Carlos Martin

Carlos Martin

Professor of Microbiology
Universidad de Zaragoza
Tel: + 34 976 76 17 59 
Email: carlos@unizar.es

 

 

 

VALIDATE Role:
Network Investigator

Research Keywords: 
TB vaccines, animal models, clinical trials

 

Biography:
Carlos Martin MD, PhD. Is Professor of Microbiology at the Faculty of Medicine at University of Zaragoza. He is member of the Steering Committee of Tuberculosis Vaccine Initiative (TBVI), with more than 30 years of experience in mycobacterial genetics and molecular epidemiology of TB. He and his team aim to develop novel tuberculosis vaccines and vaccination strategies to improve protection against pulmonary TB. Carlos Martin team designed and constructed MTBVAC, the first attenuated live M. tuberculosis vaccine in clinical trials, in collaboration with Professor Brigitte Gicquel team of Institut Pasteur in Paris.

 
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