Lopez-Arredondo Lab

Research Subjects: Study of plant and microalgae responses to abiotic and biotic stresses. Elucidation and rewiring of regulatory networks controlling stress responses. Plant and microalgae molecular improvement. Discovery of microalgae metabolites with herbicidal and nematocidal effects. Domestication of microalgae to optimize production of biofuels and bioproducts.

 

Lab Manager

Gabriela Castillo Estrada
cas81977@ttu.edu

 

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Francisco Perez Zavala
An in-depth characterization of phosphite-metabolizing soybean (Glycine max) plants and their interaction with weeds using high-throughput RGB and hyperspectral imaging
francisco.perez@ttu.edu

 

Ph. D. Students

Claudio Barrera Duarte
Transcriptional regulatory networks controlling lipid accumulation in green microalgae Chlorella
claudio.barrera@ttu.edu

 

Alethia Alejandra Brito Bello
Screening microalgae extracts to identify molecules with potential pesticide effects
abritobe@ttu.edu

 

Valeria Flores Tinoco
Understanding transposon movement in response to chemical stress
vflorest@ttu.edu

 

Himanshu Yadav
Understanding of the intricate molecular mechanism of cotton resistance against RKN and FOV4
hiyadav@ttu.edu

 

Student Assistant

Himaja Bikku
hbikku@ttu.edu