Fernando Navarro-Garcia

He is a Professor in Cell Biology Dept. at CINVESTAV-IPN, Mexico. He is member of the Mexican Academy of Science and the National System of Researchers (SNI III). Dr. Navarro-Garcia has been working on the roles of gut epithelial barrier function in bacterial and protozoa infections (pathogenesis and immunity). He is a specialist in interaction epithelial cell-pathogen, with emphasis in epithelial membrane receptors, cytoskeleton, intracellular trafficking of toxins, proinflammatory cytokines.