Anselmo J. Otero-Gonzalez
Professor
Havana University
Cuba
Biography
Dr.Anselmo J. Otero-Gonzalez, Microbiologist, Havana University, 1978, PhD, National Centre for Scientific Research, Havana, 1987, Doctor in Science, Havana University, 2008, now is SeniorResearcher, Antimicrobial Peptide lab, Faculty of Biology, Havana University, Cuba and president of National Board for PhD examination in Cuba. He is professor of Cell Engineering and Immunology. 1981: awarded with a fellowship for attending the Uppsala Separation School, Biomedical Centre University of Uppsala, Sweden. 1983: doctoral stay at the Department of Genetics, Pennsylvania University, Philadelphia, USA for monoclonal antibody generation. 1991: post-doctoral stay regarding Cell banking at the European Collection of Animal Cell Cultures, Porton Down, Salisbury. 1992: fellowship for a research project (AIDS-HIV vaccine), Swedish Centre of Disease Control, Stockholm, Sweden. 2000: awarded with a postdoctoral fellowship, David Rockefeller Centre for Latin-American Studies, Harvard School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, USA. 2011-12: post-doctoral stay at Harvard Medical School for characterizing the antifungal peptide Cm-p5. He also has(2008-present) collaboration with the Bioorganic Department, Leibniz Institute for Plant Biochemistry, Halle (Saale), Germany regarding antimicrobial peptide isolation, evaluation and characterization. In this moment he is applying for projects to be developed at the Centre Interdisciplinary for Neurosciences of Valparaiso, University of Valparaiso, Chile and at the Core Facility Functional Peptidomics (CFP), University of Ulm, Germany. Dr. Otero has more than 90 scientific articles in recognized journals and more that 145 abstract and presentations in scientific events.
Research Interest
Antimicrobial peptide isolation, Evaluation and characterization, Characterizing the antifungal peptide Cm-p5, Plant Biochemistry.