Instituto de Investigaciones
en Biociencias Agrícolas y Ambientales
integrantes

Education

  • Ph.D. Biology. University of Buenos Aires.

Current positions

  • Associate Professor.

Research interests

  • Bioinformatics
  • Microbial Ecology

Publications in refereed journals (last 5 years)

  • Vignale MV, Rocca LO, Soria M, Iannone L, Novas MV. (2023). Ecotype and fungal endophyte status differentially affect soil arbuscular mycorrhizal community of the native grass Bromus auleticus. Rhizosphere, 100757. DOI:10.1016/j.rhisph.2023.100757.
  • Mon ML, Marrero Díaz de Villegas R, Campos E, Soria MA, Talia PM. (2022). Characterization of a novel GH10 alkali-thermostable xylanase from a termite microbiome. Bioresources and Bioprocessing, 9:1-15. DOI:10.1186/s40643-022-00572-w.
  • Medina V, Rosso BE, Soria M, Gutkind GO, Pagano EA, Zavala JA. (2022). Feeding on soybean crops changed gut bacteria diversity of the southern green stinkbug (Nezara viridula) and reduced negative effects of some associated bacteria. Pest Management Science, 78: 4608-4617. DOI: 10.1002/ps.7080.
  • Guerrero EB, Rubén Marrero Díaz de Villegas R, Soria MA, Paz Santangelo M, Campos E, Talia PM. (2020). Characterization of two GH5 endoglucanases from termite microbiome using synthetic metagenomics. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 104:8351-8366. DOI: 10.1007/s00253-020-10831-5.
  • Mc Cargo PD, Ianonne LJ, Soria M, Novas MV. (2020). Diversity of foliar endophytes in a dioecious wild grass and their interaction with the systemic Epichloë. Fungal Ecology, 47: 100945. DOI: 10.1016/j.funeco.2020.100945.
  • Romero Victorica M*, Soria MA*, Batista Garcia RA, Ceja-Navarro JA, Vikram S, Ortiiz M, Ontañon O, Ghio S, Martínez-Avila L, Quintero García OJ, Etcheverry C, Campos E, Cowan D, Arneodo J, Talia PM. (2020). Neotropical termite microbiomes as sources of novel plant cell wall degrading enzymes. Scientific Reports, 10:3864. DOI:10.1038/s41598-020-60850-5. (*) These authors contributed equally.
  • Bei J, Bigi MM, Lima A, Zhang Q, Blanco FC, Lopez B, Yu T, Wang Z, Dai Z, Chen Z, Cataldi AA, Sasiain MC, Ritacco V, De la Barrera S, Soria MA, Durán R, Bigi F. (2020). A Phenotypic Characterization of Two Isolates of a Multidrug-Resistant Outbreak Strain of Mycobacterium tuberculosis with Opposite Epidemiological Fitness. BioMed Research International, 2020:4741237. DOI: 10.1155/2020/4741237.
  • Decker Franco C, Wieser SN, Soria M, de Alba P, Florin M, Schnittger CL. (2019). In silico identification of immunotherapeutic and diagnostic targets in the glycosylphosphatidylinositol metabolism of the coccidian Sarcocystis aucheniae. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases. 67 (S2):165-174. DOI:10.1111/tbed.13438.
  • Bigi MM, Vázquez C, Castelão A, Garcia E, Cataldi A, Jackson M, McNeil M, Soria M, Zumárraga M, Cabruja M, Gago G, Blanco FC, Nishibe C, Almeida N, Ribeiro de Araújo F. (2019). Analysing nonsynonymous mutations between two Mycobacterium bovis strains with contrasting pathogenic profiles. Veterinary Microbiology, 108482. DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2019.108482.
  • Klepp LI, Eirin ME, Garbaccio S, Soria M, Bigi F, Blanco FC. (2019). Identification of bovine tuberculosis biomarkers to detect tuberculin skin test and IFNγ release assay false negative cattle. Research in Veterinary Science. 122:7-14. DOI:10.1016/j.rvsc.2018.10.016.
  • Zalazar AL, Gliemmo MF, Soria M, Campos CA. (2019). Modelling growth/no growth interface of Zygosaccharomyces bailii in simulated acid sauces as a function of natamycin, xanthan gum and sodium chloride concentrations. Food Research International, 116:916-924. DOI: 10.1016/j.foodres.2018.09.028.

Grad Students

  • Tres tesis doctorales, nueve tesis de maestría.
  • Actualmente dirijo una tesis doctoral y dirijo o codirijo tres tesis de maestría.

Management of research projects (last 5 years)

  • PICT-2018-04149. Director. Periodo: 2020 - 2023.Descubrimiento y explotación de productos génicos presentes en microbiomas intestinales de termitas para la producción de biocombustibles.

Postgraduate courses taught at the Alberto Soriano Graduate School (FAUBA)

  • Three Ph.D. and nine Master’s degree thesis supervised and completed.
  • Currently supervising one Ph.D. student and supervise or co-supersive three master’s students.