RESEARCH CONTRIBUTIONS

PUBLICATIONS:

-First author

Flores-Vallejo, R.C., Folch-Mallol, J. L., Sharma, A., Cardoso-Taketa, A., Alvarez-Berber, L., Villarreal, M.L. (2020). ITS2 ribotyping, in vitro anti-inflammatory screening, and metabolic profiling of fungal endophytes from the Mexican species Crescentia alata Kunth. South African Journal of Botany 134: 213-224. DOI: 10.1016/j.sajb.2019.12.030.

Flores-Vallejo, R.C., Folch-Mallol, J. L., Sharma, A., Cardoso-Taketa, A. T., Villarreal, M. L. (2019). Hidden Microbial Helpers Living Inside Plants: Getting To Know Endophytes And Some Of Their Applications In Our Daily Lives. Frontiers for Young Minds 7:11. DOI: 10.3389/frym.2019.00011. Special edition: Diversity of the microbial world.

-Co-author

Martínez-De-León, C. G., Flores-Vallejo, R. C., Rodríguez-Álvarez, A., Villarreal, M. L., Grevy, J. M. (2020). Synthesis, characterization and cytotoxic activity of cationic half-sandwich Ru (II) complexes stabilized by iminophosphorane N, N, S and N, N, Se tridentate ligands. New Journal of Chemistry. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D0NJ04958A 

Salazar-Ramírez, G., Flores-Vallejo, R.C., Rivera-Leyva, J. C., Tovar-Sánchez, E., Sánchez-Reyes, A., Mena-Portales, J., Sánchez-Carbente, M.R., Gaitán-Rodriguez, M.F., Batista-García, R.A., Villarreal, M.L., Folch-Mallol, J.L., Mussali-Galante, P. (2020). Characterization of fungal endophytes isolated from the metal hyperaccumulator plant Vachellia farnesiana growing in mine tailings. Microorganisms, 8: 226. DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms8020226.

Pedraza-Alva, G., Ramírez-Serrano, C.E., Pedraza, F., Flores-Vallejo, R.C., Villarreal, M.L., Pérez-Martínez, L. (2019). From traditional remedies to cutting-edge medicine: using ancient Mesoamerican knowledge to address complex disorders relevant to psychoneuroimmunology. Brain, behavior, and immunity 79, 3-5. DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2019.04.022.

Sharma, A., Angulo-Bejarano, P.I., Fierros-Romero, G., Flores-Vallejo, R.C., Gomez-García, K.R., Ruiz-Colín, G. (2018). Struvite production by Pseudomonas syringae pv. phaseolicola. Journal of Microbiology, Biotechnology and Food Sciences, 8: 812-814. DOI: 10.15414/jmbfs.2018.8.2.812-814.

Sharma, A., Flores-Vallejo, R.C., Cardoso-Taketa, A., Villarreal, M.L. (2016). Antibacterial Activities of Medicinal Plants Used in Mexican Traditional Medicine. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 208: 264-329. DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2016.04.045. Special edition: The Centre of the Americas - an ethnopharmacology perspective.

-Memberships:: 

Student associate of the Mexican Society of Biotechnology and Bioengineering (2015-present).

Member of the Mexican Network for the Development of Antimicrobials (2019-present).

PARTICIPATION AT SCIENTIFIC OUTREACH EVENTS:

·         Speaker at “V Multidisciplinary Symposium on medicinal plants.” Talk’s title: “Plant holobiont: endophytes of Mexican medicinal plants and their value as biotechnological tools.” Faculty of Pharmacy at the Autonomous University of the State of Morelos. Mexico (June 3^rd, 2016). Web-Link.

·         Attendee at the Symposium: “Learning from Nature, learning from our ancestors, from tradition to evidence based medicines.” Leiden, Netherlands (14^th-15^th April, 2016).

·         Poster presentation on the “XI National Conference of Molecular and Cell biology of fungi.” Project’s title: “Screening for endophytic fungi with anti-inflammatory activity from the Mexican medicinal species Crescentia alata Kunth.” Puebla, Mexico (October 25^th-29^th, 2015).

·         Attendee at the international conference “Major Transitions in Evolution 2015”. Where leaders in evolutionary biology such as Dr. Bruce Alberts, Dr. Ada Yonath and Dr. Antonio Lazcano talked about the current advances and challenges in the field of evolution and understanding of the origin of life. National Autonomous University of Mexico. Mexico City (March 23^rd-25^th, 2015). Web-Link.

·         Poster presentation at “Annual conference of the Institute of Food Technology 2014”. Project´s title: “Obtention of an alcoholic beverage with antioxidant activity through Saccharomyces yeasts from the juice of ripe fruits of Garambullo (Myrtillocactus geometrizans).”  New Orleans, USA (June 21^st-24^th, 2014). Web-Link.

·         Poster presentation at “XIV International Congress of Bacteriology and Applied Microbiology” from the International Union of Microbiological Societies. Project’s title: “Identification of crystal structures produced by strain Pseudomonas syringae pv. phaseolicola by using X-ray crystallography and Energy Emission Spectroscopy.” Montreal, Canada (July 29^th, 2014). Web-Link.

·         Poster presentation at “Elsevier´s Third International Conference on Bio-Sensing Technology”. Project’s title: "Designing and development of an E. coli system based biosensor for the detection of copper in water." Sitges, Spain, (May 12^th-15^th, 2013).

Elsevier´s Third International Conference on Bio-Sensing Technology.

Annual conference of the Institute of Food Technology 2014.

XI National Conference of Molecular and Cell biology of fungi.