Libro Oficial BAC 2015

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Dr. LUIS HERRERA ESTRELLA Dr. Herrera-Estrella has made important contributions to the field of plant molecular biology, especially in the study of gene regulation and in the development of gene transfer methods, which later became a very important tool to develop gene transfer systems for economically important crops. Current research is primarily focused to the development transgenic plants better adapted to marginal soils and Genomics Analysis of endemic plants from Mexico. In 2004, Luis Herrera-Estrella strongly promoted the creation of the National Laboratory of Genomics for Biodiversity (Langebio).


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