

Monica Cartelle Gestal, PhD
Assistant Professor of Microbiology & Immunology
Bachelor of Science, Biology (1999) - University of A Coruna, Spain
Master of Science, Microbiology and Research (2002) - University of A Coruna, Spain
PhD, Microbiology (2006) - University of A Coruna, Spain
Post-Doctoral Fellow, Marie Curie Intra-European Fellowship (2013), Nottingham University, UK
Post-Doctoral Associate (2019) - University of Georgia
News
The BREATHE Gestal Lab in the news!!!
- Inspiring Science, Community, and Legacy at the ASM Spring Texas Branch Meeting, March 2026
What an incredible experience at the Spring Meeting of the Texas Branch of the American Society for Microbiology. I had the honor of being invited as the Eugene and Milicent Goldschmidt Lecturer, and it was truly a memorable and inspiring few days. The meeting concluded with inspiring sessions on education, where PIs shared innovative approaches to teaching microbiology to both undergraduate and graduate students. These discussions offered fresh perspectives and practical ideas that we can bring back to our own classrooms and labs. Beyond the science, this meeting was about community, reconnecting with colleagues, building new collaborations, and strengthening a shared commitment to mentorship and discovery. An unforgettable couple of days!!!! - The Gestal Lab on the news: Students in Spain study research at LSUHS through Fundación Barrié Undergraduate Fellowship
- The Students of LSU Health Shreveport and Fundacion Barrie PhD program on the news: Three students from Spain are loving their time at LSUHS
Student Accomplishments
- Katelyn Parrish (2025-2026) – Ken Peterson Memorial Fellowship
- Jose Pedreira-Lopez (2025-2026) – Social Chair Student Council
- Jose Pedreira-Lopez (2025-2027) – Trainee in the ASM Future Leaders Mentorship Program (FLMF) - American Society for Microbiology
- Nicholas First (2025) – Best talk at the Graduate Research Day LUSHS-S
- Jose Pedreira-Lopez (2025) – Second prize Poster Presentation at the Graduate Research Day LUSHS-S
- Stephanie Provenzano (2025) – Best Work in Basic Science presented at the Latino Association Southwest Regional Conference
- Rishi Sultana (2025) – 300 Top Regeneron Scholar.
- Rishi Sultana (2025) – Second price Science Fair Regional Science Fare.
- Jose Pedreira-Lopez (2025) – Awarded the ASM Richard and Mary Filkenstein Travel Award
- Nicholas First (2024) – Graduate Student of the Month – LSU Health Science Center at Shreveport.
- Elham Abdollahi (2024) – Best postdoctoral poster award (First Prize) – ASM South central branch and Kentucky Tennessee join meeting.
- Stephanie Provenzano (2024) – Third Prize overall poster presentation at the Medica Student Research Program Conference
- Joel Goldberg (2024) – Awarded the ASM Future Leaders Mentoring Fellowship
- Hannah Fry (February 2024) à Third price Science Fair Regional Science Fare. “Eosinophils can act as antigen presenting cells during Bordetella spp. infection”.
- Manuel Rico Fernandez San Silvestre (2024) à Selected as one of the 10 most talented young people in Spain by Celera.
- Katelyn Parrish (2023-2025) – Awarded the CCDS – T32 Predoctoral Fellowship
- Nicholas First (2023-2025) – Awarded an Ike Muslow Predoctoral Fellowship
- Katelyn Parrish (2023) – Co-President Graduate Student Council
- Katelyn Parrish (2023) – Awarded the ASM Future Leaders Mentoring Fellowship
- Katelyn Parrish (2023) – BioLegend Travel award to assist the ASM Microbe 2023
- Katelyn Parrish (2023) – ASM Travel award to present her poster selected for a talk at the ASM Microbe 2023
- Gabrielle Miller (January 2023) à First price Regional Science Fair
- Gabrielle Miller (January 2023) à Second price Science Fair – Caddo Magnet High School
- Nicholas First (2022) – Social chair Graduate Student Council
- Nicholas First (August 2022) à His microscope photography was selected as the winner to be the cover of the Fall Graduate Research Day at LSU Health Shreveport, 2022.
