Education

• B.Sc. Biochemical Engineer. ITC. 1997.
• Ph.D. Science and Plant Biotechnology. Centro de Investigación Científica de Yucatán. 2003.
• Post-Doctorate. Queen Mary University of London and Kew Garden, Jodrell. 2006.

Current research

• Agrobiotechnology

ONGOING PROJECTS

• Support for high-value agrifood chains to increase their competitiveness and contribute to development of their socio-economic impact in the South Pacific region in Mexico. (FORDECYT, CONACYT)

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

• Kelly M. Monja‑Mio, Diego Olvera‑Casanova, Miguel Á. Herrera‑Alamillo, L. Felipe Sánchez‑Teyer, Manuel L. Robert. Comparison of conventional and temporary immersion systems on micropropagation (multiplication phase) of Agave angustifolia Haw. ‘Bacanora’. 3Biotech, 11: 1-8, (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13205-020-02604-8.
• De la Torre Espinosa, Z., De Dios, E.Á., Sánchez-Teyer, L.F., Castaño Enrique. AteqTERT expression and specific tissue activity in a 2-year-old complete plant in Agave tequilana in field conditions. Braz. J. Bot, 43: 869-881, (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40415-020-00642-3.
• Zamaria Yoselin De la Torre-Espinosa, Felipe Barredo-Pool, Enrique Castaño de la Serna, Lorenzo Felipe Sánchez-Teyer. Active telomerase during leaf growth and increase of age in plants from Agave tequilana var. Azul. Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants, 26: 639-647, (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12298-020-00781-7.
• Kelly Maribel Monja Mio, Ph.D.; Diego Olvera-Casanova; Gastón Herrera-Herrera; Miguel Ángel Herrera-Alamillo; Lorenzo Felipe Sánchez-Teyer; Manuel L. Robert. Improving of rooting and ex vitro acclimatization phase of Agave tequilana by temporary immersion system (BioMINTTM). In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology, 56: 662-669, (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11627-020-10109-5.
• Rescalvo Morales Antonio; Monja Mio Kelly Maribel; Robert-Díaz, M.; Sánchez-Teyer, L. Felipe. Telomere length in Agave tequilana Weber plants during the in vitro to ex vitro transition. Plant Cell Tissue and Organ Culture, 136: 133-140, (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11240-018-1499-1.

RECOGNITIONS AND AWARDS

• 2020. Level II, Sistema Nacional de Investigadores. CONACYT
• 2008. ISHS Medal. International Society for Horticultural Science.
• 2005. Prance Fellowship in Neotropical Botany. Kew Latin America Research Fellowships Committee (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).

Education

• B.Sc. Biology. Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán. 1993.
• Ph.D. Plant Sciences and Biotechnology. Centro de Investigación Científica de Yucatán. 1998.
• Post-Doctorate. Plant Molecular Biology. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. 2000
• Post-Doctorate. Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, State University of New York, Stony Brook. 2002
• Post-Doctorate. Department of Molecular Biology and Plant Biochemistry, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados. 2009.

Current research

• Agrobiotechnology

ONGOING PROJECTS

• Study of the Transcriptome and Proteome of Papaya (Carica papaya L.) in Response to Water Stress: Identification of Genes with Potential to Improve Their Water Use Efficiency. (CONACyT)

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

• Decle-Carrasco, S., Rodríguez-Zapata, L.C. & Castano, E. Plant viral proteins and fibrillarin: the link to complete the infective cycle. Mol Biol Rep, 0: 0, (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11033-021-06401-1.
• Pereira-Santana A., Gamboa-Tuz S. D., Zhao Tao, Schranz M. Eric, Vinuesa P., Bayona, A., Rodríguez-Zapata, L. C., Castano E. Fibrillarin evolution through the Tree of life: Comparative genomics and microsynteny network analyses provide new insights into the evolutionary history of Fibrillarin. . PLOS Computational Biology., 16: e1008318, (2020). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1008318.
• Carrillo-Bermejo Evelyn A., Gamboa-Tuz Samuel David, Pereira-Santana Alejandro, Keb-Llanes Miguel A., Castaño Enrique, Figueroa-Yañez Luis Joel, Rodriguez-Zapata Luis C. The SoNAP gene from sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum L.) encodes a senescence-associated NAC transcription factor involved in the response to osmotic and salt Stress. Journal of Plant Research, 133: 897-909, (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10265-020-01230-y.
• Zamora-Briseño, J.A., Pereira-Santana, A., Reyes-Hernández, S.J., Cerqueda-García, D., Castaño, E., Rodríguez-Zapata, L.C. Towards an understanding of the role of intrinsic protein disorder on plant adaptation to environmental challenges. Cell Stress and Chaperones, 26: 141-150, (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12192-020-01162-5.
• Guillen-Chable, F.; Rodríguez Corona, U.; Pereira-Santana, A.; Bayona, A.; Rodríguez-Zapata, L.C.; Aquino, C.; Šebestová, L.; Vitale, N.; Hozak, P.; Castano, E. Fibrillarin Ribonuclease Activity is Dependent on the GAR Domain and Modulated by Phospholipids. Cells, 9: 1143-1165, (2020). https://doi.org/10.3390/cells9051143.

