POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWS
Alejandro Miguel Cisneros Martínez
POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHER 2024-PRESENT
I am a biologist interested in virology, microbial ecology and molecular evolution. My current project focuses on the taxonomic and functional characterization of viruses associated to the skin microbiota of several amphibia including axolotls of the genus Ambystoma.
PHD STUDENTS
M.Sc. Luis Enrique Soto Cortés
PHD STUDENT 2021-PRESENT
I am interested in understanding the influence of host-associated factors, such as host genetic variation, on the diversity and structure of microbial communities that inhabit the skin of mole salamanders.
Francisco Maximiliano Gonzalez Serrano
PHD STUDENT 2021-PRESENT
I’m looking for metabolic pathways related to antimicrobial activity, particularly antifungal, on Neotropical frog’s skin bacterial isolates and Ambystoma microbiomes
Diana F. Jacinto Castillo
PHD STUDENT 2023-PRESENT
My Ph.D. research aims to understand the role of the peptides as an innate immune response of the skin of the Ambystoma mexicanum, or Mexican axolotl, through experimentally identifying these peptides that have antimicrobial activity against the amphibian pathogenic fungus Bd, and bacteria.
UNDERGRADUATES
Carolina Isabel Huicochea Fernández
UNDERGRADUATE 2023-PRESENT
My project aims to characterize the bacterial microbiota of the marine surface along the Strait of Magellan and investigate differences in community composition based on geographic location and the season during which the samples were collected. It is a collaborative project with CEQUA.
Juan Orihuela Buenosaires
UNDERGRADUATE 2023-PRESENT
My research project consists of analyzing the prevalence and intensity of Bd (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis) infection and the genetic diversity of the MHC IIB gene in four populations of Ambystoma mexicanum. To evaluate the correlation between the immunogenetic diversity of the host with the intensity of infection by Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis.
Paulina Cruz Bernal
UNDERGRADUATE 2022-PRESENT
I’My project aims to evaluate the antifungal capacity of culturable bacteria from the skin of Ambystoma altamirani. I want to correlate the capacity of these bacteria to inhibit the growth of the pathogenic fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis with Bd infection status across a seasonal gradient.s
Marleny León Perete
UNDERGRADUATE August 2023-PRESENT
My Ph.D. research aims to understand the role of the peptides as an innate immune response of the skin of the Ambystoma mexicanum, or Mexican axolotl, through experimentally identifying these peptides that have antimicrobial activity against the amphibian pathogenic fungus Bd, and bacteria.
Francisco Elohim Cárdenas
UNDERGRADUATE 2022-PRESENT
My project focuses in the isolation and classification of culturable bacteria present in the skin of the caecilian Dermophis mexicanus in three different microhabitats, and to compare the culturable bacterial diversity with databases of the amphibian orders Anura and Caudata.
RESEARCH STAY
Laura Márquez Cianci
ESTUDIANTE DE LICENCIATURA AGOSTO 2024 A LA FECHA
I am currently working on characterizing the micro-eukaryotic community of the skin microbiome of four Mexican axolotl species. I am interested in the ecological functions of microeukaryotes and how they affect host health.