Education

• B.S. Biology. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. 1989.
• M.S. Plant Biotechnology. Centro de Investigación Científica de Yucatán-Instituto Tecnológico de Mérida. 1994.
• Ph.D. Plant Biotechnology. Centro de Investigación Científica de Yucatán. 1998.
• Post-Doctorate. Plant Biotechnology and Biochemistry. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. 2001.

Current research

• Plant-Environment Interaction

ONGOING PROJECTS

• Analysis of coconut seeds (Cocos nucifera L.) with different degrees of maturity to determine the effect of the proteome and metabolome on the quality of the liquid and solid endosperm. (CONACYT)

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

• Islas-Flores Ignacio, Tzec-Simá Miguel. Research opportunities on the coconut (Cocos nucifera L.) using new technologies. South African Journal of Botany, 141: 414-420, (2021). https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0254629921002015.
• Torres-Chable Oswaldo, Brito-Argáez Ligia, Islas-Flores Ignacio, Zaragoza-Vera Claudia, Zaragoza-Vera Maritza, Arjona-Jimenez Guadalupe, Baak-Baak Carlos, Cigarroa-Toledo Nohemi, González-Garduño Roberto, Machain-Williams Carlos, García-Rejon Julian. Dirofilaria immitis proteins recognized by antibodies from individuals living with microfilaremic dogs. J Infect Dev Ctries, 14: 1442-1447, (2020). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33378288/.
• Pérez-Pastrana Jacobo, S. Testillano Pilar, Bárány Ivett, Canto-Flick Adriana, Álvarez-López Dulce, Pijeira-Fernández Gema, Avilés-Viñas Susana, Peña-Yam Laura, Muñoz-Ramírez Liliana, Nahuat-Dzib Sara, (Islas-Flores Ignacio*, Santana-Buzzy Nancy* . Endogenous auxin accumulation/localization during zygotic and somatic embryogenesis of Capsicum chinense Jacq. Journal of Plant Physiology , 258-259: (2020). https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0176161720302236.
• Aranda-Cuevas Berenice, Tamayo-Cortez Jorge, Vargas y Vargas Lourdes, Islas-Flores Ignacio, Arana-Argáez Víctor, Solís-Pereira Sara, Cuevas-Glory Luis, Herrera-Méndez Carlos H. Assessment of the immunomodulatory effect of Aloe vera polysaccharides extracts on macrophages functions. Emirates Journal of Food and Agriculture, 32: 408-416, (2020). doi: 10.9755/ejfa.2020.v32.i6.2101.
• Carreón-Anguiano Karla G., Islas-Flores Ignacio, Vega-Arreguin Julio, Sáenz-Carbonell Luis, Canto-Canché Blondy. EffHunter: a tool for prediction of effector protein candidates in fungal proteomic databases. Biomolecules, 10: 2-21, (2020). Biomolecules-10-00712-v3-2.PDF. https://doi.org/10.3390/biom10050712.

RECOGNITIONS AND AWARDS

• 1988. Bachelors Scholarship. CONACYT. 1990. Masters Scholarship. CONACYT. 2002. Doctoral Scholarship. CONACYT.

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