Education

• B.S. Chemistry. Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro. 1970.
• M.S. Nuclear Chemistry. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. 1973.
• Ph.D. Biochemistry. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. 1983.

Current research

• Morphogenesis and Gene Regulation
• Secondary Metabolism and Metabolic Engineering

ONGOING PROJECTS

• Biochemistry and molecular biology of somatic embryogenesis. (FORDECyT)

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

• Juárez-Escobar J., J. L. Monribot-Villanueva, J. A. Guerrero-Analco, J. A. Zamora-Briseño, J. M. Elizalde-Contreras, M. V. Bautista-Valle, V. M. Loyola-Vargas y E. Ruíz-May,. TOWARDS A TISSUE-SPECIFIC PROTEOME CHARACTERIZATION OF AVOCADO SEED DURING POSTHARVEST SHELF LIFE. J. Proteomics, 235: 104112, (2021). https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1874391921000117.
• Victor Aguilar-Hernández, Brito-Argáez L., Galaz-Ávalos R. M., Víctor M. Loyola-Vargas, . POST-TRANSLATIONAL MODIFICATIONS DRIVES PLANT CELL DIFFERENTIATION. Plant Cell Tiss. Org. Cult.,, 143: 1-12, (2020). https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11240-020-01908-0.
• Carol A. Olivares-Garcia, Juan L. Monribot-Villanueva, Monica Ramirez-Vazquez, Jose M. Elizalde-Contreras, Enrique Ibarra-Laclette, Carolina Peña, Francisco Quiroz-Figueroa, Aldo Segura-Cabrera, José A. Guerrero-Analco, Laura M. Shannon, Victor M. Loyola Vargas, Martín Mata-Rosas, Eliel Ruiz-May,. PHENYLPROPANOID PATHWAY ASSOCIATED WITH THE CELL WALL FORTIFICATION AND REGULATION OF STRESS CONDITIONS IN AVOCADO (Persea americana Mill.) SOMATIC EMBRYOGENESIS REVEALED BY PROTEOMICS AND METABOLOMICS ANALYSIS. Int. J. Mol. Sci, 21: 5679, (2020). https://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/21/16/5679.
• Miguel A. Uc-Chuc, Cleyre Pérez-Hernández, Rosa María Galaz-Ávalos, Ligia Brito-Argaez, Víctor Aguilar-Hernández and Víctor M. Loyola-Vargas,. YUCCA-MEDIATED BIOSYNTHESIS OF THE AUXIN IAA IS REQUIRED DURING THE SOMATIC EMBRYOGENIC INDUCTION PROCESS IN Coffea canephora. Int. J. Mol. Sci, 21: 4751, (2020). https://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/21/13/4751.
• Márquez-Lópeza R. E., Ana O. Quintana-Escobar and Víctor M. Loyola-Vargas. CYTOKININS, THE CINDERELLA OF PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS. Phytochemistry Reviews, 18: 1387-1408, (2019). https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11101-019-09656-6.

RECOGNITIONS AND AWARDS

• 1990. Leopoldo Rio de la Loza Science Award. State of Querétaro.
• 1999. Manuel Andrés del Río National Chemistry Award (Research). Sociedad Mexicana de Química.
• 2016. Emeritus Researcher. Sistema Nacional de Investigadores. CONACyT.

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