Hugo Alberto Barrera Saldaña (born 1957, in Ciudad Miguel Alemán, Tamaulipas) is a Mexican biologist, biochemist, researcher, entrepreneur, professor and academic,[1] most noted for being author of several studies on molecular biology, epidemiology, and biomedicine, among which stand out his publications about the Growth Hormone family,[2] human genome sequencing[3] and development of HPV treatment and diagnostic methods.
[4] In 1979, Barrera earned a Bachelor of Science degree in biology, along with the extracurricular subjects of chemistry, genetics and microbiology to become a biochemist from the Autonomous University of Nuevo León.
In 1983, he did postdoctoral work at Louis Pasteur University with a specialty in Genetic Engineering.
He has spent most of his career back in his alma mater, the Autonomous University of Nuevo León, and his research, mostly focused on Human Growth Factor and epidemiology, also extends from personalized medicine[6] to circadian clock restriction.
[7] He is now professor and Director of National Research at the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education.