Javier Bezos Garrido
Other appointments:
Member of the UCM Biosafety Committee. Universidad Complutense (UCM)
Unit Chief
Animal Facility and Clinical Trials Unit
Associate Professor
Qualifications:
PhD in Veterinary Sciences
Diploma en Estudios Avanzados
Degree in Veterinary Medicine (DVM)
Contact
Animal Facility and Clinical Trials Unit
VISAVET, Health Surveillance Centre
Universidad Complutense
Av. Puerta de Hierro s/n. 28040 Madrid. Spain
e-mail:
Telephone: (+34) 91 394 3910
Fax: (+34) 91 394 3795
Biography
Graduated with a Degree in Veterinary Medicine from the Complutense University of Madrid (1996-2001). PhD in Veterinary Medicine from the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM) with a thesis on immunology and diagnosis of tuberculosis in goats (grade of cum laude) (2011).
Research stays at the University of Minnesota (USA), Animal Health Veterinary Laboratories Agency (Weybridge, United Kingdom), Carlos III Health Institute (Madrid, Spain), Central Veterinary Research Laboratory (Dublin, Ireland), and Central Institute for Animal Disease Control (Lelystad, Netherlands). Head of R&D at MAEVA SERVET SL with a Torres-Quevedo Contract from MINECO (2014-2017) and Juan de la Cierva researcher in the Department of Animal Health at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of Madrid (2018-2019).
Member of the tuberculosis subgroup of the Task Force under the European Commission and the Science Oversight Group (SOG) of DEFRA. Participated as an expert for EFSA (design of experimental vaccination trials against tuberculosis in cattle in the United Kingdom) and in the evaluation of bovine tuberculosis eradication programmes for the European Commission.
Author of over 100 scientific publications (30% as first or last author) in international indexed journals (ORCID 0000-0003-1913-0545; Scopus 22833847400; h-index 29, Q1) and more than 300 communications in national and international conferences. Reviewer for scientific journals such as Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, Veterinary Microbiology, International Journal of Tropical Disease and Health, Research in Veterinary Science, International Journal of Veterinary Medicine: Research & Reports, and Vaccines, among others, and for scientific projects for ANEP, Czech Science Foundation, and FONCyT. Associate editor of the journals Frontiers in Veterinary Science: Epidemiology and Economics Section, International Journal of Veterinary Medicine: Research & Reports, American Journal of Animal, Veterinary Sciences, and Vaccines.
Significantly, I have been or am the principal investigator (PI) of the national project GoaTBfree (2020-2023) funded by the Ministry of Science and Innovation and PI and coordinator of the international project imdiTBap (ICRAD-AEI, 2023-2026) and of the contract with the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food to support the bovine tuberculosis eradication programme (2020-2022 and 2023-2025). Additionally, I have participated as a member of the research or working group in more than 30 research projects or contracts. I am an expert in animal experimentation and welfare (functions B, C, D, E and F according to RD53/2013).
Currently, I am Professor in the Department of Animal Health at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of Madrid (UCM), Head of the Clinical Trials Service and researcher of the Health Surveillance Research Group at the VISAVET-UCM Centre (rated excellent by AEI) and Deputy Director of the EU-RL (European Reference Laboratory) for Bovine Tuberculosis.
Research stays at the University of Minnesota (USA), Animal Health Veterinary Laboratories Agency (Weybridge, United Kingdom), Carlos III Health Institute (Madrid, Spain), Central Veterinary Research Laboratory (Dublin, Ireland), and Central Institute for Animal Disease Control (Lelystad, Netherlands). Head of R&D at MAEVA SERVET SL with a Torres-Quevedo Contract from MINECO (2014-2017) and Juan de la Cierva researcher in the Department of Animal Health at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of Madrid (2018-2019).
