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José António Baptista Machado Soares
Assistant Professor
Faculty of Science and Technology
University of the Azores
Rua da Mãe de Deus
9500-321 Ponta Delgada
São Miguel Island, Azores, Portugal
Email: antonio.machado@uac.pt
My overarching research interest is: how do microbial biofilms work? This multivariate aggregation of microbial cells so-called “biofilm” exists in any type of environment, host, and industry. I try to understand how this microbial community interacts between them and their surroundings through a combination of molecular methodologies (PCR, qPCR, next-generation sequencing, fluorescence microscopy or CLSM, electron microscopy, and transcriptome analysis). More specifically I am interested in examining the direct and intimate relationship between the activity of the biological community, the impact of their interactions, and how the biofilm reacts to the human host, industrial settings, and environmental surroundings.
Publications
Espinoza-Erazo, V. P., Vela-Chauvin, M. G., Collantes-Vela, J. C., Zapata-Mena, S., & Machado, A. (2026). Biofilms of Salmonella: Implications for food safety and public health. Foodborne Pathogens and Disease. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/15353141251389597.
Villacrés, M., Avila, A., Jimenes-Vargas, K., Machado, A., Alvarez-Suarez, J. M., & Tejera, E. (2025). Discovering molecules and plants with potential activity against gastric cancer: An in silico ensemble-based modeling analysis. Frontiers in Bioinformatics, 5, 1642039. https://doi.org/10.3389/fbinf.2025.1642039.
Jara-Medina, N. R., Cedeño-Pinargote, A. C., Beltrán-Noboa, A., Tejera, E., & Machado, A. (2025). Managing Vibrio parahaemolyticus and Vibrio alginolyticus Infections in the Whiteleg Shrimp (Penaeus vannamei): A Systematic Review. Molecules, 30(17), 3620. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules30173620
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