- Sarah Johnson (Science Fair JSHS, 2022) à Science fair – Caddo Magnet High School
- Sarah Johnson (CMHS Science Fair, 2022) à Science fair
- Brooklyn Butler (Science Fair 2022)à Selected to present in the Science Fair Shreveport 2022. Second place in the “Cellular & Molecular Biology” category at the Regionals Louisiana Region 1 Science & Engineering Fair 2022.
- Ariana Gestal-Gurr (2021) – First prize Agar Art - ASM
- Eshaan Tandon (June 2021) à JHSH Momentum grant to promote his STEM enrichment in our lab.
- Eshaan Tandon (March 2021) àHigh School Science Fair
- Courtney Gregoire – Intramural fellowship to cover the MD tuition due to the accomplishments obtained and volunteering hours dedicated to work in the Gestal Lab.
- Keila Belhart (2020) – “WOOD-WHELAN Fellowships” Travel award to visit for 4 months the Gestal Lab
We are organizing the International Bordetella Lab Meeting (IBLM) together with the University of Maryland: a monthly meeting for Bordetella researchers. This is a virtual space to share knowledge and expertise. Everybody is welcome!
Research
The BREATHE Gestal Lab
Bordetella Research on Eosinophils, Airway Tolerance,
Host Responses, and Exacerbation
For years, our research has centered on understanding how Bordetella species manipulate the host immune system to persist and reshape airway biology causing. Our work revealed an unexpected player in this story: eosinophils. Traditionally associated with parasitic infections and allergies, eosinophils turn out to play a powerful and surprising role in bacterial infections.
From demonstrating how Bordetella spp. induces eosinophil-rich iBALT structures that contribute to rapid clearance and robust immune response, to showing that eosinophils can support bacterial persistence by inducing interleukin-1 receptor antagonist (IL-1Ra) secretion.
Our studies in airway epithelial models and murine infections further show how these immunomodulatory strategies influence airway inflammation and remodeling. Across these findings, our goal remains to understand how Bordetella spp. target eosinophils to reshape the respiratory immune landscape and promote long-term infection and disease exacerbation
Research Areas
Every day, with every breath, we are exposed to millions of microbes that our immune system successfully keeps in check. However, infections still occur, and while antibiotics once provided reliable cures, the rise of antimicrobial resistance now threatens our ability to treat diseases that were easily controlled just decades ago.
The BREATHE Gestal Lab studies how respiratory pathogens manipulate the immune system to survive in the airway and drive chronic disease. Using Bordetella as a model system, we investigate how bacteria interact with immune cells to shape infection outcomes, from protective immunity to persistent infection and tissue damage. Our goal is to uncover the mechanisms pathogens use to reprogram airway immunity and to leverage this knowledge to develop new immunotherapies that promote rapid pathogen clearance while preventing long-term respiratory pathology.
Our research focuses on eosinophils and aims to unravel their previously unrecognized contributions to immune responses and post-infection pathology. We pursue this goal through four main areas of investigation.
1. Eosinophils in Protective Immunity
Eosinophils are traditionally associated with allergies and parasitic infections, but our work has revealed an unexpected role for these cells in antibacterial defense. During Bordetella infection, eosinophils contribute to the formation of inducible bronchus-associated lymphoid tissue (iBALT), specialized lung immune structures that support rapid pathogen clearance and protective immunity. This research possesses eosinophils as critical mediators of adaptive immunity.

Figure 1. Eosinophils promote iBALT formation through XCL1 secretion. Adapted from First et al., Cell Reports. PMID: 37883230.
2. Eosinophils in Bacterial Persistence
We discovered that Bordetella hijack eosinophils’ signaling to induce the anti-inflammatory mediator IL-1 receptor antagonist (IL-1Ra), which suppresses immune activation and allows bacteria to persist in the respiratory tract. This work reveals that Bordetella spp. exploits eosinophils to enhance persistence, demonstrating that exploitation of eosinophils during infection contributes to the long-term persistence that characterized Bordetella spp. infections.