Member of the tuberculosis subgroup of the Task Force under the European Commission and the Science Oversight Group (SOG) of DEFRA. Participated as an expert for EFSA (design of experimental vaccination trials against tuberculosis in cattle in the United Kingdom) and in the evaluation of bovine tuberculosis eradication programmes for the European Commission.
Author of over 100 scientific publications (30% as first or last author) in international indexed journals (ORCID 0000-0003-1913-0545; Scopus 22833847400; h-index 29, Q1) and more than 300 communications in national and international conferences. Reviewer for scientific journals such as Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, Veterinary Microbiology, International Journal of Tropical Disease and Health, Research in Veterinary Science, International Journal of Veterinary Medicine: Research & Reports, and Vaccines, among others, and for scientific projects for ANEP, Czech Science Foundation, and FONCyT. Associate editor of the journals Frontiers in Veterinary Science: Epidemiology and Economics Section, International Journal of Veterinary Medicine: Research & Reports, American Journal of Animal, Veterinary Sciences, and Vaccines.
Significantly, I have been or am the principal investigator (PI) of the national project GoaTBfree (2020-2023) funded by the Ministry of Science and Innovation and PI and coordinator of the international project imdiTBap (ICRAD-AEI, 2023-2026) and of the contract with the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food to support the bovine tuberculosis eradication programme (2020-2022 and 2023-2025). Additionally, I have participated as a member of the research or working group in more than 30 research projects or contracts. I am an expert in animal experimentation and welfare (functions B, C, D, E and F according to RD53/2013).
Currently, I am Professor in the Department of Animal Health at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of Madrid (UCM), Head of the Clinical Trials Service and researcher of the Health Surveillance Research Group at the VISAVET-UCM Centre (rated excellent by AEI) and Deputy Director of the EU-RL (European Reference Laboratory) for Bovine Tuberculosis.
Investigation
Research lines:
Last scientific publications:
- Lorente-Leal V., Pozo P., Bezos J., Collado S., Vicente J., Stuber T., Alvarez J., de Juan L. and Romero B.. Revisiting Mycobacterium bovis SB0121 genetic diversity reflects the complexity behind bovine tuberculosis persistence in Spain. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 239:106519. 2025. (A)
- Agullo-Ros I., Vaz-Rodrigues R., Dominguez M., Roy A., Ortega J., Moreno I., Bezos J., Dominguez L., Fernandez de Mera IG. and Risalde MA.. Immunological mechanisms involved in the protection against development of pulmonary tuberculosis in naturally infected goats. Veterinary Microbiology, 300:110320. 2025. (A)
- Franzoni G., Signorelli F., Mazzone P., Donniacuo A., De Matteis G., Grandoni F., Schiavo L., Zinellu S., Dei Giudici S., Bezos J., De Carlo E., Galiero G., Napolitano F. and Martucciello A .. Cytokines as potential biomarkers for the diagnosis of Mycobacterium bovis infection in Mediterranean buffaloes (Bubalus bubalis). Frontiers in veterinary science, 11:1512571. 2024. (A)
- Lorente-Leal V., Gómez-Buendía A., Gutierrez A., de Juan L., Bezos J. and Romero B.. Shaken, not stirred: magnetic bead DNA extraction as a rapid and effective method for the scaling up of bovine tuberculosis diagnosis. BMC Veterinary Research, 20(1):568. 2024. (A)
- Ortega J., Agullo-Ros I., Roy A., Moreno I., Gómez-Buendía A., Romero B., Ferreras-Colina E., de Juan L., Dominguez M., Dominguez L., Risalde MA. and Bezos J.. A high titer antibody response against P22 protein immunocomplex is not correlated with protection in naturally tuberculosis-infected goats. The Veterinary quarterly, 44(1):16-30. 2024. (A)
Last PhD thesis supervised:
- Javier Ortega Martín. Study of factors affecting the diagnostic performance of cellular and humoral-based techniques for caprine tuberculosis. 2024.
