Miguel Ángel Martínez

Principal Investigator
HIV and HCV Genetic and Phenotypic Variability
Spain

Professor Molecular Biology
Biography

  Miguel Ángel Martínez is the author of 106 peer-reviewed research papers listed in PubMed and of three worldwide patents. He has authored ten book chapters and was guest editor of RNA Interference and Viruses, Current Innovations and Future Trends(Caister Academic Press, Norfolk (UK), 2010). He has also supervised eight PhD theses. Most of his research publications have been on the topic of HIV and HCV. He is currently editor of Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (published by the American Society for Microbiology) and a member of the editorial board of Antiviral Research (official publication of the International Society of Antiviral Research). Head of the Virology section of the Catalan Biology Society, attached to the Institute of Catalan Studies (IEC), for over a decade, in 2006 the International AIDS Society recognized him with its award for the most highly cited author in basic science published in the journal AIDS.

Research Intrest

 Virology, Molecular biology, Hepatology, HIV.

List of Publications
Sandra Franco; Ester Aparicio; Mariona Parera; Bonaventura Clotet; Cristina Tural; Miguel Angel Martinez AIDS. 28(1):133–136, JAN 2014
Brai, A., Fazi, R., Tintori, C., Zamperini, C., Bugli, F., Sanguinetti, M., … Botta, M. (2016). Human DDX3 protein is a valuable target to develop broad spectrum antiviral agents. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 113(19), 5388–5393.
Mariona Parera, Guerau Fernàndez, Bonaventura Clotet, Miguel Angel Martínez; HIV-1 Protease Catalytic Efficiency Effects Caused by Random Single Amino Acid Substitutions, Molecular Biology and Evolution, Volume 24, Issue 2, 1 February 2007, Pages 382–387,
Mariona Parera, Miguel Angel Martinez; Strong Epistatic Interactions within a Single Protein, Molecular Biology and Evolution, Volume 31, Issue 6, 1 June 2014, Pages 1546–1553,
Martinez, M. A., Nevot, M., Jordan-Paiz, A., & Franco, S. (2015). Similarities between Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 and Hepatitis C Virus Genetic and Phenotypic Protease Quasispecies Diversity. Journal of Virology, 89(19), 9758–9764.