Figure 2. The Bordetella type III secretion system effector BteA targets eosinophil–epithelial signaling to induce IL-1Ra and promote bacterial persistence. Adapted from Parrish et al., Communications Biology. PMID: 41116045.
3. Eosinophils in Respiratory Pathology
Given the contribution of eosinophils to the persistence of bacteria in the lungs, our next question was to depict the role of eosinophils in post-infection pathology. Our research is now interrogating the contribution of eosinophils to airway pathology post-Bordetella infection.

Eosinophils in Respiratory Pathology
4. Bacterial Strategies that Reprogram Immunity
Our Respiratory pathogens actively manipulate host immune pathways to promote survival. Using Bordetella as a model, we study how bacterial virulence factors, reprogram immune signaling and alter eosinophil function to reshape host immunity during infection.

Figure 4. Bordetella manipulates eosinophils to suppress host immunity and promote bacterial persistence. Adapted from Parrish et al., Infection and Immunity. PMID: 39007622.
Publications
Publications
Immunomodulation
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Katelyn M. Parrish, Tyler L. Williams, Nicholas First, Sarah Johnson, Jana Kamanova, and Monica C. Gestal#. “Bordetella Spp. Utilize the Type III Secretion System to Promote IL-1Ra Expression for Persistent Infection”. PMID: 41116045. Commun Biol. 2025 Oct 20;8(1):1484.
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Katelyn M. Parrish, Tyler L. Williams, and Monica C. Gestal#. “Isolation and characterization of effector functions of murine bone marrow-derived eosinophils following bacterial challenge”. PMID: 41076633. STAR Protoc. 2025 Oct 10;6(4):104104.
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Kevin Munoz Navarrete, Kathryn Edwards, Kingston Mills, Jana Kamanova, Maria Eugenia Rodriguez, Andrew Gorringe, Andrew Preston, Beate Kampmann, Monica Gestal, Eric Harvill, Purnima Dubey, Dimitri Diavatopoulos, Seema Mattoo, Karen Scanlon, Camille Locht, and Peter Sebo. “Highlights of the 14th International Bordetella Symposium”. mSphere. PMID: 40377335.
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Katelyn M. Parrish1 and Monica C. Gestal#. “Eosinophils as drivers of bacterial immunomodulation and persistence”. (2024) Infection and Immunity. PMID: 39007622.
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Gregory T Walker, Araceli Perez-Lopez, Steven Silva, Michael H Lee, Elisabet Bjånes, Nicholas Dillon, Stephanie L Brandt, Romana R Gerner, Karine Melchior, Grant J Norton, Felix A Argueta, Frenchesca Dela Pena, Lauren Park, Victor A Sosa-Hernandez, Rodrigo Cervantes-Diaz, Sandra Romero-Ramirez, Monica Cartelle Gestal, Jose L Maravillas-Montero, Sean-Paul Nuccio, Victor Nizet, Manuela Raffatellu. “CCL28 modulates neutrophil responses during infection with mucosal pathogens”. eLife 2024 Aug 28:13:e78206. doi: 10.7554/eLife.78206. PMID: 39193987.
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Nicholas J. First1, Katelyn M. Parrish1, Amparo Martínez1, África González-Fernández, Sushma Bharrham, Matthew Woolard, James B. McLachlan, Rona Scott, Jian Wang, and Monica C. Gestal#. “Bordetella spp. block eosinophil recruitment to suppress the generation of early strong mucosal protection.” Cell Reports. 2023 Oct 25;42(11):113294. PMID: 37883230.
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Keila Belhart1, Federico Sisti, Mónica C. Gestal#, Fernández Julieta# “Bordetella bronchiseptica diguanylate cyclase BdcB inhibits the type three secretion system and impacts the immune response”. Scientific Reports. PMID: 37130958.
