cancino-Muñoz, Irving; D'Auria, Giuseppe; de Marco, Griselda; González-Candelas*, Fernando; Comas*, Iñaki; et al. (2021) The first wave of the COVID-19 epidemic in Spain was associated with early introductions and fast spread of a dominating genetic variant. Nature Genetics, 153, pp. 1405 - 1404 . ISSN: 1061-4036
Costa, R.; Bueno, F.; Giménez, E.; Bracho, M.A.; Albert, E.; Carretero, D.; Michelena, P.; Martínez-Costa, C.; González-Candelas, F.: Navarro, D. (2021) Initial viral load and decay kinetics of SARS-CoV-2 lineage B.1.1.7 in the upper respiratory tract of adults and children. Journal of Infection, 83(4), pp. 515 - 518 . ISSN: 0163-4453
María Cebriá-Mendoza; María A. Bracho; Cristina Arbona; Luís Larrea; Wladimiro Díaz; Rafael Sanjuán; José M. Cuevas (2021) Exploring the diversity of the human blood virome. Viruses, 13, p. 2322 . ISSN: 1999-4915
Pérez-Losada,M.; Arenas,M.; Galán,J.C.; Bracho,M.A; Hillung,J.; García-González,N.; González-Candelas,F. (2020) High-Throughput Sequencing (HTS) for the analysis of viral populations. Infection Genetics And Evolution, 80, p. 1042088 . ISSN: 1567-1348
Albert, E.; Bracho, M.A.; Serrano, A.; González-Candelas, F.; Navarro, D. (2020) Assessing the potential association between SARS-CoV-2 RNA load in the respiratory tract and COVID-19 mortality. Journal of Medical Virology. ISSN: 0146-6615
Alm, Erik; Broberg, Eeva K.; Connor, Thomas; Hodcroft, Emma; Komissarov, Andrey B.; Maurer-Stroh, Sebastian; Melidou, Angeliki; Neher, Richard; O'Toole, Áine; Pereyaslov, Dmitriy; Niko Beerenwinkel, Susana Posada-Céspedes, Kim Philipp; Jablonski, Pedro Falé Ferreira, Ivan Topolsky, ..., Norbert Nowotny, Osama Abdul-Wahab, Fernando Gonzalez- Candelas, Martin H Andersen, Sarah Taylor (2020) Geographical and temporal distribution of SARS-CoV-2 clades in the WHO European Region, January to June 2020. Eurosurveillance, 25(32), pp. 1 - 8 . ISSN: 1560-7917
Beamud, Beatriz; Bracho, María Alma; Gonzalez-Candelas, Fernando. (2019) Characterization of new recombinant forms of HIV-1 from the Comunidad Valenciana (Spain) by phylogenetic incongruence. Frontiers In Microbiology, 10, p. 01006 . ISSN: 1664-302X
Ramírez Soto,M.C.; Bracho,M.A.; González-Candelas,F.; Huichi-Atamaric,M. (2018) Genotypes and subgenotypes of hepatitis B virus circulating in an endemic area in Peru. Archives of Virology, 163(1), pp. 183 - 189 . ISSN: 0304-8608
Walter Randazzo, Andrea Vásquez-García, Maria A. Bracho, María Jesús Alcaraz, Rosa Aznar, Gloria Sánchez (2018) Hepatitis E virus in lettuce and water samples: A method-comparison study. International Journal of Food Microbiology, 277, pp. 34 - 40 . ISSN: 0168-1605
González-Candelas, Fernando; Bracho, Mª Alma; Hillung, Julia; Chiner, Alvaro; Ruiz-Hueso, Paula; Francés-Cuesta, Carlos; Mejía, Mª Lorena; Beamud, Beatriz; Pla-Díaz, Marta; García-González, Neris (2018) Epidemiología molecular de microorganismos patógenos: entre la evolución y la clínica. SEM@foro (Madrid), 65, pp. 31 - 32 . ISSN: 2254-4399
Patiño-Galindo, Juan Ángel; Torres-Puente, Manoli; Bracho, María A.; Alastrué, Ignacio; Juan, Amparo; Navarro, David; Galindo, María José; Gimeno, Concepción; Ortega, Enrique; González-Candelas, Fernando (2017) Identification of a large, fast-expanding HIV-1 subtype B transmission cluster among MSM in Valencia, Spain. Plos One, 12(2), p. e0171062 . ISSN: 1932-6203
Vinuesa V; Bracho MA; Albert E; Solano C; Torres-Puente M; Gimenez E; Gonzalez Candelas F; Navarro D (2017) The impact of virus population diversity on the dynamics of cytomegalovirus DNAemia in allogeneic stem cell transplant recipients. Journal of Virology, 98(10), pp. 2530 - 2542 . ISSN: 0022-538X
Patiño-Galindo, JÁ; Torres-Puente, M; Bracho, MA; Alastrué, I; Juan, A; Navarro, D; Galindo, MJ; Ocete, D; Ortega, E; Gimeno, C; Belda, J; Dominguez, V; Moreno, R; Gonzalez-Candelas, F (2017) The molecular epidemiology of HIV-1 in the Comunidad Valenciana (Spain): analysis of transmission clusters. Scientific Reports, 7(11584), pp. 1 - 10 . ISSN: 2045-2322
González-Candelas, F; García-González, N; Bracho, MA (2017) A molecular population genetics approach for the identification and forensic assignment of viral transmission groups. Journal of Integrated OMICS, 7(2), p. 12 . ISSN: 2182-0287
Álvarez, M.; Luis-Hidalgo, M.; Bracho, M.A.; Blanquer, A.; Larrea, L.; Villalba, J.; Puig, N.; Planelles, D.; Montoro, J.; González-Candelas, F.; Roig, R. (2016) Transmission of human immunodeficiency virus type-1 by fresh frozen plasma treated with methylene blue and light. Transfusion, 56, pp. 831 - 836 . ISSN: 0041-1132
E. B. Hodcroft; M. Zuber; S. Nadeau; T. G. Vaughan; K. H. D. Crawford; C. L. Althaus; M. L. Reichmuth; J. E.Bowen; A. C. Walls; D. Corti; J. D. Bloom; D. Veesler; D. Mateo; A. Hernando; I. Comas; F. G. Candelas; T.Stadler; SeqCOVID-SPAIN consortium; R. A. Neher (2021) Spread of a SARS-CoV-2 variant through Europe in the summer of 2020. Nature. ISSN: 0028-0836
Pérez-Cataluña, A.; Chiner-Oms, Á.; Cuevas-Ferrando, E.; Díaz-Reolid, A.; Falcó, I.; Randazzo, W.; Girón-Guzmán, I; Allende, A; Bracho, M.A; Comas, I; Sánchez, G. (2022) Spatial and temporal distribution of SARS-CoV-2 diversity circulating in wastewater. Water Research, 211, pp. 1 - 8 . ISSN: 0043-1354

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