PART I
Family Name, first name: Reyes Fernández Esmeralda Za-nicthé.
Birth (date, place): October 5th, 1984. Culiacán, Sinaloa, México.
Citizenship: Mexican
Full Address: 1986, Lichis st. Campiña, Z.C 80060. Culiacán, Sinaloa, México.
Email: ezreyes@ibt.unam.mx, reyesita_00@hotmail.com
ACADEMIC TRAINING
+High School education
Last School diploma: Senior High School (1999-2002).
+University education
1.Bachelor degree Biochemical Engineering (Food Specialization). Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa (UAS), México. Faculty of Chemistry and Biological Sciences. 2002-2007.
B. Sc Thesis.-
“Determination of the Physical and Physicochemical Characteristics of Fermented Common Beans (Tempeh)”.
Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa (UAS), México. January 2007 – January 2008.
Lab address: Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa, Facultad de Ciencias Químico-Biológicas, Laboratorio de Fisicoquímica y Química de Alimentos (Lab.18). Av. de las Américas y Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez (Cd. Universitaria).Culiacán, Sinaloa, México. Apdo. postal 80030.
Academic Advisor: Dr. Jorge Milán Carrillo and Dr. Cuauhtémoc Reyes Moreno (jmilanc@uas.uasnet.mx,
creyes@uas.uasnet.mx).
2. Master degree in Biochemistry. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM),
México. February 2008 – June 2010.
Master Thesis.-
“Identification of the Regions of Cry4Ba Toxin from Bacillus thuringiensis that are Involved in Binding with its Receptors: Cyt1Aa and Alkaline Phosphatase in Aedes aegypti Larvae”.
Lab address: Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Departamento de Microbiología molecular, Apdo. postal 510-3, Cuernavaca 62250, Morelos, México. Lab. 18. Academic Advisor: Dr. Mario Soberón Chávez (mario@ibt.unam.mx).
+Internships
*Participation in the First International Scientific Summer Research. Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences. “Plant Molecular Biology”. University of llinois. Urbana IL. July-September (2007).
Academic Advisor: Dr. Schuyler Korban (korban@illinois.edu).
*Participation in the XI National Summer of Scientific Research. (AMC) Department of Celular Engineering and Biocatalysis. Laboratory of Enzymatic Engineering. “Recovery of the Activity of B-Lactamase with Ser70Gly Mutation by Mutagenesis Site-Directed”. Institute of Biotechnology, UNAM, Cuernavaca, Morelos, México. July-August (2006).
Academic Advisor: Dr. Joel Osuna Quintero (joel@ibt.unam.mx).
*Participation in the X Pacific´s Summer of Scientific Research. (DELFIN) Department of Pharmacobiology. Laboratory of Sanitary Microbiology. “Determination of the Microbiological Quality of the Cheese Varieties: Panela and Brick Mold, in the Metropolitan Zone of Guadalajara”. University Center of Exact Sciences and Engineering, University of Guadalajara (UdeG), Guadalajara, Jalisco, México. July-August (2005).
+Other diplomas or qualifications
“Diploma in Food Biotechnology”. Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa (UAS). Culiacán, Sinaloa, México. April-May (2006).
“Diploma in Technical English Approached to Biotechnology”. Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa (UAS). Culiacán, Sinaloa, México. February-April (2006).
+Technical skills
*Proteins (Preparation of SDS-PAGE gels; Quantification of proteins (Bradford and Lowry method); Isolation, expression and purification of proteins; ELISA; Ligand Blot; Western-Blot; Competition binding assays; Biotinylation of toxins; Preparation of mosquito brush border membrane vesicles(BBMV); Mosquito bioassays).
*DNA (Preparation of Agarose gels; Quantification of DNA; Purification of DNA; Colony PCR; Site-Directed Mutagenesis; Ligations; Digestions).
*Preparation of culture media and solutions.
+Prizes
*Master´s degree with honors, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), June (2010).
*Bachelor´s degree with honors, Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa (UAS), January (2008).
*Best student of the generation 2002-2007 in biochemical engineering. Faculty of Chemistry and Biological Sciences. Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa (UAS), July (2007).
*Participation in the XI Chemistry National Olympic, representing Sinaloa state. Xalapa, Veracruz, March (2002).
*Best student of the generation 1999-2002 in Senior High School. Colegio Sinaloa, A.C. June (2002).
+Languages
*English, French and Spanish.
+Publications or presentation at conferences.
Publications
*First author
Pablo E. Cantón, Esmeralda Z. Reyes, Iñigo Ruíz, Alejandra Bravo and Mario Soberón. (2010). “Binding of Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. Israelensis Cry4Ba to Cyt1Aa has an important role in synergism”. Peptides.
*Second author
Maricela Reyes-Bastidas, Esmeralda Z. Reyes-Fernández, Jaime López Cervantes, Jorge Milán-Carrillo, Guadalupe F. Loarca Piña, Cuauhtémoc Reyes-Moreno. “Physicochemical, Nutritional and Antioxidant Properties of Tempeh Flour from Common Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L) (2009). Submitted
Conferences
*Participation as a speaker in the “Second academic conferences of students with experience in the scientific research summer”, Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa. Mazatlán, Sinaloa. October (2006).
*Participation as a speaker in the “First academic conferences of students with experience in the research summer”, Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa. Mazatlán, Sinaloa. October (2005).
