Departamento de Bioquímica y Fisiología. Facultad de Farmacia y Ciencias de la Alimentación. Universidad de Barcelona (UB). Instituto de Investigación en Nutrición y Seguridad Alimentaria (INSA-UB).

Francisco J Pérez-Cano studied the degree of Pharmacy and joined the "Autoimmunity, Immunonutrition and Tolerance Research Group (AIT)" in the Department of Biochemistry and Physiology of the Faculty of Pharmacy and Food Science, where is now associate professor. He is also director of the Institute of Research in Nutrition and Food Safety (INSA) at the University of Barcelona. He has participated in more than 50 research projects with public funding but also in collaboration with industry. Francisco has more than 150 peer-review manuscripts, a book and several book chapters in the field. Francisco's research interests are related to Immunonutrition in early life, with particular focus on breast milk immune components, microbiota and microbial modulators