Maldonado
GROUP LEADER NAME (as it appears in publications): Ernesto Maldonado
AFFILIATION: Departamento de Biología Celular y del Desarrollo, Instituto de Fisiología Celular, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, UNAM.
TEL:* 55-56225639
FAX:* 55-56225639
EMAIL:* emaldona@ifc.unam.mx
WEB: www.ifc.unam.mx
GROUP NAME / RESEARCH INTEREST IN FEW WORDS:
Development and Evolution of the neural system, epidermis and the notochord
SHORT SUMMARY OF RESEARCH INTEREST (MAX. 200 WORDS):
Note: please attach at the end of the form a longer description, with a maximum of 2000 words.
LIST OF UP TO FIVE RELEVANT PUBLICATIONS:
1- Golling, G., Amsterdam, A., Sun Z., Antonelli, M., Maldonado, E., Chen, W., Burgess, S., Haldi, M., Artzt, K., Farrington, S., Lin, S-Y., Nissen, R. and Hopkins, N. (2002) Insertional Mutagenesis in Zebrafish Identifies Novel Genes Essential for Early Vertebrate Development. Nature Genetics. 31, 135-140
2- Maldonado, E., Hernandez, F., Lozano, C., Castro M. and Navarro, R.E. (2006) The zebrafish Mutant vps18 as a Model for Vesicle-Traffic Related Hypopigmentation Diseases. Pigment Cell Research. 19, 315-326
Número de citas = 10. - Indice de Impacto 2009 = 4.34
3- Villava, C.E., Arellano-Torres, A., Navarro R.E. and Maldonado, E. (2007) Freeze-crack Technique to Study Epidermal Development in Zebrafish Using Differential Interference Contrast (DIC) Microscopy and Fluorescent Markers. BioTechniques. 43, 313-319
4- Navarro, R.E., Ramos-Balderas. J.L., Guerrero, I., Pelcastre, V. and Maldonado, E. (2008) Pigment Dilution Mutants from Fish Models with Connection to Lysosome-Related Organelles and Vesicular Traffic Genes. Zebrafish. 5, 309-318
5- Bezares-Calderón, L., Becerra, A., Salinas, L.S., Maldonado, E. and Navarro, R.E. (2010). Bioinformatic analysis of P granule-related proteins: insights into germ granule evolution in nematodes. Dev. Genes and Evol. 220, 41-52
GROUP MEMBERS (NAME, POSITION, EMAIL):*
1- Samantha Carrillo Graduate Student (Master) scarrillo@ifc.unam
2- Aída Guzmán Graduate Student (Ph.D) aguzman@unam.mx
3- Abigail Díaz Graduate Student (Ph.D) abigail_Diaz@yahoo.com
4- Cecilia Zampedri Graduate Student (Ph.D) cecilia_zampedri@yahoo.com.ar
5- Carlos Buen Abad Graduate Student (Ph.D) fernandobuenabad@ciencias.unam.mx
FISH FACILITIES (TYPE OF FISH SYSTEM/TANKS, CAPACITY, ETC.)*
Two stand alone systems from Aquatic Habitats. Each with capacity for 800 adult fish.
FISH LINES KEPT IN STOCK:*
Tab-14
WIK
Islet-1-GFP
Kca6 (histone-GFP)
Hi1463
Hi2499A
OTHER EQUIPMENT RELATED TO ZEBRAFISH RESEARCH*
Microinjection, hibridization, fluorescence and DIC microscopy, incubators, water purification.
LAB EXPERTISE AND TECHNICAL CAPABILITIES (RELATED TO ZEBRAFISH RESEARCH)*
Morpholino, RNA and DNA microinjection, histology, RT-PCR, quantitative PCR, immunostaining, in situ hibridization.
OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION:*
We may have funding for student or researchers academic visits for short periods of time (weeks – 3 momths)