Dra. Irma Martínez Flores
Senior Technician and Lab Manager,2026 – Present
My academic and professional career has developed at the intersection of molecular microbiology, gene expression, quality systems, and computational genomics. These skills enable me to contribute to projects studying microbiomes (microbial communities associated with organisms), and to participate in the development of interdisciplinary projects, as well as to assist in training professionals in genomic microbiology.
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.
MASTER STUDENTS
Carolina I. Huicochea Fernández
MASTER IN SCIENCE STUDENT, 2026-PRESENT
My project aims to describe the bacterial marine microbiota of the Magellan’s Strait and the bacterial communities associated with the exoskeleton of Southern King Crab (Lithodes santolla), analyze their spatiotemporal variation and find out the environmental factors that modulate the community. This is a collaborative project with CEQUA.
UNDERGRADUATES
Francisco Elohim Cárdenas
POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHER 2024-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.