Alejandro Yañez, PhD is Full Professor at Universidad Austral de Chile with Postdoctoral visits at the University of Missouri Kansas City USA and IRB, Barcelona, Spain. At present he is the Director of mention of PhD program of Cell and Molecular Biology of Universidad Austral de Chile and Director and Founder of AUSTRAL Omics, the first center of biotechnology of the south of Chile. He is one of the main referent in the study of fish pathogenic bacteria, Piscirkickettsia salmonis, being part and Director of several projects in this area, also is member of interdisciplinary center of aquaculture research (INCAR). Alejandro Yañez, PhD is Full Professor at Universidad Austral de Chile with Postdoctoral visits at the University of Missouri Kansas City USA and IRB, Barcelona, Spain. At present he is the Director of mention of PhD program of Cell and Molecular Biology of Universidad Austral de Chile and Director and Founder of AUSTRAL Omics, the first center of biotechnology of the south of Chile. He is one of the main referent in the study of fish pathogenic bacteria, Piscirkickettsia salmonis, being part and Director of several projects in this area, also is member of interdisciplinary center of aquaculture research (INCAR).

Bacteriology,virology