PBMBU / Researcher

Renata Rivera Madrid

Current Position: Professor Level C
Plant Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Unit
SNI: Level I
Telephone: 52-999-942-8330 Ext.: 247
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Education

• 1989 B. Sc. Biology, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana- Iztapalapa, México
• 1992 Diplome D'Etudes Aprofondies, Institut National Polytechniqhe de Toulouse, France
• 1994 Ph. D. Plant Physiology and Molecular Biology, Université de Perpignan, Francia

Current Field of Research

• Discovery of the regulatory mechanism controlling carotenoid formation i n higher plants
• Genetic improvement by traditional and biotechnological tools
• Genetic variability and germoplasm consevation

Recent Publications

• Rodríguez-Ávila N, Narváez-Zapata J.A., Aguilar-Espinosa M., Rivera-Madrid R. 2011. Regulation of Pigment-related Genes During Flower and Fruit Development of Bixa orellana. Plant Molecular Biology Reporter 29: 43-50.
• Valdez-Ojeda R, Aguilar-Espinosa M, Quiros C.F. Rivera-Madrid R. 2010. Outcrossing rates in annatto determined by Sequence-Related Amplified Polymorphism (SRAP). Agronomy Journal 102:1340-1345.
• Villegas-Sánchez CA, Rivera-Madrid R, Arias-González JE 2010. Small scale genetic connectivity of bicolor damselfish recruits (Stegastes partitus) in Mexican Caribbean reefs. Coral Reef Online
• Rodríguez-Ávila NL, Narváez-Zapata JA, Aguilar-Espinosa ML, Rivera-Madrid R. 2009 Full-Length Gene Enrichment by Using an Optimized RNA Isolation Protocol in Bixa orellana Recalcitrant Tissues. Mol Biotechnol 42:84-87.
• Valdez-Ojeda, R.; Hernández-Stefanoni, J.L.; Aguilar-Espinosa, M., Ortiz, R.; Quiros, C.F, Rivera-Madrid, R. 2008. Assessing morphological and genetic variation in annatto (Bixa orellana L.) by Sequence-related Amplified Polymorphism and cluster analysis. HortScience 43: 2013-2017.

Awards

• 2010-2013 RESEARCHER LEVEL I, National Researchers System (Sistema Nacional de Investigadores, SNI).
• 2002-2003, Grant for foreing SABBATICAL STAY, CONACYT.
• 2008-2009, Grant for foreing SABBATICAL STAY, CONACYT.
• 1998, FELLOWSHIP, Mexican Academy of Sciences and Mexico-United States Foundation.