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Ignacio López-Goñi

Ignacio López-Goñi

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Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
30
Citations
4931
World Ranking
2381
National Ranking
127

Overview

Ignacio López-Goñi is affiliated with the University of Navarra in Spain. Their research primarily spans social sciences with a significant focus on misinformation and its impacts, particularly related to health and science communication during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The main fields of study include:

  • Social Sciences

Subfields of study reported are:

  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Communication
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Information Systems

Topics extensively covered in their work are:

  • Misinformation and Its Impacts
  • Communication and COVID-19 Impact
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection
  • Spam and Phishing Detection
  • Brucella: diagnosis, epidemiology, treatment
  • Infections and bacterial resistance

Ignacio López-Goñi has coauthored frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Bienvenido León
  • Ramón Salaverría
  • Pilar Martínez-Costa
  • M. Carmen Erviti Ilundain
  • Nataly Buslón

Publication venues where López-Goñi's work commonly appears include:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Advances in Laboratory Medicine / Avances en Medicina de Laboratorio
  • El Profesional de la Informacion
  • Journal of Clinical Microbiology
  • PLoS ONE

Some recent papers authored or coauthored by Ignacio López-Goñi are:

  • "Desinformación en tiempos de pandemia: tipología de los bulos sobre la Covid-19" (2020, El Profesional de la Informacion)
  • "If You're Not Confused, You're Not Paying Attention: Ochrobactrum Is Not Brucella" (2023, Journal of Clinical Microbiology)
  • "Health and science-related disinformation on COVID-19: A content analysis of hoaxes identified by fact-checkers in Spain" (2022, PLoS ONE)
  • "The Covid-19 catastrophe: A science communication mess?" (2022, Church Communication and Culture)
  • "Teaching microbiology in times of plague" (2021, International Microbiology)

Ignacio López-Goñi has also authored books published by the Servicio de Publicaciones de la Universidad de Navarra eBooks, notably "Mentiras contagiosas. Guía para esquivar la desinformación en salud" (2022).

Best Publications

  • Brucella abortus transits through the autophagic pathway and replicates in the endoplasmic reticulum of nonprofessional phagocytes

    Javier Pizarro-Cerda;Stepahane Meresse;Robert G. Parton;Gisou van der Goot

  • Evaluation of a Multiplex PCR Assay (Bruce-ladder) for Molecular Typing of All Brucella Species, Including the Vaccine Strains

    I. López-Goñi;D. García-Yoldi;C. M. Marín;M. J. de Miguel

  • Specific detection of Brucella DNA by PCR.

    C Romero;C Gamazo;M Pardo;I López-Goñi

  • Rough vaccines in animal brucellosis: structural and genetic basis and present status.

    Ignacio Moriyón;María Jesús Grilló;Daniel Monreal;David González

  • A two‐component regulatory system playing a critical role in plant pathogens and endosymbionts is present in Brucella abortus and controls cell invasion and virulence

    Alberto Sola-Landa;Javier Pizarro-Cerdá;María Jesús Grilló;Edgardo Moreno

  • Multiplex PCR Assay for the Identification and Differentiation of all Brucella Species and the Vaccine Strains Brucella abortus S19 and RB51 and Brucella melitensis Rev1

    David García-Yoldi;Clara M. Marín;María J. de Miguel;Pilar M. Muñoz

  • Evaluation of the relatedness of Brucella spp. and Ochrobactrum anthropi and description of Ochrobactrum intermedium sp. nov., a new species with a closer relationship to Brucella spp.

    Julián Velasco;Conchi Romero;Ignacio López-Goñi;José Leiva

  • The two-component system BvrR/BvrS essential for Brucella abortus virulence regulates the expression of outer membrane proteins with counterparts in members of the Rhizobiaceae

    Caterina Guzman-Verri;Lorea Manterola;Alberto Sola-Landa;A. Parra

  • New Bruce-ladder multiplex PCR assay for the biovar typing of Brucella suis and the discrimination of Brucella suis and Brucella canis.

    Ignacio López-Goñi;David García-Yoldi;Clara M. Marín;María J. de Miguel

  • Brucellosis Vaccines: Assessment of Brucella melitensis Lipopolysaccharide Rough Mutants Defective in Core and O-Polysaccharide Synthesis and Export

    David González;María-Jesús Grilló;María-Jesús De Miguel;Tara Ali

  • Evaluation of PCR and indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay on milk samples for diagnosis of brucellosis in dairy cattle

    C Romero;M Pardo;M J Grillo;R Diaz

  • Characterization of Brucella abortus O-Polysaccharide and Core Lipopolysaccharide Mutants and Demonstration that a Complete Core Is Required for Rough Vaccines To Be Efficient against Brucella abortus and Brucella ovis in the Mouse Model

    D. Monreal;M. J. Grilló;D. González;C. M. Marín

  • GTPases of the Rho subfamily are required for Brucella abortus internalization in nonprofessional phagocytes: direct activation of Cdc42.

    Caterina Guzmán-Verri;Esteban Chaves-Olarte;Christoph von Eichel-Streiber;Ignacio López-Goñi

  • Improved method for purification of bacterial DNA from bovine milk for detection of Brucella spp. by PCR.

    C Romero;I Lopez-Goñi

  • Regulation of Brucella virulence by the two-component system BvrR/BvrS.

    Ignacio López-Goñi;Caterina Guzman-Verri;Lorea Manterola;Alberto Sola-Landa

  • Transcriptome analysis of the Brucella abortus BvrR/BvrS two-component regulatory system

    Cristina Viadas;María Cruz Rodríguez;Félix J. Sangari;Jean Pierre Gorvel;Jean Pierre Gorvel;Jean Pierre Gorvel

  • Identification of 2,3-dihydroxybenzoic acid as a Brucella abortus siderophore.

    I López-Goñi;I Moriyón;J B Neilands

  • The Lipopolysaccharide of Brucella abortus BvrS/BvrR Mutants Contains Lipid A Modifications and Has Higher Affinity for Bactericidal Cationic Peptides

    Lorea Manterola;Ignacio Moriyón;Edgardo Moreno;Alberto Sola-Landa

  • Brucella: Molecular and Cellular Biology

    Ignacio Lopez-Goni;Ignacio Moriyón

  • Structure and properties of the outer membranes of Brucella abortus and Brucella melitensis.

    Ignacio Moriyón;Ignacio López-Goñi

  • Comparison of Multiple-Locus Variable-Number Tandem-Repeat Analysis with Other PCR-Based Methods for Typing Brucella suis Isolates

    David García-Yoldi;Philippe Le Fleche;María J De Miguel;Pilar M Muñoz

Frequent Co-Authors

Ignacio Moriyón
Ignacio Moriyón University of Navarra
Jean-Pierre Gorvel
Jean-Pierre Gorvel Aix-Marseille University
José M. Blasco
José M. Blasco University of Zaragoza
Edgardo Moreno
Edgardo Moreno National University of Costa Rica
Axel Cloeckaert
Axel Cloeckaert INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Pilar M. Muñoz
Pilar M. Muñoz Centro de Investigación y Tecnología Agroalimentaria de Aragón: Zaragoza
Jean-Jacques Letesson
Jean-Jacques Letesson University of Namur
Clara M. Marín
Clara M. Marín University of Zaragoza
Carlos Gamazo
Carlos Gamazo University of Navarra
Bruno Garin-Bastuji
Bruno Garin-Bastuji French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety

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