Education

• B.Sc. Pharmaceutical Biological Chemistry. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. 1975.
• M.S. Chemical Sciences (Biochemistry). Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. 1978.
• Ph.D. Plant Biochemistry. University of Wales. 1982.
• Post-doctorate. Coconut Micropropagation. Wye College. 1992.

Current research

• Agrobiotechnology

ONGOING PROJECTS

• Insect-borne prokaryote-associated diseases in tropical and subtropical perennial crops (TROPICSAFE). (European Union, Horizon 2020)

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

• Silverio-Gómez M, Vega-Arreguín J, Nic-Matos G, Narváez-Cab M, Saénz-Carbonell L, Oropeza C.. Transcriptome analysis reveals key defense-related genes upon SA induction in Cocos nucifera L. Gene & Genomics, (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13258-021-01068-1.
• Palma-Cancino PJ, Samaniego-Gaxiola JA, Narváez M, Nic-Matos G, Chew-Madinaveitia Y, Pedroza-Sandoval A, Gaytán-Mascorro A, Oropeza C. First report of mortality in Phoenix canariensis associated with 16SrIV‐D phytoplasmas in Coahuila, Mexico. African Journal of Biotechnology, 19: 846-857, (2020). Doi: 10.5897/AJB2020.17185.
• Dzido J-L, Sánchez R, Dollet M, Julia J-F, Narvaez M, Fabre S, Oropeza C. Haplaxius crudus (Van Duzee) (Hemiptera: Cixiidae) Transmits the Lethal Yellowing Phytoplasmas, 16SrIV, to Pritchardia pacifica (Seem. & H.Wendl) (Arecaceae) in Yucatan, Mexico. Neotrop Entomol, 49: 795–805, (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13744-020-00799-2.
• Osorio-Montalvo P, De-la-Peña C, Oropeza C, Nic-Can G, Sáenz-Carbonel L . A peak in global DNA methylation is a key step to initiate the somatic embryogenesis of coconut palm (Cocos nucifera L). Plant Cell Reports, 39: 1345-1357, (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00299-020-02568-2.
• Oropeza C, Sáenz L, Narvaez M, Nic-Matos G, Córdova I, Myrie W, Ortíz CF, Ramos E. Dealing with Lethal Yellowing and Related Diseases in Coconut. Coconut Biotechnology: Towards the Sustainability of the ‘Tree of Life’. Springer Nature, Book Chapter: 169-197, (2020). https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-44988-9_9.

PATENTS OR TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS

• Sáenz et al. “Método para la Detección del Fitoplasma Causante del Amarillamiento Letal en Cocotero y Estuche de Reactivos para Ello”. MX/a/2010/013507 . MEXICO. (2016).