Julià González Martin

Contact

Microbiology
Tel.: 932275522
gonzalez(ELIMINAR)@clinic.cat

Senior consultant

Hospital Clínic – Biomedical Diagnostic Center – Microbiology

Phenotypic and genotypic techniques applied to diagnosis of tuberculosis and other mycobacterial infections on clinical specimens and on culture isolates.
Phenotypic and genotypic techniques to characterize the resistance of M. tuberculosis against drugs of 1st and 2nd line in culture isolates. Direct detection in clinical samples.
detection of gamma interferon production in the diagnosis of latent TB infection by an ELISA technique (TB gold Quantiferon)

Study of the virulence of strains of M. tuberculosis on a model of human macrophage culture. Characterization of strains with several virulence factors.
Phenotypic characterization of resistance in M tuberculosis. Characterization of the mechanisms of resistance to antituberculosis drugs; design of genetic screening methods.
Rapid diagnostic techniques applied to molecular mycobacterial infections: gene amplification, MALDI-TOF

Teaching Clinical Microbiology in students at the UB: Medicine grade, Biomedical Sciences, Master in International Health, Master in Biomedicine, Master of Clinical Microbiology

Coordinator of Education of CDB

Hospital Clínic – CDB Centro de Diagnóstico Biomédico –
Member of the Committee of Humanitarian Aid of the Hospital Clinic
Member of the Standing Committee of the Doctoral Program Traslacional Medicine. Faculty of Medicine. University of Barcelona
Associate Professor of Microbiology. Faculty of Medicine. University of Barcelona
Coordinator of the speciality Clinical Microbiology, Master of Clinical Research. University of Barcelona

Biomedical Diagnostic Center (CDB)

Villarroel, 170 · 08036 Barcelona
Tel: +34 93 227 54 64 · Fax: +34 93 227 98 75 · atencdb(ELIMINAR)@clinic.cat · www.hospitalclinic.org