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Nicholas First1, Jose Pedreira-Lopez1, Manuel RFS Silvestre1, Katelyn M. Parrish Parrish1, Xiao-Hong Lu, Monica C. Gestal#. “Bordetella spp. Utilize the Type 3 Secretion System to Manipulate the VIP/VPAC2 Signaling and Promote Colonization and Persistence of the three classical Bordetella in the Lower Respiratory Tract". Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology 13, 1111502. PMID: 37065208
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Edna Ondari1, Esther Calvino-Sanles1, Nicholas J. First1, MC Gestal#. “Eosinophils and Bacteria, the Beginning of a Story”. (2021) International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 22(15), 8004. Pages: 1-18. PMID: 34360770
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Tyler L. Williams1, Balazs Rada, Eshaan Tandon1, Monica C. Gestal#. “NETs and EETs, a Whole Web of Mess”. (2020) Microorganisms. 8(12), 1925. Pages: 1-21 PMID: 33291570
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Monica C. Gestal#, Laura K. Howard1, Kalyan K. Dewan1, Eric T Harvill. “Bbvac: A Live Vaccine Candidate That Provides Long-Lasting Anamnestic and Th 17 Mediated Immunity Against the Three Classical Bordetella spp.” (2022). January/February 2022 Volume 7 Issue 1 e00892-21 mSphere. PMID: 35196124.
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Illiassou H Soumana1, Bodo Linz, Kalyan K Dewan1, Demba Sarr, Monica C. Gestal, Laura K Howard1, Amanda D Caulfield1, Balázs Rada, Eric T Harvill. “Modeling Immune Evasion and Vaccine Limitations by Targeted Nasopharyngeal Bordetella pertussis Inoculation in Mice”. (2021) Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2021 (8) 2107 (1-10). PMID: 34286682
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Monica C. Gestal#, Hanna M. Johnson1, Eric T. Harvill. “Immunomodulation as a Novel Strategy for Prevention and Treatment of Bordetella spp. Infections”. (2019) Frontiers in Immunology. 10, 2869. Pages: 1-15 PMID: 31921136
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Monica C. Gestal#, Uriel Blas-Machado, Hannah M. Johnson1, Lily N. Rubin1, Kalyan K. Dewan1, Claire Bryant, Michael Tiemeyer and Eric T. Harvill. “Disrupting Bordetella Immunosuppression Reveals a Role for Eosinophils in Coordinating the Adaptive Immune Response in the Respiratory Tract”. (2020) Microorganisms 2020, 8(11), 1808 (1-15). PMID: 33212993
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Monica C. Gestal, Israel Rivera1, Laura K. Howard2, Kalyan K. Dewan, Illiassou Hamidou Soumana, Margaret Dedloff2, Tracy L. Nicholson, Bodo Linz and Eric T. “Blood or serum exposure induce global transcriptional changes, altered antigenic profile, and increased cytotoxicity by Classical Bordetellae”. Frontiers in Microbiology 07 September 2018, 9:1969. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.01969.
- Monica C. Gestal#, Lindsey Whitesides, Eric T. Harvill. ”Integrated Signaling Pathways Mediate Bordetella Immunomodulation, Persistence & Transmission”. Trends Microbiol. 2019 Feb;27(2):118-130. doi: 10.1016/j.tim.2018.09.010. This manuscript also contains a video abstract to be published in Cell Press YouTube Channel.
- Kalyan K. Dewan, Dawn L. Taylor-Mulneix, Laura L. Campos , Amanda L. Skarlupka, Shannon M. Wagner, Valerie E. Ryman, Monica C. Gestal, Longhua Ma, Uriel Blas-Machado, Brian T. Faddis, Eric T. Harvill. “A Model for Chronic, Transmissible Otitis Media in Mice”.. PloS Pathogens. 15 (4), e1007696.
- Keila Belhart1, Maria de la Paz Gutierrez, Federico Zacca, Nicolas Ambrosis, Monica Cartelle Gestal, Dawn Taylor, Kurt Dahlstrom, Eric Harvill, George O'toole, Federico Sisti, and Julieta Fernandez. “Bordetella bronchiseptica Diguanylate Cyclase BdcA Regulates Motility and is Involved in Transmission Between Hosts.” Journal of Bacteriology JB00011-19
- Monica C. Gestal, Hanna M. Johnson, Eric T. Harvill. “Immunomodulation as a Novel Strategy for Prevention and Treatment of Bordetella spp. Infections”. Frontiers in Immunology 10, 2869.
