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
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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

• De-la-Peña C., D. V. Badri and V. M. Loyola-Vargas, Plant root secretions and their interactions with neighbors, en: SECRETIONS AND EXUDATES IN BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS, (Baluska F. and J. Vivanco, eds.), Springer-Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg, 1-26, (2012). DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-23047-9_1
• Mukul-López H. G., C. De-la-Peña, R. M. Galaz-Avalos and V. M. Loyola-Vargas, Evaluation of the extracellular proteome profile during the somatic embryogenesis process of Coffea spp., Journal of the Mexican Chemical Society, 56:(1): 72-79, (2012).
• Loyola-Vargas V. M. and N. Ochoa-Alejo, Plant Cell Culture Protocols, Methods in Molecular Biology. Vol. 877, Human Press, Heidelberg, (2012). DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61779-818-4.
• Loyola-Vargas V. M. and N. Ochoa-Alejo, An introduction to plant cell culture: the future ahead, en: PLANT CELL CULTURE PROTOCOLS, METHODS IN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY. VOL. 877, (Loyola-Vargas V. M. and N. Ochoa-Alejo, eds.), Human Press, Heidelberg, 1-8, (2012). DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61779-818-4_1.
• Galaz-Avalos R. M., S. Aguilar-Díaz, P. A. Xool-González, S. M. M. Huchín-May and V. M. Loyola-Vargas, Callus, suspension culture, and hairy roots. Induction, maintenance and characterization, en: PLANT CELL CULTURE PROTOCOLS, METHODS IN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY. VOL. 877, (Loyola-Vargas V. M. and N. Ochoa- Alejo, eds.), Human Press, Heidelberg, 29-40, (2012). DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61779-818-4_3.

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).