JENNIFER RISSO BALLESTER
PI-Invest Cont Ramon y Cajal
PI-Invest Cont Ramon y Cajal
Departamento de Microbiología y Ecología
Facultad de Medicina y Odontología
Avenida Blasco Ibañez,15 46010 Valencia
961239113
961239113
Academic training
- Biotechnology. Catholic University of Valencia (Spain). 01/09/2013 (Diploma / Degree / Activities).
- PhD, Biomedicine and Biotechnology. University of Valencia (Spain). 29/10/2019 (Ph.D.).
- Research in Molecular, Cellular and Genetics. University of Valencia (Spain). 01/09/2014 (Official Master).
Journal Publications
- Karsten Krey; Jennifer Risso-Ballester; Sabri Hamad; Susanne Maidl; Sara Bilekova; Quirin Emslander; Melissa Verin; Sarah Mundigl; Alexandrina Cernat; Antonio Piras; Valter Bergant; Vincent Grass; Andreas Pichlmair (2026) The ISG Atlas: a loss-of-function analysis characterizes antiviral properties of interferon stimulated genes. Nature Communications, 17(1) . ISSN: 2041-1723
- Diot C*; Richard CA*; Risso-Ballester J; Martin D; Fix J; Eléouët JF; Sizun C; Rameix-Welti MA; Galloux M (2023) Hardening of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Inclusion Bodies by Cyclopamine Proceeds through Perturbation of the Interactions of the M2-1 Protein with RNA and the P Protein. International Journal Of Molecular Sciences, 24(18) . ISSN: 1661-6596
- Jennifer Risso-Ballester; Marie Galloux; Jingjing Cao; Ronan Le Goffic; Fortune Hontonnou, Aude Jobart-Malfait; Aurore Desquesnes; Svenja M. Sake; Sibylle Haid; Miaomiao Du; Xiumei Zhang, Huanyun Zhang; Zhaoguo Wang; Vincent Rincheval; Youming Zhang; Thomas Pietschmann; Jean-François Eléouët; Marie-Anne Rameix-Welti; Ralf Altmeyer (2021) A condensate-hardening drug blocks RSV replication in vivo. Nature, 595(7868), pp. 596 - 599 . ISSN: 0028-0836
- Jennifer Risso-Ballester; Rafael Sanjuán (2019) High fidelity deep sequencing reveals no effect of ATM, ATR, and DNA-PK cellular DNA damage response pathways on adenovirus mutation rate. Viruses, 11(10), p. E938 . ISSN: 1999-4915
- Galloux M; Risso-Ballester J; Richard CA, Fix J; Rameix-Welti MA; Eléouët JF (2020) Minimal Elements Required for the Formation of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Cytoplasmic Inclusion Bodies In Vivo and In Vitro. MBio, 11(5) . ISSN: 2161-2129
- Romagnoli M, Sanchis-Gomar F, Alis R, Risso-Ballester J, Bosio A, Graziani RL, Rampinini E. (2016) Changes in muscle damage, inflammation, and fatigue-related parameters in young elite soccer players after a match. Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness. ISSN: 0022-4707
- Risso-Ballester, J.; Cuevas, J.M.; Sanjuán, R. (2016) Genome-wide estimation of the spontaneous mutation rate of human adenovirus 5 by high-fidelity deep sequencing. PLOS Pathogens, 12(11), p. e1006013 . ISSN: 1553-7366
Other publications
- Risso-Ballester J; Rincheval V; Rameix-Welti MA (2025). Visualization of Respiratory Syncytial Virus RNA Synthesis Sites by Ethynyl Uridine Labeling Human Respiratory Syncytial Virus: Methods and Protocols . Volume. 2948 . (pp. 85 - 96) .
- Risso-Ballester J; Rameix-Welti MA. (2023). Spatial resolution of virus replication: RSV and cytoplasmic inclusion bodies Advances in Virus Research . Volume. 116 . (pp. 1 - 43) .
- Sanjuán R; Pereira-Gómez M; Risso J. (2016). Genome Instability in DNA Viruses Genome Stability: From Virus to Human Application . (pp. 37 - 47) .
Previous Tasks
- MSCA Postdoctoral Researcher. Department of Virology (TranslaTUM Institute) Technical University of Munich, Germany. 01/04/2024 - 31/03/2026.
