Education

• B.Sc. Biology. Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán. 1993.
• Ph.D. Plant Sciences and Biotechnology. Centro de Investigación Científica de Yucatán. 1998.
• Post-Doctorate. Plant Molecular Biology. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. 2000
• Post-Doctorate. Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, State University of New York, Stony Brook. 2002
• Post-Doctorate. Department of Molecular Biology and Plant Biochemistry, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados. 2009.

Current research

• Agrobiotechnology

ONGOING PROJECTS

• Study of the Transcriptome and Proteome of Papaya (Carica papaya L.) in Response to Water Stress: Identification of Genes with Potential to Improve Their Water Use Efficiency. (CONACyT)

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

• Decle-Carrasco, S., Rodríguez-Zapata, L.C. & Castano, E. Plant viral proteins and fibrillarin: the link to complete the infective cycle. Mol Biol Rep, 0: 0, (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11033-021-06401-1.
• Pereira-Santana A., Gamboa-Tuz S. D., Zhao Tao, Schranz M. Eric, Vinuesa P., Bayona, A., Rodríguez-Zapata, L. C., Castano E. Fibrillarin evolution through the Tree of life: Comparative genomics and microsynteny network analyses provide new insights into the evolutionary history of Fibrillarin. . PLOS Computational Biology., 16: e1008318, (2020). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1008318.
• Carrillo-Bermejo Evelyn A., Gamboa-Tuz Samuel David, Pereira-Santana Alejandro, Keb-Llanes Miguel A., Castaño Enrique, Figueroa-Yañez Luis Joel, Rodriguez-Zapata Luis C. The SoNAP gene from sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum L.) encodes a senescence-associated NAC transcription factor involved in the response to osmotic and salt Stress. Journal of Plant Research, 133: 897-909, (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10265-020-01230-y.
• Zamora-Briseño, J.A., Pereira-Santana, A., Reyes-Hernández, S.J., Cerqueda-García, D., Castaño, E., Rodríguez-Zapata, L.C. Towards an understanding of the role of intrinsic protein disorder on plant adaptation to environmental challenges. Cell Stress and Chaperones, 26: 141-150, (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12192-020-01162-5.
• Guillen-Chable, F.; Rodríguez Corona, U.; Pereira-Santana, A.; Bayona, A.; Rodríguez-Zapata, L.C.; Aquino, C.; Šebestová, L.; Vitale, N.; Hozak, P.; Castano, E. Fibrillarin Ribonuclease Activity is Dependent on the GAR Domain and Modulated by Phospholipids. Cells, 9: 1143-1165, (2020). https://doi.org/10.3390/cells9051143.

PATENTS OR TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS

• Luis Carlos Rodriguez-Zapata, Luis Joel Figueroa-Yáñez, Alejandro Pereira-Santana, Enrique Castaño de la Serna. Carica papaya transcription factor and its application to obtain plants tolerant to extreme temperatures. . International Application Number: PCT/ MX2017/ 000071. Filed 30 June 2017. International Publication Number: WO2018/009050. International Publication Date: 11 January 2018. USA.
• Luis Carlos Rodriguez-Zapata, Luis Joel Figueroa-Yáñez, Alejandro Pereira-Santana, Enrique Castaño de la Serna. Carica papaya transcription factor and its application to obtain plants tolerant to extreme temperatures. File request: MX / A / 2016/008991; FOLIO: MX / E / 2016/047455. Filed 8 July 2016. MEXICO.
• Luis Carlos Rodriguez-Zapata, Ana Ly Arroyo-Herrera, Luis Joel Figueroa-Yáñez, Enrique Castaño de la Serna. PATENT TITLE No. 378988. Transcription factor isolated from Carica papaya var. Maradol that confers tolerance to abiotic stress in plants and transformation method. File request: MX / A / 2015/017242; folio: MX / E / 2015/091313.Filed 14 December 2015. Released 11 July 2017. Granted 11 December 2020. Expires: 14 December 2035. MEXICO. (2020).

RECOGNITIONS AND AWARDS

• 2002-2025. Candidate-II. Sistema Nacional de Investigadores. (CONACYT)
• 2002-2025. Levels Candidate-II. Sistema Nacional de Investigadores. (CONACYT)
• 2005. Use of functional genomics to identify low temperature responsive / tolerants-genes in Musa balbisinana (BB), a tolerant plant to abiotic stress - First part. International Foundation for Science. Stockholm, Sweden.
• 2005. Generation Challenge Program Fellowship. Development of COS markers for drought tolerance for Musa germplasm”. IPGRI-INIBAB / University of Leicester.

RECOMMENDED WEB PAGES

• ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4872-8231.
• Google Scholar https://scholar.google.com.mx/citations?user=jzr0NNUAAAAJ&hl=es.