PBMBU / Researcher

Teresa Hernández Sotomayor Current position: Professor Level D Plant Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Unit SNI: Level III (2007-2011) Telephone: 52-999-942-8330 Ext.: 227 email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Education

• 1983 B. Sc. Chemistry, Facultad de Química, UNAM
• 1986 M. Sc. Basic Biomedical Research, UNAM
• 1989 Ph. D. Basic Biomedical Research, UNAM
• 1989 - 1993 Postdoctorate in Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University, Nashville TN

Current Field of Research

• Signal transduction mechanisms in response to abiotic stress

Recent Publications

• Ramírez-Benitez J.E. and S.M.T. Hernández-Sotomayor, Role of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in aluminum-induced signaling and aluminum resistance in plants, Research Trends, (2008).
• Ramírez-Benitez J.E., L. Chee-González and S.M.T. Hernández-Sotomayor, Aluminum induces changes in organic acids metabolism in Coffea arabica suspension cells with differential Al-tolerance, Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry 102: 1631-1637, (2008).
• Cenzano A., R. Cantoro, G. Racagni, C. De los Santos-Briones, S.M.T. Hernández-Sotomayor and G. Abdala, Phospholipid and phospholipase changes by jasmonic acid during stolon to tuber transition of potato, Plant Growth Regulators 56: 307-316, (2008).
• Muñoz-Sánchez J.A. and S.M.T. Hernández-Sotomayor, Biotechnology in coffee research, The Americas Journal of Plant Science and Biotechnology 2: 85-95, (2008).
• Sánchez-Cach L. A., M.M. Ortiz-García, Y. Minero-García, J.A. Muñoz-Sánchez, S.M.T. Hernández-Sotomayor, V.M. Suárez-Solis and C. De los Santos-Briones, Isolation of cDNA encoding the catalytic site of phosphatydilinositol-specific phsopholipase C from Coffea arabica L.: recombinant expression and peptide purification, Plant Signaling and Behavior 3: 913-916, (2008).

Awards

• Since 1997, MEMBER OF THE GRANT EVALUATING COMMITTEE, CONACYT.
• 2000, FELLOWSHIP, Exchange program between the México-US Foundation and the Mexican Academy of Science.
• 200o-2003, RESEARCH GRANT, CONACYT, Ref. 33646-N.
• Since 2001, MEMBER OF EVALUATING COMMITTEE FOR CONICYT, FONDAP Centers, Chile.
• Since 2002, RESEARCHER LEVEL III, National Researchers System (SNI).

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