Biologist, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina. 1990
Ph.D. Biology. University of Buenos Aires. 1997.
Current positions
Full Professor. Microbiology Lab. College of Agronomy. University of Buenos Aires.
Head of the Departmaent of Applied Biology and Food Sciencie.
Research interests
Bioinformatics
Microbial Ecology
Biotechnology
Publications in refereed journals (last 5 years)
Bigi MM, Imperiale B, Soria MA, López B, Bigi F, de la Barrera S. (2025). Total free lipids from MDR strain of Mycobacterium tuberculosis “M” reduce T cell activation and CTL activity in healthy individuals. Molecular Immunology. 2025, 183:182-93. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molimm.2025.05.007
Bruno Baron C, Mon ML, Marrero Díaz de Villegas R, Cattaneo A, Di Donato P, Poli A, Negri ME, Alegre M, Soria MA, Rojo MC, Combina M. (2025). Characterization of two GH10 enzymes with ability to hydrolyze pretreated Sorghum bicolor bagasse. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 2025 109(1):1-21. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00253-025-13484-4.
Rocco L, Soria M. (2024). Location-based social networks in Buenos Aires (2009-2015). Electronic Journal of SADIO (EJS), 2024, 23, 25-42. https://publicaciones.sadio.org.ar/index.php/EJS/article/view/840
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.
Postgrad students
Total number of Doctoral or Master degrees: three Ph.D. thesis as supervisor, eight Masters’ thesis as supervisor, 3 as co-supervisor.
Management of research projects (last 5 years)
Effect of grazing management on soil microbial community structure and organic carbon sequestration in the Salado River Basin. UBACyT 20020220200141BA. Director. 2023-2025
Identification of intestine-specific binding peptides and their application to the modification of Cry toxins targeting the control of cotton pests Anthonomus grandis and Spodoptera frugiperda. PICT-2021-I-A-01260. Member of the management group. 2022-2026
Discovery and exploitation of gene products from termite gut microbiomes for biofuel production.. PICT-2018-04149. Director.2020 - 2023.
