Education

• B.S. Biological Pharmaceutical Chemistry. Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo. 2000.
• M.S. Biochemistry. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. 2003.
• Ph.D. Biochemistry. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. 2008.
• Post-Doctorate. Biophysics. Universidad Federal de Minas Gerais - Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. 2009.

Current research

• Plant-Environment Interaction

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

• Marta G. Lizama-Gasca, Georgina Estrada-Tapia, Camilo A. Escalante-Magaña, Manuel Martínez-Estévez, Isaac Zepeda-Jazo, Fátima Medina-Lara & Ileana Echevarría-Machado. Cloning and Molecular Characterization of CcNRT2.1/CcNAR2, a Putative Inducible High Affinity Nitrate Transport System in Capsicum chinense Jacq. Roots. Tropical Plant Biology, 13: 73-90, (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12042-019-09248-w.
• Guillén-Chable F., Arenas-Sosa I., Islas-Flores I., Corzo G., Martinez-Liu C., Estrada G. Antibacterial activity and phospholipid recognition of the recombinant defensin J1-1 from Capsicum genus. Protein Expr Purif, 136: 45-51, (2017). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pep.2017.06.007.
• Guillen-Chable Francisco A and Estrada Georgina. Structural Motifs in Class I and Class II Plant Defensins for Phospholipid Interactions: Intriguing Role of Ligand Binding and Modes of Action. Plant Physiol Pathol, 5: 1, (2016). 10.4172/2329-955X.1000162.
• Estrada G, O. Silva A., Villegas E., Ortiz E., Beirao P., Corzo G. Heterologous expression of five disulfide-bonded insecticidal spider peptides. Toxicon, 119: 152-158, (2016). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.toxicon.2016.06.001.
• Alessandra Matavel, Georgina Estrada and Flávia De Marco Almeida. SPIDER VENOM AND DRUG DISCOVERY: A REVIEW. Springer, ISBN: 978-94-007-6388-3: 273-292, (2016). ISBN: 978-94-007-6389-0. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6389-0_9