- Pilar Pozo Piñol. Use of Epidemiological Analytic Tools and Molecular Characterization Techniques to Inform Bovine Tuberculosis Eradication Programs. 2020.(Doctorado Internacional y Doctorado Industrial)
- Álvaro Roy Cordero. Evaluation of new vaccines against tuberculosis in goats and advances in their immunological diagnosis. 2020.(Doctorado Internacional y Doctorado Industrial)
- Carmen Casal Comendador. Diagnosis of tuberculosis in ruminants and camelids: optimization of cell-based and humoral tests. 2016.(Laboratorios Ovejero Award, PhD Extraordinary Award, Doctorado Europeo)
Outreach
Last outreach publications:
- Skuce R., Allen A., Ford T., Romero B., O Brien D., Gormley E., McCormack J., Sawyer J., Bezos J., O Hagan M., Miller M., Coffey M., Gordon S. and Olea Popelka F.. DISCONTOOLS chapter on bovine tuberculosis. Discontools, Discontools. 2024.
- Roy A., Velasco-Reinaldos C. and Bezos J.. Tuberculosis en ganado caprino: situación epidemiológica en España y avances en su diagnóstico. Ruminews, Agrinews. 2024.
- Martucciello A ., Mazzone P., Napolitano F., Bezos J., Grandoni F., Boniotti MB., Cagiola M., Cappelli G., Di Vuolo G., Galiero G., Signorelli F. and De Carlo E.. Intradermal Tuberculin Test in Water Buffalo (Bubalus bubalis): Experimental use of Mycobacterial Antigens for the Diagnosis of Bovine Tuberculosis. Journal of Buffalo Science, 13:46-52, Lifescience Global Inc. 2024.
- Agullo-Ros I., Ortega J., Roy A., Moreno I., Gómez-Buendía A., Romero B., Ferreras-Colino E., de Juan L., Dominguez M., Dominguez L., Bezos J. and Risalde MA.. ¿Son los altos títulos de anticuerpos frente a la tuberculosis un indicador fiable de protección frente a la enfermedad?. Tierras. Caprino, 45, Grupo interempresas. 2024.
- Velasco-Reinaldos C., Ortega J., Gómez-Buendía A., Grau A., Lopez M., Alvarez J., Romero B., de Juan L. and Bezos J.. Evaluación de una nueva estrategia para el diagnóstico humoral de la paratuberculosis caprina. Tierras. Caprino, 45, Grupo interempresas. 2024.
Next communications:
- Velasco-Reinaldos C., Ortega J., Roy A., Moreno I., Dominguez M., Jones G., Gormley E., McGill K., Boniotti MB., Or E., Mazzone P., Donniacuo A., Martucciello A. and Bezos J.. imdiTBap: Improving the diagnosis of tuberculosis in domestic rumiants through the use of new antigens and test platforms. Final ICRAD Showcase Meeting. 2025. (Poster communication)
Last communications:
- Bezos J.. Protocolos do EURL para o diagnostico da infección polo Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex. Uso de probas de diagnóstico etiolóxico. Curso de actualización unificado tuberculosis bovina. 2025. (Oral communication)
- Bezos J.. Tuberculosis entre el control y la erradicación. Ruminews experts. 2025. (Web interview)
- Bezos J.. Pruebas de diagnóstico de la tuberculosis basadas en la respuesta inmune: intradermotuberculinización, detección de interferón-gamma y serología para la detección de anticuerpos. Curso de formación en los aspectos teóricos, prácticos y de base legal en el diagnóstico de la tuberculosis bovina. 2025. (Online communication)
- Bezos J.. Interferencia diagnóstica en la tuberculosis. Estudios de sensibilidad y especificidad. Curso de formación en los aspectos teóricos, prácticos y de base legal en el diagnóstico de la tuberculosis bovina. 2025. (Online communication)
- Bezos J.. Posibles avances y retos de futuro en investigación 2024-2030. Curso de actualización unificado tuberculosis bovina. 2025. (Online communication)