PATENTS OR TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS

• Luis Carlos Rodriguez-Zapata, Luis Joel Figueroa-Yáñez, Alejandro Pereira-Santana, Enrique Castaño de la Serna. Carica papaya transcription factor and its application to obtain plants tolerant to extreme temperatures. . International Application Number: PCT/ MX2017/ 000071. Filed 30 June 2017. International Publication Number: WO2018/009050. International Publication Date: 11 January 2018. USA.
• Luis Carlos Rodriguez-Zapata, Luis Joel Figueroa-Yáñez, Alejandro Pereira-Santana, Enrique Castaño de la Serna. Carica papaya transcription factor and its application to obtain plants tolerant to extreme temperatures. File request: MX / A / 2016/008991; FOLIO: MX / E / 2016/047455. Filed 8 July 2016. MEXICO.
• Luis Carlos Rodriguez-Zapata, Ana Ly Arroyo-Herrera, Luis Joel Figueroa-Yáñez, Enrique Castaño de la Serna. PATENT TITLE No. 378988. Transcription factor isolated from Carica papaya var. Maradol that confers tolerance to abiotic stress in plants and transformation method. File request: MX / A / 2015/017242; folio: MX / E / 2015/091313.Filed 14 December 2015. Released 11 July 2017. Granted 11 December 2020. Expires: 14 December 2035. MEXICO. (2020).

RECOGNITIONS AND AWARDS

• 2002-2025. Candidate-II. Sistema Nacional de Investigadores. (CONACYT)
• 2002-2025. Levels Candidate-II. Sistema Nacional de Investigadores. (CONACYT)
• 2005. Use of functional genomics to identify low temperature responsive / tolerants-genes in Musa balbisinana (BB), a tolerant plant to abiotic stress - First part. International Foundation for Science. Stockholm, Sweden.
• 2005. Generation Challenge Program Fellowship. Development of COS markers for drought tolerance for Musa germplasm”. IPGRI-INIBAB / University of Leicester.

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• ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4872-8231.
• Google Scholar https://scholar.google.com.mx/citations?user=jzr0NNUAAAAJ&hl=es.

Education

• B.Sc. Chemistry. Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán. 1990.
• M.S. Plant Biotechnology. Centro de Investigación Científica de Yucatán - Instituto Tecnológico de Mérida. 1993.
• Ph.D. Plant Biotechnology. Centro de Investigación Científica de Yucatán. 2000.
• Post-doctorate. Institute de Recherche pour le Development (IRD), Montpellier, France. 2001.

Current research

• Agrobiotechnology
• Microoroganism Biotechnology

ONGOING PROJECTS

• Insect-born procaryotes associated with tropical and subtropical perennial diseases. (European Community)

