Dr. Tejero’s research is focused on the biology of heme proteins. His main research goals include: i) to understand and characterize the chemical and kinetic features of the reactions of nitrite with hemoglobin, myoglobin, cytoglobin and neuroglobin, ii) to elucidate the cytoprotective mechanisms of the six-coordinate globins neuroglobin and cytoglobin, and iii) the development of heme-based antidotes for carbon monoxide poisoning.
Projects seeking students:
1. Development of heme protein based carbon monoxide antidotes and oxygen carriers.
2. Albumin-Heme-NO complexes as vasodilators - mechanisms of endocytosis and activation of soluble guanylyl cyclase
3. Structure and function studies of novel globins – Cytoglobin, Neuroglobin, Androglobin