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Narcís Saubí Roca

I am a Biochemist, and I am in the Microbiology department, in the Respiratory Virus Unit, working on the isolation in cell cultures and phenotypic characterization of different respiratory viruses (Influenza, RSV, hMPV, enterovirus). I am also collaborating with other HUVH and VHIR research groups that require the growth of viruses in cultures. Previously, I was working on the development of preventive vaccines against HIV (one based on Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG), and the other based on Virus-Like particles -VLP- of the human papillomavirus) and SARS - CoV-2.

Institutions of which they are part

Senior researcher
Microbiology
Vall Hebron Institut de Recerca

Narcís Saubí Roca

Institutions of which they are part

Senior researcher
Microbiology
Vall Hebron Institut de Recerca

I am a Biochemist, and I am in the Microbiology department, in the Respiratory Virus Unit, working on the isolation in cell cultures and phenotypic characterization of different respiratory viruses (Influenza, RSV, hMPV, enterovirus). I am also collaborating with other HUVH and VHIR research groups that require the growth of viruses in cultures. Previously, I was working on the development of preventive vaccines against HIV (one based on Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG), and the other based on Virus-Like particles -VLP- of the human papillomavirus) and SARS - CoV-2.

In December 2021, I joined the Respiratory Virus Unit at the Microbiology Department, with Dr. Andrés Antón, to perform isolation and phenotypic characterization of respiratory viruses (Influenza, RSV, hMPV, enterovirus). It is also among my roles to support other VHIR and HUVH groups.
Previously, I had been working on the development of preventive vaccines against HIV and SARS-CoV-2. The vaccines were based on the use of Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) as a vaccine vector, and on the use of chimeric VLPs (Virus Like Particles) of the Human Papilloma Virus that expressed HIV or SARS-CoV-2 epitopes. I started this research in 2005, at the Infectious Diseases and HIV Group of the Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, with Dr. Joan Joseph. This was the subject of my doctoral thesis. In 2019, the entire research group moved to the Microbiology Department of Vall d’Hebron University Hospital.
I started my career in vaccine research and development at Laboratorios Hipra, S.A., where I worked for 13 years on vaccines against avian, porcine and bovine virus research, development and manufacture.

Projects

Disección y promoción de inmunidad adaptativa específica frente al poliomavirus (BKV) para prevenir la infección viral tras el trasplante renal (proyecto BK-VAX).

IP: Oriol Bestard Matamoros
Collaborators: Juliana Esperalba Esquerra, Joana Sellarés Roig, Emma Pardo De los Santos, Elena Isabel Crespo Gimeno, Laura Donadeu Casassas, Narcís Saubí Roca
Funding agency: Instituto de Salud Carlos III
Funding: 174240
Reference: PI22/01019
Duration: 01/01/2023 - 31/12/2025

Grup de Recerca en Microbiologia de Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron

IP: Juan Jose Gonzalez Lopez
Collaborators: María Nieves Larrosa Escartin, Gema Codina Grau, Virginia Rodríguez Garrido, Andres Antón Pagarolas, Juliana Esperalba Esquerra, Ariadna Rando Segura, Alba Mir Cros, Yannick Hoyos Mallecot, Joan Joseph Munné, Tomàs Pumarola Suñé, Mayli Lung Suarez, Mª Teresa Tórtola Fernández, Albert Moreno Mingorance, Maria Piñana Moro, Aroa Silgado Gimenez, Elena Sulleiro Igual, Lidia Goterris Bonet, Josep Roca Grande, Alejandra Gonzalez Sánchez, Narcís Saubí Roca, Jesus Trejo Zahinos
Funding agency: Agència Gestió Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca
Funding: 0.01
Reference: 2021 SGR 01129
Duration: 01/01/2022 - 30/06/2025

Sistema integral para la vigilancia clínica, epidemiológica y microbiológica (SiVEV/BCN) de la enfermedad asociada a enterovirus en Barcelona ciudad.

IP: Andres Antón Pagarolas
Collaborators: Juliana Esperalba Esquerra, Jorgina Vila Soler, Yolima Cossio Gil, Rocío Rodrigo García, Tomàs Pumarola Suñé, Maria Espiau Guarner, Núria Worner Tomasa, Maria Piñana Moro, Ariadna Carsi Durall, Anna Creus Costa, Alejandra Gonzalez Sánchez, Cristina Andrés Vergés, Narcís Saubí Roca
Funding agency: Instituto de Salud Carlos III
Funding: 214170
Reference: PI22/00023
Duration: 01/01/2023 - 31/12/2025

Enhancing Whole Genome Sequencing (WGS) and/or Reverse Transription Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) national infrastructures and capacities to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic in the European Union and European Economic Area

IP: Josep Quer Sivila
Collaborators: Narcís Saubí Roca
Funding agency: EUROPEAN COMMISSION
Funding: 136643.73
Reference: WGS-RTPCR_ECDC2021
Duration: 03/09/2021 - 30/09/2022

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