Background
Barrera-Saldaña, Hugo Alberto was born on October 7, 1957 in Miguel Alemán, Tamaulipas, Mexico. Son of Antonio Barrera and Emma Saldaña.
biochemist educator biomedical researcher
Barrera-Saldaña, Hugo Alberto was born on October 7, 1957 in Miguel Alemán, Tamaulipas, Mexico. Son of Antonio Barrera and Emma Saldaña.
Bachelor of Science magna cum laude, School of Biological Sciences, UANL, Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, 1979. Doctor of Philosophy, Graduate School Biomedial Sciences, Texas, 1982. Postdoctoral, LGME-National Center for Scientific Research, France, 1984.
Laboratory instructor School of Biological Sciences, UANL, Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico, 1977. Assistant teacher School of Biological Sciences, UANL, 1978—1979. Research technician Department Biochemistry University of Texas Doctor of Medicine Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, 1979—1982.
Pre-doctoral fellow Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Texas Health Science Center, 1980—1982. Post-doctoral fellow Laboratory de Génétique Moléculaire des Eucaryotes du National Center for Scientific Research, Strasbourg, France, 1982—1984. Founder and director Unit of Laboratories Genetic Engineering and Expression, Monterrey, Nuevo León, 1984—2003.
Assistant professor Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, UANL, 1984—1986, associate professor, 1986—1997, chairman, 1991—2003. Founder and director Center for Biotechnological Research (CBG), National Polytechnic Institute, Reynosa, Tamaulipas, Mexico, 1999—2003. Professor Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, UANL, since 1997.
President Mexican Association of Human Genetics, Monterrey, Nuevo León. Co-founder of the Bachelor of Science program in biotechnological genomics UANL's School of Biology, Monterrey, Nuevo León. Founder of the graduate program in molecular biology and genetic engineering UANL, Monterrey, Nuevo León.
Founder of the graduate program in biotechnological genomics CBG-National Polytechnic Institute, Reynosa, Tamaulipas, Mexico.
Member of National Council of Scientific and Technology, Mexico Academy Medicine, Mexico Academy of Sciences, National Systems Researchers.
Married Sonia Silvia Barrera, June 27, 1986. Children: Sonia Daniela Barrera, Silvia Andrea Barrera, Ángela Mariana Barrera.