Dubert Pérez, Javier

Javier Dubert is a tenured scientist at CSIC on leave and Associate Professor at USC since 2023. After defending his doctoral thesis in 2015 (Extraordinary Doctorate Award), he carried out postdoctoral research at the Roscoff Biological Station (CNRS-Sorbonne University) and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

In 2018, he returned to USC as principal investigator in the Aquaculture Pathology group (GIPA-1213). His main research interests include bacterial diseases in aquaculture-relevant molluscs, focusing on host-pathogen interactions (bivalves-Vibrio spp.) from a multidisciplinary approach combining microbiology, immunology and genomics. Specifically, his research focuses on: (i) the mechanisms of pathogenesis to understand how and why a bacterial pathogen (Vibrio spp.) grows, proliferates, modulates gene expression, and ultimately causes disease in the host; and (ii) host resistance mechanisms against disease. The aim is to use this information to develop new biotechnological tools for the prevention and treatment of bacterial diseases in aquaculture.

He has authored over 30 publications, including articles in high-impact journals such as Science and Nature Microbiology, and has served as principal investigator on six research projects funded by various public agencies. Throughout his research career, he has received several competitive pre- and postdoctoral fellowships (Modalities A and B, Xunta de Galicia; Juan de la Cierva-Incorporación, I3; and Research Consolidation from the Ministry of Science).