Ignacio Moriyón

Ignacio Moriyón, Doctor in Biological Sciences (University of Navarra, Spain,1976); Ph.D. in Bacteriology (University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA, 1982). Currently Emeritus Professor at the School of Medicine, University of Navarra, Spain, I. Moriyón research has been dedicated to Brucella and brucellosis, with emphasis on the structure and genetics of bacterial surface molecules and their involvement in innate immunity recognition, the central carbon metabolism of the pathogen and the development of animal vaccines and diagnostic tests for human and animal brucellosis suitable for low-resource areas. On these topics, he has served as consultant for the International Atomic Energy Agency, the Panamerican Health Organization and the World Health Organization. Coordinator or Principal Researcher of 13 projects on brucellosis, including 4 European Union funded projects and 3 projects with activities in Morocco, Nigeria, Mozambique, Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya. Former Chair of the Department of Microbiology and Parasitology of the University of Navarra (2003-2015).