Dr. Diego Serra

Diego Serra earned a Licentiate degree in Biotechnology from the University of Litoral (Argentina) and a PhD degree in Biological Science from the University of La Plata (Argentina).

From 2011 to 2019 he worked as postdoctoral researcher (funded by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation) and as teaching assistant in the group of Prof. Regine Hengge at Humboldt University of Berlin. His research focused on understanding the role of extracellular matrix components on shaping the structure of Escherichia coli biofilms.

Since 2019 he is a research Group Leader at the Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology of Rosario (Argentina) and member of the National Research Council (CONICET) of Argentina. He is currently interested in understanding how bacterial cells inside biofilms tolerate antibiotic treatments.