INSTITUTO DE NEUROBIOLOGÍA, UNAM

Alfredo Varela-Echavarría

avarela@unam.mx

UNAM

MUTATIONAL DYNAMICS OF THE MITOCHONDRIAL GENOME

SLUG REGENERATION

Employing experimental biology, molecular biology, bioinformatics, and systems biology we study the rate of generation and accumulation of mutations in the mitochondrial genome and the mechanisms of regeneration in garden slugs.

OUR RESEARCH

Employing next generation sequencing and bioinformatics we study the load of genetic variants in the mitochondrial genome in mouse and humans and their relationship to human neuromuscular and neurodegenerative diseases.

With experimental, morphological, and genomic approaches we study stem cell biology and molecular and cellular mechanisms of regeneration in land gastropods.

OUR GROUP

Alfredo Varela-Echavarría

Senior Researcher

(Investigador Titular C)

avarela@unam.mx

phone: (52) 442-238-1032

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2597-8318

Alfredo Varela-Echavarria

I have a degree in Biology from the Autonomous University of Nuevo León (UANL) and a Ph.D. in Molecular Genetics and Microbiology from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. I carried out postdoctoral  work  in  developmental neurobiology at Guy´s Hospital of the University of London.

I also performed sabbatical research at the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NIH) and in the Biology Department of Duke University. I am currently a tenured Senior Researcher (Investigador Titular “C”) at the Institute of Neurobiology (INB-UNAM).

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Carlos Lozano-Flores

Jerónimo Miranda-Rodríguez

Associate Researcher

(Investigador Asociado C)

jero.miranda.rod@gmail.com

phone: (52) 442-238-1032

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2775-6719

I have a degree in Genomic Sciences and M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Biochemistry from the National University of Mexico (UNAM). I did a post-doc at the Helmholtz Zentrum in Münich where I worked in

zebrafish lateral line development and regeneration. I am currently an Associate Researcher (Investigador Asociado C) at the Institute of Neurobiology (INB-UNAM).

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Carlos Lozano-Flores

Lab Tecnician

(Técnico Académico)

lozancarlos@yahoo.com

phone: (52) 442-238-1032

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2597-8318

Carlos Lozano-Flores

I hold a B.Sc. degree in Biology and an M.Sc. in Biochemistry. I carry out lab work to support the groups’s research with experimental biology and molecular biology procedures.

My teaching activities include B.Sc. courses on physicochemistry at ENES-Juriquilla and practical exercises for M.Sc. and Ph.D. students at the Institute of Neurobiology (INB-UNAM).

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Carlos Lozano-Flores

Flor C. Alcántar Aguirre

Posdoctoral Fellow

florcitlallyalcantar@gmail.com

Carlos Lozano-Flores

Sergio F. Cornelio Martínez

Posdoctoral Fellow

sergfrancorn@outlook.es

Carlos Lozano-Flores

Wilbert Gutiérrez Sarmiento

Posdoctoral Fellow

wilbertgtzs@gmail.com

Carlos Lozano-Flores

Jessica Trujillo Barrientos

Ph.D. Student

jess.trujillo2@gmail.com

Carlos Lozano-Flores

Diego A. Brito Domínguez

M.Sc. Student

snaiptrick@gmail.com

Carlos Lozano-Flores

Alfonso J. Benítez Arteaga

M.Sc. Student

alfonsojavier712@gmail.com

            RESOURCES

PROTOCOLS

Methods we have developed that might interest you.

SLUG REGENERATION

A page with interesting information about slugs and the cellular and molecular mechanisms involved in the regeneration of its tissues and organs.

slug genome project

We are sequencing the genome of garden slugs and in this page you will soon be able to follow its progress.

OPPORTUNITIES IN OUR GROUP

 We seek motivated undergrads and graduate students to carry out exciting and innovative research projects on regeneration with experimental and bioinformatic approaches. Full graduate scholarships can be obtained by qualifying students admitted to our programs.

Opportunities also exist for postdoctoral fellows applying for support of DGAPA-UNAM and CONACYT.

Contact us!

RNA DNA

Alfredo Varela-Echavarría

DEVELOPMENTAL GENOMICS

AND REGENERATION

avarela@unam.mx