Fernando Chirdo
Fernando Chirdo is a Ph.D. in Biochemical Sciences. He is a Principal Investigator at CONICET (National Scientific and Technical Research Council) and a Professor of Immunology at the Faculty of Exact Sciences, National University of La Plata (UNLP), Argentina. He leads the research group Immunobiology of the Small Intestine at the Institute of Immunological and Physiopathological Studies (IIFP, UNLP-CONICET).
His research focuses on the immunobiology of the small intestine, with the aim of improving the understanding of chronic inflammatory disorders such as celiac disease. To this end, his studies are based on the analysis of human samples and the use of mouse models. In addition, he works on the development of immunochemical platforms for gluten detection in food, as well as serological assays for the diagnosis of celiac disease.
Since 2002, he has served as an Executive Member of the European Working Group on Prolamin Analysis and Toxicity. From 2019 to 2022, he was a councillor on the Board of the Society for Mucosal Immunology (SMI). In 2016, together with other Latin American scientists, he co-founded the Latin American Mucosal Immunology Group (LAMIG), which he chaired from its creation until 2025. In 2024, he was elected Chair of the Latin American Society for the Study of Celiac Disease (LASSCD), regional committee of the ISSCD.
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