- Monica C Gestal#, Katie Howard, Kalyan Dewan, Hannah M. Johnson, Mariette Barbier, Illiasou Hamidou, Israel Rivera, Bodo Linz, Clare Bryant, and Eric Harvill. “Transcription Factor-Mediated Immunomodulation Suppresses Innate And Adaptive Immunity To Bordetella Infection”. In revision Scientific communications Sci Rep 9, 20261 (2019) doi:10.1038/s41598-019-56652-z.
Nanotechnology
- Michael E. Chirgwin, Margaret R. Dedloff, Alina Maria Holban, and Monica C. Gestal. “Novel Therapeutic Strategies Applied to Pseudomonas aeruginosa Infections in Cystic Fibrosis”. Materials 12 (24), 4093.
- Margaret R. Dedloff, Callie Effler, Alina M. Holban and Monica C. Gestal#. “Use of Biopolymers in Mucosally-Administered Vaccinations for Respiratory Disease”. Materials 12 (15), 2445.
- Monica Cartelle Gestal, Margaret Dedloff and Eva Torres Sangiao. “Computational Health Engineering Applied To Model Infectious Diseases And Antimicrobial Resistance Spread”. Applied Sciences 9 (12), 2486
- Eva Torres-Sangiao, Alina Maria Holban, Monica Cartelle Gestal#. “Applications of Nanodiamonds in the Detection and Therapy of Infectious Diseases”. Materials 2019, 12(10), 1639
- Mara Madalina Mihai, Monica Cartelle Gestal, Alexandru Grumezescu, Alina Maria Holban. “Nanocoatings for wound repair - modulation of microbial colonization and biofilm formation”. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2018 Apr 12;19(4). pii: E1179. doi: 10.3390/ijms19041179.
- Torres-Sangiao E3, Holban AM, Gestal MC#. Advanced Nanobiomaterials: Vaccines, Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases”. Molecules. 2016 Jul 1;21(7). PMID: 27376260. doi: 10.3390/molecules21070867.
- Grigore ME, Biscu ER, Holban AM, Gestal MC#, Grumezescu AM. “Methods of Synthesis, Properties and Biomedical Applications of CuO Nanoparticles”. Pharmaceuticals. 2016 Nov 30;9(4). pii: E75. PMID: 27916867
- Alina Maria Holban, Monica Cartelle Gestal#, Alexandru Mihai Grumezescu. “Control of biofilm-associated infections by signaling molecules and nanoparticles”. Int J Pharm. 2016 Mar 2. pii: S0378-5173(16)30149-1. PMID: 26945736. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2016.02.044.
- Andreea Lorena Mateescu, Tatiana Vassu Dimov, Alexandru Mihai Grumezescu, Monica Cartelle Gestal, Mariana Carmen Chifiriuc.“Nanostructured bioactive polymers used in food-packaging”. Current pharmaceutical biotechnology. PMID: 25483716.
- Cartelle Gestal M#, Holban Alina. “Advances in nanotechnology as an alternative against superbugs”. JSM Chem. 2(2): 1011.
- Alexandru Mihai Grumezescu, Monica Cartelle Gestal, Alina María Holban, Valentina Grumezescu, Bogdan Ștefan Vasile, Laurențiu Mogoantă, Coralia Bleotu, George Dan Mogoșanu. “Biocompatible Fe3O4 increases the efficacy of amoxicillin delivery against Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria”. Molecules. 2014, 19, 5013-5027 PMID: 24759068. doi: 10.3390/molecules19045013.
- Alina Maria Holban, Monica Cartelle Gestal and Alexandru Mihai Grumezescu. “New Molecular Strategies for Reducing Implantable Medical Devices Associated Infections”. Current Medicinal Chemistry. 2014, Vol 21, 38 PMID: 24606502.
- Alina Maria Holban, Alexandru Mihai Grumezescu, Laurenţiu Mogoantă, Monica Cartelle Gestal, George Dan Mogoșanu. “Novel drug delivery magnetite nano-systems used in antimicrobial therapy”. Current Organic Chemistry. 2014, 18, 185-191 185.
