My research interests are divided in three lines of research: 1. Development of vaccines and diagnostic methods against ticks and the diseases they transmit. It is based on the study of the genes of ticks and of the pathogens that cause tick-borne diseases in cattle and other species, as well as the potential of the encoded antigens to be used in new vaccines or diagnostic methods against these diseases using genomic, proteomic and bioinformatics techniques, as well as humoral and cellular immunology. 2. Study of the vector-parasite interaction in the transmission of hemoparasites in bovines. The aim is to investigate at the cellular and molecular level, the mechanisms of invasion of bovine hemopathogens that are transmitted by ticks such as Babesia bovis, Babesia bigemina and Anaplasma marginale. The long-term goal is the development of methods that prevent the transmission of these pathogens by ticks to cattle. 3. The use of modern methodologies for the study of disease mechanisms in veterinary medicine. With knowledge of molecular biology, genomics, molecular immunology, and bioinformatics, it is possible to study the mechanisms of invasion, infection and transmission of pathogens to propose improvements in the prevention and diagnosis of diseases of veterinary importance.