Education

Ph.D in Science, Department of Molecular Biology, University Autonoma of Madrid, Spain, 1997

Current position

Scientist of the Spanish Research Council (CSIC) at the National Centre of Biotechnology (CNB-CSIC), Madrid, Spain

Publications (since 2008)

1. Cruz, J.L., Becares, M., Sola, I., Oliveros, J.C., Enjuanes, L., and Zuniga, S. (2013). Alphacoronavirus protein 7 modulates host innate immune response. J Virol. In press
   
2. Mateos-Gomez, P. A., Morales, L., Zuniga, S., Enjuanes, L. and Sola, I. (2013). Long-distance RNA-RNA interactions in the coronavirus genome form high-order structures promoting discontinuous RNA synthesis during transcription. J Virol 87(1): 177-186.
   
3. Mateos-Gomez, P. A., Zuniga, S., Palacio, L., Enjuanes, L. and Sola, I. (2011). Gene N proximal and distal RNA motifs regulate coronavirus nucleocapsid mRNA transcription. J Virol 85(17): 8968-8980.
   
4. Cruz, J. L., Sola, I., Becares, M., Alberca, B., Plana, J., Enjuanes, L. and Zuniga, S. (2011). Coronavirus gene 7 counteracts host defenses and modulates virus virulence. PLoS Pathog 7(6): e1002090.
   
5. Sola, I., Galan, C., Mateos-Gomez, P. A., Palacio, L., Zuniga, S., Cruz, J. L., Almazan, F. and Enjuanes, L. (2011). The polypyrimidine tract-binding protein affects coronavirus RNA accumulation levels and relocalizes viral RNAs to novel cytoplasmic domains different from replication-transcription sites. J Virol 85(10): 5136-5149.
   
6. Dufour, D., Mateos-Gomez, P. A., Enjuanes, L., Gallego, J. and Sola, I. (2011). Structure and functional relevance of a transcription-regulating sequence involved in coronavirus discontinuous RNA synthesis. J Virol 85(10): 4963-4973.
   
7. Sola, I., Mateos-Gomez, P. A., Almazan, F., Zuniga, S. and Enjuanes, L. (2011). RNA-RNA and RNA-protein interactions in coronavirus replication and transcription. RNA Biol 8(2): 237-248.
   
8. Cruz, J. L., Zuniga, S., Becares, M., Sola, I., Ceriani, J. E., Juanola, S., Plana, J. and Enjuanes, L. (2010). Vectored vaccines to protect against PRRSV. Virus Res 154(1-2): 150-160.
   
9. Zuniga, S., Cruz, J. L., Sola, I., Mateos-Gomez, P. A., Palacio, L. and Enjuanes, L. (2010). Coronavirus nucleocapsid protein facilitates template switching and is required for efficient transcription. J Virol 84(4): 2169-2175.
   
10. Galan, C., Sola, I., Nogales, A., Thomas, B., Akoulitchev, A., Enjuanes, L. and Almazan, F. (2009). Host cell proteins interacting with the 3' end of TGEV coronavirus genome influence virus replication. Virology 391(2): 304-314.
    
11. Zuniga, S., Sola, I., Cruz, J. L. and Enjuanes, L. (2009). Role of RNA chaperones in virus replication. Virus Res 139(2): 253-266.
    
12. Moreno, J. L., Zuniga, S., Enjuanes, L. and Sola, I. (2008). Identification of a coronavirus transcription enhancer. J Virol 82(8): 3882-3893.