PBMBU / Researcher

Luisa A. Lopez Ochoa Current position: Assistant Professor Level C Plant Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Unit SNI: Level I (2010-2012) Phone: 52-999-942-8330 Ext.: 224 e-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Education

• 1995 B. Sc. Biology, Los Mochis Technological Institute
• 2003 Ph. D. Plant Biotechnology, CINVESTAV-IPN Campus Guanajuato
• 2008 Postdoctorate, North Carolina State University. Department of Molecular and Structural Biochemistry

Current Field of Research

• Plant-virus interactions. Plant protein interactions.

Recent Publications

• Lopez-Ochoa L., G. Acevedo-Hernández, A. Martínez-Hernández, G. Argüello-Astorga and L. Herrera-Estrella, Structural relationships between diverse cis-acting elements are critical for the functional properties of a rbcS minimal light regulatory unit, Journal of Experimental Botany 58: 4397–4406, (2007).
• Lopez-Ochoa L., J. Ramirez-Prado and L. Hanley-Bowdoin, Peptide aptamers that bind to a geminivirus replication protein interfere with viral replication in plant cells, Journal of Virology 80: 5841-5853, (2006).
• Argüello-Astorga G., L.J. Kong, L. Lopez-Ochoa, B.M. Orozco and L. Hanley-Bowdoin, A novel motif in geminivirus replication proteins interacts with the plant retinoblastoma homolog RBR, Journal of Virology 78: 4817-4826, (2004).

Awards

• 2010-2012, RESEARCHER LEVEL I, National Researchers System (Sistema Nacional de Investigadores, SNI).
• 2009, NUMERARY MEMBER, Mexican Society of Biochemistry (SMB).
• 2006-2008, RESEARCHER CANDIDATE, National Researchers System (SNI).