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

• Pedro Osorio-Montalvo, Clelia De-la-Peña, Carlos Oropeza, Geovanny Nic-Can, Iván Córdova-Lara, Eduardo Castillo-Castro, Luis Sáenz-Carbonell. A peak in global DNA methylation is a key step to initiate the somatic embryogenesis of coconut palm (Cocos nucifera L). Plant Cell Reports, 39(10): 1345-1357, (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00299-020-02568-2.
• Luis A. Lara-Pérez, Iván Oros-Ortega, Iván Córdova-Lara, Héctor Estrada-Medina, Aileen O’Connor-Sánchez, Elsa Góngora-Castillo4, Luis Sáenz-Carbonell. Seasonal shifts in arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in Cocos nucifera roots in Yucatan, Mexico. Mycorrhiza, (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00572-020-00944-0.
• Karla Gisel Carreón-Anguiano, Luis Sáenz-Carbonell, Ignacio Islas-Flores, Julio Vega-Arreguín and Blondy Canto-Canché. EffHunter: A Tool for Prediction of Effector Protein Candidates in Fungal Proteomic Databases. Biomolecules, on line: (2020). https://doi.org/10.3390/biom10050712.
• I. Córdova, C. Oropeza, N. Harrison, S. Ku-Rodríguez, C. Puch-Hau, M. Narvaez and L. Sáenz. Simultaneous Detection of Coconut Lethal Yellowing Phytoplasmas (Group 16SrIV) by Real-Time PCR Assays Using 16Sr- and GroEL-Based TaqMan Probes. Journal of Plant Pathology, 101: 609-619, (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42161-019-00249-y.
• Pedro Osorio-Montalvo, Luis Sáenz-Carbonell and Clelia De-la-Peña. 5-Azacytidine: A Promoter of Epigenetic Changes in the Quest to Improve Plant Somatic Embryogenesis. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 19(10): 3182, (2018). https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms19103182.

PATENTS OR TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS

• Luis Sáenz, Iván Córdova, Carlos Oropeza. Method for detection of LY-phytoplasma by real-time PCR. Patent title No. 339891. Mexico. (2016).
• Blondy Canto Canche, Roberto Vázquez Euan, Ignacio Islas Flores, Yasmin Sánchez Rodríguez, Inocencio Higuera Ciapara, Luis Sáenz Carbonell. Method for detection of Mycosphaerella fijiensis fungus by real-time PCR. 015128. Mexico. (2019).

Education

• B.Sc. Chemistry. Universidad de Guanajuato. 1998.
• Ph.D. Biotechnology. Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados. 2004.
• Post-Doctorate. Plant Pathology. North Carolina State University. 2004-2008.

Current research

• Microoroganism Biotechnology

ONGOING PROJECTS

• Phylogenomics, biochemistry and biological role of filamentous fungi hyaluronic acid synthases. (CONACYT)
• Studies of Fungal Glycosyltransferases. (Independent)

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

• Duno de Stefano R., Tun Tun C., López Contreras J.E., Carnevali Fernández-Concha G., Leopardi-Verde C.L., Ramírez-Prado J.H., Can Itza L.L., Tamayo Cen I. Filogenia de Lysiloma (Fabaceae), un género restringido a Megaméxico con especies atípicas en las Antillas y Florida. Acta Botánica Mexicana, 128: e1782, (2021). https://doi.org/10.21829/abm128.2021.1782.
• Romero-García A.G., Prado-Rúbio O.A., Contreras-Zarazúa G., Ramírez-Marquez C., Ramírez-Prado J.H., Segovia-Hernández J.G. Simultaneous Design and Controllability Optimization for the Reaction Zone for Furfural Bioproduction. Industrail & Engineering Chemistry Research, 59(36): 15990-16003, (2020). https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.0c02261.
• Cancino-García V.J., Ramírez-Prado J.H., De-laPeña C. Auxin perception in Agave is dependent on the species' Auxin Response Factors. Scientific reports, 10: 3860, (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-60865-y.
• Góngora-Castillo E, López-Ochoa LA, Apolinar-Hernández MM, Caamal-Pech AM, Contreras-de la Rosa PA, Quiroz-Moreno A, Ramírez-Prado JH*, O'Connor-Sánchez A*.    *corresponding authors. Data mining of metagenomes to find novel enzymes: a non-computationally intensive method. 3 Biotech, 10: 78, (2020). https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13205-019-2044-6.
• Escobar-Turriza P., Hernández-Guerrero R., Poot-Hernández A.C., Rodríguez-Vázquez K., Ramírez-Prado J., Pérez-Rueda E. Identification of functional signatures in the metabolism of the three cellular domains of life. PLOS ONE, 14(5): e0217083, (2019). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0217083.

RECOGNITIONS AND AWARDS

• 2010. Matsumae Fellow. Matsumae International Foundation, Japan.
• 2010-2020. Level I. Sistema Nacional de Investigadores. (CONACYT)
• 2021-2024. Level II. Sistema Nacional de Investigadores. (CONACYT)

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• ORCID. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2780-5223. HTML Format.
• Google Scholar. http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=2AA5pggAAAAJ&hl=en. HTML Format.
• Curriculum Vitae. https://www.cicy.mx/Documentos/CICY/Investigacion/CV/UBT/2020/CV_Ramirez-Prado.pdf. PDF Format.