Antibiotic Resistance
- José E. Villacís, Jorge A. Reyes, Hugo G. Castelán-Sánchez, Sonia Dávila-Ramos, Miguel Angel Lazo, Ahmad Wali, Luis A. Bodero, Yadira Toapanta, Cristina Naranjo, Lorena Montero, Josefina Campos, Marcelo G. Galas, and Mónica C. Gestal#. “OXA-48 Carbapenemase in Klebsiella pneumoniae Sequence Type 307 in Ecuador”. Microorganisms 2020, 8(3), 435
- Dewan, Kalyan; Skarlupka, Amanda; Rivera, Israel; Gestal, Monica; Taylor-Mulneix, Dawn; Wagner, Shannon; Ryman, Valerie; Rodriguez, Coralis; Hamidou Soumana, Illiassou; Levin, Bruce; Harvill, Eric. “Development of macrolide resistance in Bordetella bronchiseptica associated with the loss of virulence”. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. 2018 Aug 10. doi: 10.1093/jac/dky264
- Claudia Soria, Glenda Larrea, Monica Cartelle Gestal. “Dissemination of CTX-M-1-Like enzymes in community patients in Ecuador.” Microbial Drug Resistance. Microb Drug Resist. 2018 Jan 3. doi: 10.1089/mdr.2017.0325
- Cartelle Gestal M#, Zurita J, Gualpa G, Gonzalez C, Paz y Mino A. “Early detection and control of an Acinetobacter baumannii multi-resistant outbreak in a hospital in Quito, Ecuador”. J Infect Dev Ctries. 2016 Dec 30;10(12):1294-1298. PMID: 28036308. doi: 10.3855/jidc.7544.
- Claudia Soria, Nelson Nieto, José E. Villacís, Sara Lainez, Monica Cartelle Gestal. “Brote por Serratia marcescens en una Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos Neonatales”. Guayaquil-Ecuador” Rev Chilena Infectol. 2016 Dec;33(6):703-705. PMID: 28146199. doi: 10.4067/S0716-10182016000600016.
- Monica Cartelle Gestal#; Jeannete Zurita, Ariane Paz y Mino, David Ortega-Paredes, Iliana Alcocer. “Characterization of a small outbreak of Salmonella enterica serovar Infantis that harbour CTX-M-65 in Ecuador”. Braz J Infect Dis. 2016 May 20. pii: S1413-8670(16)30074-5 PMID: 27215783. doi: 10.1016/j.bjid.2016.03.007.
- Juan José Romero, Paul Herrera, Mónica Cartelle, Pedro Barba, Jeannete Zurita. “Panniculitis caused by Mycobacterium monacense mimicking erythema induratum: a case in Ecuador”. New Microbes New Infect. 2016 Jan 22;10:112-5. PMID: 26933504. doi: 10.1016/j.nmni.2016.01.006.
- Cartelle Gestal M#, Holban A., Escalante S., Cevallos M. (2015) “Neglected diseases, 20 years of study in Ecuador”. PLoS One. 2015 Sep 22;10(9):e0138311. PMID: 26394405. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0138311.
- Jeannete Zurita, Henry Parra, Mónica Cartelle Gestal, Joseph McDermott, Pedro Barba. “First case of NDM-1 producing Providencia retggeri in Ecuador”. Journal of Global Antimicrobial. PMID: 27842879. doi: 10.1016/j.jgar.2015.07.003.
- Cartelle M, Canle D, Llarena FJ, Molina F, Villanueva R, Bou G. “Characterization of the first CTX-M-10-producing isolate of Salmonella enterica serotype Virchow”. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2006. 12:285-287 PMID: 16451417. DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2005.01300.x
- Guerrero A, Cañizares A, Tomás S, Velasco D and Cartelle M. “Prevalence of antiretroviral drug resistance among naïve Spanish patients infected with HIV”. Enferm Infecc Microbiol Clin. 2005. 23:605-608 PMID: 16324550.
