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Maria Islas-Osuna
PeerJ Author & Reviewer
310 Points

Contributions by role

Author 135
Reviewer 175

Contributions by subject area

Cell Biology
Molecular Biology
Drugs and Devices
Immunology
Ecotoxicology
Agricultural Science
Biochemistry
Genetics
Plant Science
Biotechnology
Bioinformatics
Computational Biology
Food Science and Technology

Maria A Islas-Osuna

PeerJ Author & Reviewer

Summary

I got a Bachellors degree in Chemistry and a masters degree in Food Science and Nutrition in my country, Mexico. After, I got a PhD in Molecular and Cellular Biology at The U of A in Tucson, AZ. I came back to Mexico (Hermosillo, Sonora) to start my career as a PI working with plants (grapevine and mango, and recently went back to Arabidopsis) in a postharvest department. I have been collaborating with people that work with plant-pathogen interaction and also people that work with shrimp proteins. Currently my lab (students and an associated Researcher) is working different biochemical pathways during development and ripening of mango fruit, using trancriptomics we are now identifying gene families in each pathway of interest. We are making progress towards mango gene products function using Arabidopsis mutants and phenotype rescue. We also started developing methods for diagnosis of Coccidioides spp. a fungus endemic to Northwestern part of Mexico.

Biochemistry Molecular Biology Plant Science

Past or current institution affiliations

Universidad de Sonora

Work details

Professor

Centro de Investigación en Alimentación y Desarrollo, A.C.
CTAOV
Dr. Islas-Osuna is dedicated to activities of research, teaching and divulgation in the life sciences area. Specifically in areas of Plant Science at CIAD where Doctoral and Masters Degree on Science are offered to students that have completed their Bachelor´s Degree. Research in the medical area is also pursued by Dr. Islas-Osuna by collaborating with Researchers from University of Sonora where she teaches Molecular Biology courses at the Bachelor´s, Masters and Doctoral Degrees.

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PeerJ Contributions

  • Articles 2
  • Reviewed 2
July 17, 2024
Genome-wide identification of gene families related to miRNA biogenesis in Mangifera indica L. and their possible role during heat stress
Andrés G. López-Virgen, Mitzuko Dautt-Castro, Lourdes K. Ulloa-Llanes, Sergio Casas-Flores, Carmen A. Contreras-Vergara, Miguel A. Hernández-Oñate, Rogerio R. Sotelo-Mundo, Rosabel Vélez-de la Rocha, Maria A. Islas-Osuna
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17737 PubMed 39035161
April 20, 2020
Immune response of human cultured cells towards macrocyclic Fe2PO and Fe2PC bioactive cyclophane complexes
Alex J. Salazar-Medina, Enrique F. Velazquez-Contreras, Rocio Sugich-Miranda, Hisila Santacruz, Rosa E. Navarro, Fernando Rocha-Alonzo, Maria A. Islas-Osuna, Patricia L. Chen, Sarah G.B. Christian, Amelia A. Romoser, Scott V. Dindot, Christie M. Sayes, Rogerio R. Sotelo-Mundo, Michael F. Criscitiello
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8956 PubMed 32341898

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July 30, 2021
RNase H-dependent amplification improves the accuracy of rolling circle amplification combined with loop-mediated isothermal amplification (RCA-LAMP)
Takema Hasegawa, Diana Hapsari, Hitoshi Iwahashi
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11851 PubMed 34395086
October 11, 2019
Morphological and molecular barcode analysis of the medicinal tree Mimusops coriacea (A.DC.) Miq. collected in Ecuador
Katherine Bustamante, Efrén Santos-Ordóñez, Migdalia Miranda, Ricardo Pacheco, Yamilet Gutiérrez, Ramón Scull
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7789 PubMed 31616590