Ester Boix

Ester Boix is leading the “Human host defence RNases” at the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona. Following postdoctoral studies at NIH, USA, and at the Univ. of Bath, UK, she was awarded in 2002 with a Ramon y Cajal senior researcher contract and is currently working as a Full Professor at the UAB. She has published more than 80 articles in international peer-reviewed journals. Her main research focus on the mechanism of action of antimicrobial RNases, as a model to search for novel antibiotics.