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Ester Ballana Guix

Associate researcher
HIV Pathogenesis
Spain

Scientist Pathology
Biography

Ester Ballana graduated in Biology from the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB) in 2001. She completed a health and life sciences PhD under the supervision of Dr. Xavier Estivill at the Barcelona-based Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG) in May 2007, with a thesis on the subject of the molecular basis of deafness linked to mitochondrial DNA mutations. In June 2007 she joined IrsiCaixa as a post-doctoral researcher, investigating the contribution of host genetic factors to viral replication and disease outcomes. In January 2015 she was awarded a Miguel Servet fellowship. Her research currently focuses on viral restriction factors as regulators in human infection susceptibility and clinical evolution.

Research Intrest

HIV, Molecular biology, Virology, Genetics

List of Publications
Eduardo Pauls, Alba Ruiz, Roger Badia, Marc Permanyer, Albert Gubern, Eva Riveira-Muñoz, Javier Torres-Torronteras, Mar Álvarez, Beatriz Mothe, Christian Brander, Manel Crespo, Luis Menéndez-Arias, Bonaventura Clotet, Oliver T. Keppler, Ramon Martí, Francesc Posas, Ester Ballana and José A. EstéJ Immunol August 15, 2014, 193 (4) 1988-1997
Eduardo Pauls; Roger Badia; Javier Torres-Torronteras; Alba Ruiz; Marc Permanyer; Eva Riveira-Muñoz; Bonaventura Clotet; Ramón Marti; Ester Ballana; José A. Esté AIDS. 28(15):2213–2222, SEP 2014
Ruiz, A., Pauls, E., Badia, R., Torres-Torronteras, J., Riveira-Muñoz, E., Clotet, B., … Esté, J. A. (2015). Cyclin D3-dependent control of the dNTP pool and HIV-1 replication in human macrophages. Cell Cycle, 14(11), 1657–1665.
Badia, R., Angulo, G., Riveira-Muñoz, E., Pujantell, M., Puig, T., Ramirez, C., … Esté, J. A. (2016). Inhibition of herpes simplex virus type 1 by the CDK6 inhibitor PD-0332991 (palbociclib) through the control of SAMHD1. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 71(2), 387–394.
Badia, R., Pujantell, M., Riveira-Muñoz, E., Puig, T., Torres-Torronteras, J., Martí, R., … Ballana, E. (2016). The G1/S Specific Cyclin D2 Is a Regulator of HIV-1 Restriction in Non-proliferating Cells. PLoS Pathogens, 12(8), e1005829.
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