Glycodendritic structures: tools to interact with DC-SIGN

Javier Rojo received a BSc in Organic Chemistry in 1989, MSc degree in 1990 at the Autónoma University (UAM), Madrid (Spain). Then, he was embarked in the doctoral program to obtain a PhD degree under the supervision of Prof. Juan Carlos Carretero at UAM in 1995. He was a postdoctoral fellow with Prof. Jean-Marie Lehn at the University Louis Pasteur in Strasbourg (France) (19951998) and with Prof. Larry W. McLaughlin at Boston College in USA (1998-1999). In January 2000, he joined the Carbohydrate Group at the Institute of Chemical Research of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) in Seville as an associate researcher. In 2001 he was awarded a “Ramón y Cajal” contract and in 2004 he got a permanent position at the CSIC in Seville as Tenured Scientist. In 2011 he was promoted to Senior Research Scientist. Since April 2012, Javier Rojo is the National Coordinator of Science and Chemical Technology Area of the CSIC. His present research interests are in the field of dendrimers, supramolecular chemistry and carbohydrate molecular recognition. In particular, he is focused on the development of multivalent carbohydrate tools, mainly glycodendrimers, to understand and intervene in those biological processes related with pathogen infection and immunity.