- Bou G, Figueira M, Canle D, Cartelle M, Eirós JM and Villanueva R. “Evaluation of group B streptococcus differential agar for detection and isolation of Streptococcus agalactiae“. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2005. 11:676-678 PMID: 16008623
- Tomás M, Cartelle M, Pertega S, Beceiro A, Llinares P, Canle D, Molina F, Villanueva R, Cisneros JM and Bou G. “Hospital outbreak caused by a carbapenem-resistant strain of Acinetobacter baumannii: patient prognosis and risk-factors for colonization and infection”. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2005. 11:540-546 PMID: 15966971. DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2005.01184.x
- Velasco D, del Mar Tomás M, Cartelle M, Beceiro A, Pérez A, Molina F, Moure R, Villanueva R and Bou G. “Evaluation of different methods for detecting methicillin (oxacillin) resistance in Staphylococcus aureus”. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2005. 55:379-82 PMID: 15722394
- Cartelle M, Tomás M, Pertega S, Beceiro A, Domínguez MA, Velasco D, Molina F, Villanueva R and Bou G. “Risk factors for colonization and infection in a hospital outbreak caused by a strain of Klebsiella pneumoniae with reduced susceptibility to expanded-spectrum cephalosporins”. J Clin Microbiol. 2004. 42:4242-4249 PMID: 15365018. Doi: 10.1128/JCM.42.9.4242-4249.2004
- Cartelle M, Tomás M, Molina F, Moure R, Villanueva R and Bou G. “High level of resistance for ceftazidime conferred by a novel CTX-M enzyme derived from CTX-M-1 through a single Asp-240-Gly substitution”. Antimicrob Agents Chemoter. 2004. 48: 2308-2313 PMID: 15155242. Doi: 10.1128/AAC.48.6.2308-2313.2004
- Velasco D, Pérez S, Peña F, Domínguez MA, Cartelle M, Molina F, Moure R, Villanueva R and Bou G. “Lack of correlation between phenotypic techniques and a PCR-based genotypic method for identification of Enterococcus spp”. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2004. 49: 151-156 PMID: 15246503
- Gil E, Durán MT, Rodríguez-Tudela JL, Cuenca-Estrella M, Cartelle M, Molina F and Guerrero A. “Pseudozyma sp: colonizer of the respiratory tract in critical patients”. Enferm Infecc Microbiol Clin. 2003. 21:65 PMID: 12550051.
- Bou G, Cartelle M, Tomás M, Canle D, Molina F, Moure R, Eirós JM and Guerrero A. “Identification and broad dissemination of the CTX-M-14 β-lactamase in different Escherichia coli strains in the Northwest area of Spain”. J Clin Microbiol. 2002. 40: 4030-4036 PMID: 12409370. 10.1128/JCM.40.11.4030-4036.2002
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Patents / Innovations
Cartelle Gestal, Monica "Anti-IL-1RA as treatment for long-term bacterial infection” LSU Health Science Center at Shreveport. Submitted patent (PCT) 30. September. 2023 (100% author) - 2932719-000237-WO1; LSUHSC-S-2022-010-03.
Harvill E., Cartelle M. “Bordetella sigma regulator”. UGA Innovation and Gateway. U.S. Application Serial No: 62/564,934. Full patent (PCT) 30. September. 2018 (50% author). Application number: 16647740 . Patent number: 11229690
Fernández JL, Goyanes V, Cartelle M, Muriel L, Bou G, Gosálvez J. “Method for determining DNA fragmentation in microorganisms”. Micromax kit. Halotech DNA SL, Madrid, Spain. Patent number: 9212391. Patent application number 20100129803. Date of the patent 23.July.2013. (3% author). Application number: 12513560. Patent number: 8492086.
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Positions
Available Positions
Postdocs: We are not actively recruiting postdoctoral fellows, but qualified candidates will be considered. Inquiries should be directed to Dr. Gestal.
Graduate students: Students interested in working in our Department should visit our Graduate Program.
Undergraduate students: Our Undergraduate Biomedical Research Fellowship program provides bright undergraduates a chance to gain hands-on research experience through a paid internship. More information can be found here - Undergraduate Fellowship.
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LSU Health Shreveport
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
1501 Kings Hwy
Shreveport, LA 71103
Email: monica.cartellegestal@lsuhs.edu
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