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Dr Carlos Tejeda Guzmán - postdoc (supported by Conahcyt)
Mechanisms and regulation of zinc storage in Drosophila
Biotechnology Engineer (2013) National Polytechnic Institute
Masters in Physiology (2015) Cinvestav
PhD in Physiology (2021) Cinvestav
Publication list for Carlos Tejeda Guzmán
Anna Karen Hernández Gallardo - Graduate student
Ferritin assembly & iron homeostasis in Drosophila
Biotechnology Engineer (2019) National Polytechnic Institute
Masters in Physiology (2020) Cinvestav
Jahir Marceliano Bahena Lopez - Graduate student
Interactions between different metal ion metabolisms in Drosophila
Biotechnology Engineer (2021) National Polytechnic Institute
Masters in Physiology (2023) Cinvestav
Cynthia Saraí Sánchez González - Graduate student
Effects of kynurenine on cellular metal ions and epithelial tight junction formation.
Industrial Pharmaceutical Chemist (2021)
National Polytechnic Institute
Masters in Physiology (2024) Cinvestav
Oscar Antonio Núñez Gaytan - Graduate student
Systemic zinc regulation in Drosophila
Psychologist (2020) National Autonomous University of Mexico
Masters in Physiology (2024) Cinvestav
Raúl Jorge Marrero - Graduate student
Systemic zinc regulation in the mouse
Biologist (2020) University of Havana
Masters in Physiology (2024) Cinvestav
Beatriz Osorio - Lab manager & Research Technician
Graduate of the National School of Biological Sciences of the Instituto Politécnico Nacional; provides research assistance to various projects.
Benjamín Muñoz Ramírez - Technician
Responsible for the maintenance of the fly stocks.
Luz María Buendía Rangel - Secretary
Provides secretarial assistance to the laboratory.
Dr Fanis Missirlis - Director of the laboratory, SNI level 2 , Cinvestav 3C
My scientific interests circulate around the biology of metals, described in these pages and explored through collaborations with students and colleagues around the world.
Graduate of Biology (1997) University of Patras.
Ph.D. (2002) from Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, University of Guelph, Canada with research component based at the Max-Planck für biophysikalische Chemie in Göttingen, Germany.
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy of the UK (2012).
Editor of PLoS One (2010-2022), Current Opinion in Insect Science
Board Member of International Society for Zinc Biology
Previous Posts:
Lecturer of Cell Biology, Queen Mary University of London (2007-2012)
Visiting Fellow, Instituto de Neurobiología, UNAM - Campus Juriquilla (2007)
Research Fellow, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland (2002-2007)
