Education

• B.Sc. Biochemical Engineering. Instituto Tecnológico de Mérida. 2001.
• M.S. Plant Sciences and Biotechnology. Centro de Investigación Científic de Yucatán. 2003.
• Ph.D. Horticulture and Landscape. Colorado State University. 2007.
• Post-Doctorate. Proteomics and Molecular Biology. Colorado State University. 2008
• Post-Doctorate. Epigenetics. Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados. 2009.

Current research

• Agrobiotechnology

ONGOING PROJECTS

• Involvement of auxins in de novo methylation of DNA in Agave angustifolia Haw: A pathway for the formation of albino somaclones. Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (CONACyT)
• Study of chloroplast development using optofluidic devices. Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (CONACyT)

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

• Salazar-Iribe A; De-la-Peña C.. Auxins, the hidden player in chloroplast development. Plant Cell Reports, 39: 1595-1608,(2020). https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00299-020-02596-y.
• Osorio-Montalvo P.; De-la-Peña C.; Oropeza C.; Nic-Can G.; Córdova-Lara I.; Castillo-Castro E.; Sáenz-Carbonell 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://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00299-020-02568-2.
• Hernández-Castellano S.; Garruña-Hernández R.; Us-Camas R.; Ku-González A.; De-la-Peña C. . Agave angustifolia albino plantlets lose stomatal physiology function by changing the development of the stomatal complex due to a molecular disruption.. Molecular Genetics and Genomics, 295: 787-805, (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00438-019-01643-y.
• Cancino-García V.J.; Ramírez-Prado J.H.; De-la-Peña C.. Auxin perception in Agave is dependent on the species’ Auxin Response Factors. Scientific Reports, 10: 1-11, (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-60865-y.
• Duarte-Aké F.; Us-Camas R.; Cancino-García V.J.; De-la-Peña C.. Epigenetic changes and photosynthetic plasticity in response to environment. Environmental and Experimental Botany , 159: 108-120, (2019). http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0098847218310025.

RECOGNITIONS AND AWARDS

• 2017. Marcos Moshinsky. Marcos Moshinsky Foundation.
• 2011. Distinguished Engineer ITM . Instituto Tecnológico de Mérida
• 2010. Women in Science. L’Oréal/AMC/UNESCO.

RECOMMENDED WEB PAGES

• Get to know our biotechnology project. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vF-sl-nEzDs&list=PLueJZUjjSML7vliksnEeWI7pK7BXty8CJ. HTML Format
• De-la-Peña Lab. https://www.cicy.mx/sitios/investigador/dr-clelia-de-la-pena-seaman. HTML Format
• De-la-Peña Publications (Google Scholar).} https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=-nePW6kAAAAJ&hl=es&oi=ao. HTML Format