PBMBU / Researcher

Víctor Manuel Loyola-Vargas Current position: Professor Level E Plant Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Unit SNI: Level III Telephone: 52-999-942-8330 Ext.: 243 e-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Education

• 1970 B. Sc. Chemsitry, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, México
• 1973 M Sc. Nuclear Chemistry, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
• 1983 Ph. D. Biochemistry, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

Current Field of Research

• Use of plants to produce biofuels.
• Biochemistry and molecular biology of somatic embryogenesis.

Recent Publications

• Ruíz-May E., R. M. Galaz-Avalos and V. M. Loyola-Vargas, DIFFERENTIAL SECRETION AND ACCUMULATION OF TERPEN INDOLE ALKALOIDS IN HAIRY ROOTS OF Catharanthus roseus TREATED WITH METHYL JASMONATE, Mol. Biotechnol., 41: 278 – 285, (2009). DOI: 10.1007/s12033-008-9111-2.
• Ruiz-May E., C. De-la-Peña, B. A. Ayil –Gutiérrez, G. I. Nic-Can, H. G. Mukul-López, R. M. Galaz-Ávalos and V. M. Loyola-Vargas, PROTEIN SECRETION BY CELL CULTURES: AN ESSENTIAL BIOLOGICAL ISSUE, Acta Horticulturae, 849: 213-222, (2010).
• Badri D. V., Loyola-Vargas V. M., C. D. Broeckling, and J. M. Vivanco, ROOT SECRETION OF PHYTOCHEMICALS IN ARABIDOPSIS IS PREDOMINANTLY NOT INFLUENCED BY DIURNAL RHYTMS, Molecular Plant, 3(3): 491 – 498, (2010). DOI: 10.1093/mp/ssq004.
• De-la-Peña C., D. Badri and V. M. Loyola-Vargas, PLANT ROOT SECRETIONS AND THEIR INTERACTIONS WITH NEIGHBORS, in Secretions and Exudates in Biological Systems, (Baluska F., ed.), (2011). En prensa
• Ruíz-May E., C. De-la-Peña, R. M. Galaz-Avalos, Z. Lei, B. S. Watson, L. W. Sumner and V. M. Loyola-Vargas, ATP biosynthesis deficiency revealed by proteomics approach is correlated with oxidative burst in Catharanthus roseus (L.) G. hairy roots treated with methyl jasmonate, Plant Cell Physiol.,52: 1401-1421, (2011). DOI: 10.1093/pcp/PCR086

Awards

• 1990, PRIZE IN SCIENCES LEOPOLDO RIO DE LA LOZA, Goverment of the State of Querétaro.
• 1998, HONORIFIC MENTION TO EXCELLENCE, SEP/CONACYT.
• 1998, MEDAL TO MERIT, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Agrícolas, Cuba.
• 1999, RESEARCHER LEVEL III, National Researchers System (Sisitema Nacional de INvestigadores, SNI).
• 1999, NATIONAL PRIZE IN CHEMISTRY MANUEL ANDRÉS DEL RÍO (Research).