Ivan Martinez Duncker
Director
Human Glycobiology Laboratory
MEXICO
Biography
Dr. Martinez Duncker is 37 years old and born in Mexico City. He earned his MD degree in the Military Medical School in Mexico after which he went to Paris, France to earn his PhD degree in the Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes. He is Director of the Cell Dynamics Research Center of the Morelos State Autonomous University in Cuernavaca, Mexico where he leads the Glycobiology and Human Genetics Program. He also is founder and President of the Latin American Society of Glycobiology.
Research Interest
His research includes the identification of novel sialoproteins and sialolipids through this approach sheds light into novel functions of sialic acids during Th activation.