Education

• B.Sc. Biology. Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán. 1998.
• M.S. Plant Biotechnology. Centro de Investigación Científica de Yucatán. 2000.
• Ph.D. Plant Biotechnology. Queensland University of Technology, Australia. 2004.

Current research

• Agrobiotechnology
• Microoroganism Biotechnology

ONGOING PROJECTS

• Characterization of receptors and transcription factors associated with disease resistance in tropical crops. (CONACYT)
• Production of recombinant proteins in the green microalgae Chlamydomnas reinhardtii using a novel salt inducible promoter. (CONACYT)

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

• Santy Peraza-Echeverria, Shirley Bernardo-Candelero, Fray Martin Baas-Espinola, Carlos Puch-Hau, Rodrigo Arturo Rivera-Solís, Ileana Echevarría-Machado, Ileana Cecilia Borges-Argáez, Virginia Aurora Herrera-Valencia. Production of a ruminal bacterial phytase in the green microalga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii with potential applications in monogastric animal feed. Bioresource Technology Reports, 14: 100660, (2021). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biteb.2021.100660.
• Humberto Estrella-Maldonado, Amaranta Girón Ramírez, Gabriela Fuentes Ortiz, Santy Peraza-Echeverría, Octavio Martínez-de la Vega, Elsa Góngora-Castillo, Jorge M. Santamaría. Transcriptomic analysis reveals key transcription factors associated to drought tolerance in a wild papaya (Carica papaya) genotype. PlosOne, 16: e0245855, (2021). http://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0245855.
• Jalsen Iván Teco-Bravo, Luis Felipe Barahona-Pérez, Santy Peraza-Echeverria, Fray Martín Baas-Espínola, Carlos Francisco Reyes-Sosa, Virginia Aurora Herrera-Valencia. Lipid profiles of acid-tolerant mutants of the green microalga Chlorella saccharophila reveal hydrocarbons and high-value lipids with potential industrial applications. Bioresource Technology Reports, 13: 100636, (2021). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biteb.2021.100636.
• Jalsen Iván Teco-Bravo, Luis Felipe Barahona-Pérez, Carlos Francisco Reyes-Sosa, Ángela Francisca Ku-González, Virginia Aurora Herrera-Valencia, Santy Peraza-Echeverria. Enhanced production of triacylglycerols and polyunsaturated fatty acids in novel acid-tolerant mutants of the green microalga Chlorella saccharophila. Bioprocess and Biosystems Engineering, 42: 1561–1571, (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00449-019-02153-2.
• Anayeli Guadalupe Beltran-Aguilar, Santy Peraza-Echeverría, Luisa Alhucema López-Ochoa, Ileana Cecilia Borges-Argáez, Virginia Aurora Herrera-Valencia. A novel salt-inducible CrGPDH3 promoter of the microalga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii for transgene overexpression. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 103: 3487–3499, (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00253-019-09733-y.

PATENTS OR TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS

• James Langham-Dale, Santy Peraza-Echeverria. Banana resistance genes and uses thereof. 7,601,887 B2. USA. 2009.
• Virginia Aurora Herrera-Valencia, Santy Peraza-Echeverria, Anayeli Beltrán-Aguilar. Inducible CrGPDH3 promoter of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii and the use thereof for the expression of recombinant proteins. WO 2020/130772 A1. 2020.

RECOGNITIONS AND AWARDS

• 2001. Scholarship for PhD studies in Australia. (CONACYT)
• 2013. Level I. Sistema Nacional de Investigadores. (CONACYT)
• 2020. Level II. Sistema Nacional de Investigadores. (CONACYT)

RECOMMENDED SITES

• Dale J, James A, Jean-Yves P, Khanna H, Smith M, Peraza-Echeverria S, Garcia-Bastidas F, Kema G, Waterhouse P, Mengersen K, Harding R (2017). Transgenic Cavendish bananas with resistance to Fusarium wilt tropical race 4. Nature Communications. 8:1496. DOI:10.1038/s41467-017-01670-6. ISSN 2041-1723
• Bananapocalypse: genetic modification may save $12bn industry.
• https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/nov/16/bananapocalypse-genetic-modification-may-save-12bn-industry.
• GM banana shows promise against deadly fungus strain.
• https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/11/gm-banana-shows-promise-against-deadly-fungus-strain.