- Postdoctoral researcher. Department of Virology (TranslaTUM Institute) Technical University of Munich, Germany. 01/02/2023 - 31/03/2024.
- Fondation Simone et Cino Del Duca Postdoctoral Fellowship. Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale (INSERM), University of Versailles, France. 01/02/2022 - 31/01/2023.
- ATIP-AVENIR Postdoctoral Fellowship. Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale (INSERM), University of Versailles, France. 01/11/2019 - 31/01/2022.
- PhD Fellowship FPI. Institute for Integrative Systems Biology (University of Valencia-CSIC), Spain. 01/01/2015 - 31/03/2019.
- Extracurricular collaboration. Research Institute Dr. Viña Giner, Catholic University of Valencia, Spain. 01/09/2014 - 28/02/2015.
- Master´s Thesis Student. Physiopathology of Rare Diseases. University of Valencia, Spain. 01/01/2014 - 30/06/2014.
- Extracurricular collaboration. Polymer Therapeutics Unit. Principe Felipe Center of Research, Valencia. 01/06/2013 - 30/09/2013.
- Extracurricular collaboration. Genomics in Plant Breeding.The Institute for Plant Molecular and Cell Biology, Valencia, Spain. 01/06/2011 - 31/08/2011.
Participations in Conferences
- Risso Ballester J*; Verin M; Okhtienko A; Piras A; Öllinger R; Rad R, Pichlmair A. (2025). Integrated multi-omics analysis to identify host factors and pathways controlling RSV infection. (Poster). Risso Ballester J*, Verin M, Okhtienko A, Piras A, Öllinger R, Rad R, Pichlmair A . Hamburgo . GERMANY
- Risso Ballester J*, Verin M, Okhtienko A, Piras A, Öllinger R, Rad R, Pichlmair A. (2026). Integrated multi-omics analysis to identify host factors and pathways controlling RSV infection. (Poster). Viruses 2026 - New Horizons in Virology . BARCELONA . SPAIN
- Risso-Ballester J*; Rameix-Welti MA; Galloux M, Cao J; Le Goffic R; Hontonnou F; Jobart-Malfait A; Desquesnes A; Sake S; Haid S; Du M; Zhang X; Zhang H; Wang Z; Rincheval V; Zhang Y; Pietschmann T; Eléouët JF; Altmeyer R. (2022). . (Communication). Negative Strand RNA Virus (NSV) meeting . Braga . PORTUGAL
- Risso-Ballester J*; Cuevas-Morcillo JM and Sajuán R. (2017). Genome-Wide Estimation of the Spontaneous Mutation Rate of Human Adenovirus 5 by High-Fidelity Deep Sequencing. (Poster). Congress of the Spanish Society of Virology (SEV) . Cadiz . SPAIN
Projects
- Study of the interplay between RNA viruses and the human host (). 2026 - 2031. MINISTERIO DE CIENCIA, INNOVACIÓN Y UNIVERSIDADES (MICIU). . PI: Jennifer Risso Ballester.
- Proteomics-based Analysis of RSV nucleic acid/protein InteractionS" (PARIS) (). 2024 - 2026. MSCA-IF. . PI: Jennifer Risso Ballester and Andreas Pichlmair.
- Towards the elucidation of the morphogenesis, organization and functioning of respiratory syncytial virus factories (). 2021 - 2025. Agence Nationale de la recherche (ANR). . PI: Marie-Anne Rameix-Welti.
- Deciphering the mechanisms of respiratory syncytial virus replication from viral factories to the export of new virions (). 2020 - 2022. Subventions Scientifiques 2020 from La Fondation Simone et Cino Del Duca de lInstitut de France. . PI: Marie-Anne Rameix-Welti.
- Protein Dynamics in Antiviral Processes' (ProDAP) (). 2019 - 2024. European Research Council. . PI: Andreas Pichlmair.
- From virus factories to the export of new virions: unravelling the mystery of the respiratory syncytial virus replication (). 2018 - 2023. INSERM. . PI: Marie-Anne Rameix-Welti.
- Collective Infectious Units and the Social Evolution of Viruses (Vis-a-Vis) (). 2017 - 2022. European Research Council. . PI: Rafael Sanjuan Verdeguer.
- Regulation of Mutation Rates in Viruses (). 2015 - 2019. MINECO. Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad. . PI: Rafael Sanjuan Verdeguer.
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