PBMBU / Researcher

Manuel Martínez Estévez

Current position: Professor Level B
Plant Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Unit
SNI: Level I (2009-2012)
Phone: 52-999-942-8330 Ext.: 241
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Education

• 1988 B. Sc. Biology, Biology School, University of Havana
• 1993 Plant Genetic Resources Specialist, University of Madrid
• 2001 Ph. D. Plant Biotechnology, CICY
• 2001 Postdoctorate, A study of ion channels in beet roots, Biomedical Research Center. University of Colima, Colima
• 2003 Postdoctorate, Plant Science and Biotechnology, CICY
• 2004 Research stay, Institute of Biotechnology, UNAM

Current Field of Research

• Effect of different types of abiotic stress (drought and fertilization) on the synthesis and degradation of capsaicinoids in habanero peppers.
• Cloning and functional characterization of potassium channels and high affinity transporters in habanero pepper seedlings.
• Analysis of aluminum tolerance in transgenic (AVP1 gene) coffee seedlings cultivated in vitro.

Recent Publications

• Teresita de Jesus Celis-Aramburo,; Mildred Carrillo-Pech; Lizbeth Castro-Concha; Maria de Lourdes Miranda-Ham; Manuel Martínez-Estévez and Echevarría-Machado, Ileana; "Exogenous nitrate induces root branching and inhibits primary root growth in Capsicum chinense Jacq." Aceptado en Plant Physiology and Biochemistry. doi:10.1016/j.plaphy.2011.09.003. (2.70)
• José Ramón Pacheco-Arjona, Nancy Ruiz-Lau, Fátima Medina-Lara, Yereni Minero-García, Ileana Echevarría-Machado, César De los Santos-Briones, Manuel Martínez-Estévez*. Effects of ammonium nitrate, cesium chloride and tetraethylammonium on high-affinity potassium uptake in habanero pepper plantlets (Capsicum chinense Jacq.). Aceptado 30 de agosto en African Journal of Biotechnology. (0.504)
• Nancy Ruiz-Lau, Fátima Medina-Lara, Yereni Minero- García, Adolfo Guzmán-Antonio, Ileana Echevarría-Machado and Manuel Martínez-Estévez*. Water deficit affects the accumulation of capsaicinoids in fruits of Capsicum chinense Jacq. HortScience 46 (3): 487-492, 2011.
• Nancy Ruiz-Lau, Fátima Medina-Lara, Yereni Minero-García, Luis W. Torres-Tapia, Sergio R. Peraza- Sánchez and Manuel Martínez-Estévez* Capsaicinoids are absent in Vegetative Organs of Habanero Pepper (Capsicum chinense J). HortScience 45(2) 323-326, 2010.
• F. Medina-Lara, I. Echevarría-Machado, R. Pacheco-Arjona, N. Ruiz-Lau, A. Guzmán-Antonio, and M. Martinez-Estevez*. Influence of Nitrogen and Potassium Fertilization on Fruiting and Pungency in Habanero Pepper Capsicum chinense Jacq. HortScience 43 (5): 1549- 1554, 2008.

Awards

• 1996, FELLOWSHIP, United Nations University for training in the Scientific Research Center of Yucatan (CICY).
• 1997-2000, Ph. D. SCHOLARSHIP, CONACYT.
• 2001, POSDOCTORAL FELOWSHIP, CONACYT.
• 2001-2003, POSDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP, CONACYT.
• 2009, RESEARCHER LEVEL I, National Researchers System (Sistema Nacional de Investigadores, SNI).

• Curriculum Vitae.