EDUCACIÓN

• Postdoctoral training in University of Helsinki-University of Cambridge. 2013-2015.
• Postdoctoral training in National Laboratory for Biodiversity, Cinvestav, Irapuato. 2012-2013.
• PhD. Plant Biotechnology. Cinvestav Unidad Irapuato.2012.
• MSc. Plant Biotechnology. Yucatan Scientific Research Center. 2005.
• B.S. Agronomy. Universidad Autonoma Chapingo. 2003.

CURRENT RESEARCH

• We are focused on understanding the molecular mechanisms and genetic circuits underlying the ontogeny and development of plant fibers in traditional crops of Mexico. We use a combined approach of multi omics, functional genomics, and developmental biology to uncover and characterize genes involved in differentiation, development, and quality of fiber in crops such as palma jipi (Cardulovica palmata) and henequen (Agave fourcroydes).

PUBLICACIONES RECIENTES

• Cadena-Zamudio JD, Monribot-Villanueva JL, Pérez-Torres CA, Alatorre-Cobos F, Jiménez-Moraila B, Guerrero-Analco JA, Ibarra-Laclette E. The use of ecological analytical tools as an unconventional approach for untargeted metabolomics data analysis: the case of Cecropia obtusifolia and its adaptive responses to nitrate starvation. Functional & Integrative Genomics 22: 1467-1493 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10142-022-00904-1.
• Maceda-López LF, Góngora-Castillo EG, Ibarra-Laclette E, Morán-Velázquez DC, Girón Ramírez A, Bourdon M, Villalpando-Aguilar JL, Toomer G, Tang JZ, Azadi P, Santamaría JM, López-Rosas I, López MG, Simpson J, Alatorre-Cobos F. Transcriptome mining provides insights into cell wall metabolism and fiber lignification in Agave tequilana Weber. Plants 11: 1496 (2022). https://doi.org/10.3390/plants11111496.
• García-Hernández E, Loera-Quezada MM, Morán-Velázquez DC, López MG, Chable-Vega MA, Santillán-Fernández A, Zavaleta-Mancera HA, Tang JZ, Azadi P, Ibarra-Laclette E, Alatorre-Cobos F. Indirect organogenesis for high frequency shoot regeneration of two cultivars of Sansevieria trifasciata Prain differing in fiber production. Scientific Reports, 12: 8507 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-12640-4.
• Maceda-López LF, Villalpando-Aguilar JL, García-Hernández E, Ávila de Dios E, Andrade-Canto SB, Morán-Velázquez DC, Rodríguez-López L, Hernández-Díaz D., Chablé-Vega MA, Trejo L, Góngora-Castillo E, López-Rosas I, Simpson J, Alatorre-Cobos F. Improved method for isolation of high quality total RNA from Agave tequilana Weber roots. 3 Biotech 11: 75 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13205-020-02620-8.
• Morán-Velázquez DC, Monribot-Villanueva JL, Bourdon M, Thang JZ, López-Rosas I, Maceda-López LF, Villalpando-Aguilar JL, Rodríguez-López L, Gauthier A, Trejo L, Azadi P, Vilaplana F, Guerrero Analco JA, Alatorre-Cobos F. 2020. Unravelling chemical composition of Agave spines: news from Agave fourcroydes Lem. Plants 9: 1642 (2020). https://doi.org/10.3390/plants9121642.