Israel A Vega

PeerJ Author & Reviewer

Summary

Ph.D. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, Argentina; 2006. Specialist in University Teaching, U. Nacional de Cuyo; 2009. Biochemistry, Facultad de Química, Bioquímica y Farmacia, U. Nacional de San Luis, Argentina, 1997. Prof. U Nacional de Cuyo, tchr. animal and human physiology. CONICET Researcher, Argentina; 2007.

Anatomy & Physiology Aquaculture, Fisheries & Fish Science Ecotoxicology Environmental Sciences Freshwater Biology Histology Parasitology Toxicology Zoology

Past or current institution affiliations

Universidad Nacional de Cuyo

Work details

Professor

Universidad Nacional de Cuyo

Morfología y Fisiología

Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, teaching animal and human physiology; 2019.

Researcher

CONICET

The Israel Vega´s laboratory is mainly interested in the biology of the apple snail Pomacea canaliculata, with emphasis in the study of an intracellular symbiont that inhabit the digestive gland, as well as some applied areas of environmental health and human diseases. This animal was introduced (ca. 1980) to several South East Asian countries for aquaculture, and has become a serious pest for rice and other crops. This species has a potential to become a model organism since it may give valuable insights to our understanding across diverse fields in integrative biology. Our interest is focused in the evaluating of different physiological hypothesis in evolutionary and toxicological scenario.