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Andres Baena

Professor

University of Antioquia

Colombia

Biography

Mr. Andres Baena is biologist from National University of Colombia with a Ph.D. degree from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York, currently working as a full professor in the department of Microbiology and Parasitology at the Medical School of the University of Antioquia in Colombia. His research interests are centered in the understanding the immune response against Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) the causing agent of Tuberculosis (TB). Mtb is a clever pathogen that is considered the major killer of humans during all the recorded history. Although TB is a curable disease we have not been able to eradicate this disease from the planet. He believes that the solution to this problem rely in the generation of an effective vaccine against TB. He is currently working with different glycolipids in combination with TLR and NLR adjuvants to improve Tuberculosis vaccines such us BCG. Additionally, looking for some of the Mtb genes and pathways using dual RNAseq, that are involved in the immune evasion mechanisms of Mtb that could be use as targets for vaccine and drug design in the future.

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