Anselmo J. Otero-Gonzalez

Havana University, Cuba

Title: Functional characterization of Cm-p5, an antifungal peptide derived from the coastal snail Cenchritis muricatus (Gastropoda: Littorinidae)

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Biography

Anselmo J. Otero-Gonzalez, Microbiologist, Havana University, 1978, PhD, National Centre for Scientific Research, Havana, 1987, Doctor in Science, Havana University, 2008, Senior Researcher, 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 at Havana University. Uppsala Separation School, Biomedical Centre, Uppsala University, Sweden, 1981; Doctoral, Department of Genetics, Pennsylvania University, Philadelphia, USA, 1983; Postdoc, European Collection of Animal Cell Cultures, Porton Down, Salisbury, 1991; Postdoc, Swedish Centre of Disease Control, Stockholm, Sweden, 1992; Postdoc Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, USA, 2000; Postdoc, Harvard Medical school, Boston, USA, 2011, 2012; DAAD Postdoc, Bioorganic Department, Leibniz Institute for Plant Biochemistry, Halle (Saale), Germany, 2016; BMBF project, Ulm University, Ulm, Germany, 2018-20. Dr. Otero has more than 95 scientific articles in recognized journals and more that 145 abstract and presentations in scientific events.

Abstract

Antimicrobial Peptides, Plant Biochemistry, Antimicrobial peptide isolation, Antifungal peptide Cm-p5