Jorge Otero, Ph.D.

Researcher

Unit of Biophysics and Bioengineering, University of Barcelona

Cellular and respiratory biomechanics, Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia

Centro Investigación Biomédica en Red (CIBER) de Enfermedades Respiratorias

jorge.otero@ub.edu

+(34) 934039764

Publications

N. Campillo, B. Falcones, J. Otero, R. Colina, D. Gozal, D. Navajas, R. Farré, I. Almendros, Differential Oxygenation in Tumor Microenvironment Modulates Macrophage and Cancer Cell Crosstalk: Novel Experimental Setting and Proof of Concept, Frontiers in Oncology. 9 (2019), 43.

J. Alcaraz, J. Otero, I. Jorba, D. Navajas, Bidirectional mechanobiology between cells and their local extracellular matrix probed by atomic force microscopy, Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology. 73 (2018), 71.

N. Farré, J.Otero, B. Falcones, M. Torres, I. Jorba, D. Gozal, I. Almendros, R. Farré, D. Navajas, Intermittent Hypoxia Mimicking Sleep Apnea Increases Passive Stiffness of Myocardial Extracellular Matrix. A Multiscale Study, Frontiers in Physiology. 9 (2018), 1143.

R. Farré, J. Otero, I. Almendros, D. Navajas, Bioengineered Lungs: A Challenge and An Opportunity, Archivos de Bronconumología. 54 (2018), 31.

L. Botaya, X. Coromina, J. Samitier, M. Puig-Vidal, J. Otero, Visualized Multiprobe Electrical Impedance Measurements with STM Tips Using Shear Force Feedback Control, Sensors 16 (2016), 757.

L. Gonzalez, M. Rodrigues, A. Benito, L. Perez-Garcia, M. Puig-Vidal, J. Otero, Piezoelectric tuning fork biosensors for the quantitative measurement of biomolecular interactions, Nanotechnology 26 (2015), 495502.

L. González, R. Oria, L. Botaya, M. Puig-Vidal, J. Otero, Determination of the static spring constant of electrically-driven quartz tuning forks with two freely oscillating prongs, Nanotechnology 26 (2015) 055501.

L. Botaya, J. Otero, L. González, X. Coromina, G. Gomila, Manel Puig-Vidal, Quartz tuning fork based conductive Atomic Force Microscope with glue-free solid metallic tips. Sensors and Actuators A 232 (2015) 259.

L. González, D. Martínez-Marín, J. Otero, P. de Pablo, M. Puig-Vidal, J. Gómez-Herrero Improving the Lateral Resolution of Quartz Tuning Fork-Based Sensors in Liquid by Integrating Commercial AFM Tips into the Fiber End, Sensors 15 (2015) 1601.

L. González, J. Otero, J.P. Agusil, J. Samitier, J. Adan, F. Mitjans, M. Puig-Vidal, Micropattern of Antibodies Imaged by Shear Force Microscopy: Comparison between Classical and Jumping Modes, Ultramicroscopy 136 (2014) 176-184.

Y. Birhane, J. Otero, F. Perez-Murano, L. Fumagalli, G. Gomila, J. Bausells, Batch Fabrication of insulated conductive scanning probe microscopy probes with reduced capacitive coupling, Microelectronic Engineering 119 (2014) 44-47.

R. Oria, J. Otero, L. González, L. Botaya, M. Carmona, M. Puig-Vidal, Finite element analysis of electrically excited quartz tuning fork devices, Sensors 13 (2013) 7156.

J. Otero, L. González, G. Cabezas, M. Puig-Vidal, Multi-tool Platform for Morphology and Nanomechanical Characterization of Biological Samples with Coordinated Self sensing Probes, IEEE Transactions on Mechatronics 18 (2013) 1083.

J. Otero, R. Baños, L. Gonzalez, E. Torrents, A. Juarez, M. Puig-Vidal, Quartz tuning fork studies on the surface properties of Pseudomonas aeruginosa during early stages of biofilm formation, Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces 102 (2013) 117.

L. González, J. Otero, G. Cabezas, M. Puig-Vidal, Electronic driver with amplitude and quality factor control to adjust the response of quartz tuning fork sensors in atomic force microscopy applications, Sensors and Actuators A 184 (2012) 112.

J. Otero, L. González, M. Puig-Vidal, Nanocharacterization of Soft Biological Samples in Shear Mode with Quartz Tuning Fork Probes, Sensors 12 (2012) 4803.

J. Otero, H. Guerrero, L. González, M. Puig-Vidal, A Feedfordward Adaptive Controller to Reduce the Imaging Time of Large-Sized Biological Samples with a SPM-Based Multiprobe Station, Sensors 12 (2012) 686.

J. Otero, M. Puig-Vidal, M. Frigola, A. Casals, Micro-to-nano Optical Resolution in Cooperative Multirobot Nanobiocharacterization Station, Proceedings of the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS09), 5357-5362. Saint Louis (US), October 2009.

J. Otero and M. Puig-Vidal, Low-noise Instrumentation for the Measurement of Piezoresistive AFM Cantilever Deflection in Robotic Nanobiocharacterization Applications, Proceedings of the IEEE International Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference (I²MTC08), pp. 1392-1396. Victoria (Canada), May 2008.

J. Otero, A. Saiz, J. Brufau, J. Colomer, R. Ruíz, J. López, P. Miribel, M. Puig-Vidal, J. Samitier, Reduced Dimensions Autonomous AFM System for working in Microbiorobotics, Proceedings of the IEEE/RAS-EMBS Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics (BIOROB06), pp. 1200-1205. Pisa (Italy), February 2006.

Supervised Ph.D. Thesis

Dr. Luis Botaya Turón, Caracterización eléctrica de muestras biológicas con resonadores de cuarzo como nanosensores, 2016.

Dra. Laura González Claramonte, Novel sensors technologies applied to force spectroscopy in molecular biology, 2014. Awarded best Ph.D. thesis in the Physics Faculty for the course 2014.