Departament: Biología Funcional

Àrea: Microbiologia

Correu: jffierro@uniovi.es

Doctor per la Universidad de Oviedo amb la tesi Estudio de los mecanismos de resistencia a macrólidos lincosamidas y estreptograminas en los microorganismos productores 1987.

PhD in Medicine (1986). Specialist in Microbiology and Parasitology (vía M.I.R). Postdoctoral Research Fellow and Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Harvard Medical School (Boston, USA) in Dpt. of Pathology, Dr. Baruj Benacerraf - 1980 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1987-1989). Short term visit at Dpt. of Biochemistry/University of Cambridge-UK (1990). Associate Professor of Microbiology (1990-2018). Professor of Microbiology - University of Oviedo (since 2018). Head of Laboratorio of Oral Microbiology - University of Oviedo (since 1991). Interest: Antimicrobial mechanisms of action of innate immune proteins