Life Sciences

Dra. Montserrat Agut Bonsfills
Laboratory of Microbiology, Bioengineering Department
IQS Group for Food and Environmental Safety (IQS-SAMA)
IQS
Universitat Ramon Llull
Via Augusta 390, E-08017 Barcelona, Spain
Tel.: +34 93 267 20 51
Fax: +34 93 205 62 66
montserrat.agut@iqs.url.edu

Degree in Veterinary Science (UAB, 1988). Masters in Microbiology (UAB, 1991). PhD in Sciences (Biology section) (UAB, 1992)

Full Professor (2010-)
Deputy Director of IQS Executive (2011-2012).

Subjects

Biology, Microbiology (Degree in Chemistry and Degree in Chemical Engineering). Microbiology (Licenciatura in Chemistry), Microbiology (Masters in Bioengineering.

Research Lines

Mycotoxins and fungal producers.
Microbiological aspects of the photodynamic therapy.
Food and environmental safety.

Representative publications

X. Ragàs, X. He, M. Agut, M. Roxo-Rosa, A. Rocha Gonsalves, A.C. Serra, S. Nonell. Singlet Oxygen in Antimicrobial Photodynamic Therapy: Photosensitizer-Dependent Production and Decay in E. coli. Molecules (2013), 18, 2712-2725.

R. Dosselli, C. Tampieri, R. Ruiz-Gonzalez, S. De Munari, X. Ragas, D. Sanchez-Garcia, M. Agut, S. Nonell, E. Reddi, M. Gobbo. Synthesis, Characterization, and Photoinduced Antibacterial Activity of Porphyrin-Type Photosensitizers Conjugated to the Antimicrobial Peptide Apidaecin 1b. J. of Med. Chem. (2013), 56, 1052-1063.

R. Ruiz-González, J.H. White, M. Agut, S. Nonell, C. Flors. A genetically-encoded photosensitiser demonstrates killing of bacteria by purely endogenous singlet oxygen. Photochem. Photobiol. Sci. 11: 1411–1413 (2012).

A. Rezusta, P. López-Chicón, M.P. Paz-Cristobal, M. Alemany-Ribes, D. Royo-Díez, M. Agut, C. Semino, S. Nonell, M.J. Revillo, C. Aspiroz, Y. Gilaberte. In vitro fungicidal photodynamic effect of hypericin on Candida species, Photochem. Photobiol. 88: 613–619 (2012).

P. López-Chicón, M. P. Paz-Cristobal, A. Rezusta, C. Aspiroz, M. Royo-Cañas, E. Andres-Ciriano, Y. Gilaberte, M. Agut, S. Nonell. On the mechanism of Candida spp. photoinactivation by hypericin, Photochem. Photobiol. Sci. 11, 1099-1107 (2012).