Immune Plasticity and Molecular Ecoepidemiology Lab
Postdoctoral Research Fellow - Institute of Zoology (UK) 2004 - 2010
PhD - University of Cambridge (UK) 2005
MSc - CICESE (Mexico) 2001
BVMS - UNAM (Mexico) 1999
Karina Acevedo-Whitehouse
Head of group
Tel. +52 558 421 8025
Lab technician
Nami Morales Durán
BSc Microbiology (Univ. Aut. Querétaro, 2016)
MSc (Univ. Aut. Querétaro, 2018)
Associate researcher
Fabiola Guerrero de la Rosa
PhD (CICIMAR, IPN, 2015)
MSc (CICIMAR, IPN, 2010)
BSc Marine Biology (UABCS, 2007)
PhD students
Carlos Domínguez Sánchez
Respiratory microbiome of the blue whale in the Gulf of California
Co-supervisor: Diane Gendron
Cayetano Espinosa Miranda
Effect of anthropogenic activities on the skin microbiome and immunome of small cetaceans in Chile
Karen Ahlem Esper Reyes
Fisiología de la conservación del mono aullador de manto
Codirector: Nicolás Lara Ramos
MSc students
Aranzazu Arias Rojas
Genetic and molecular characterization of lymphocyte receptors in pinnipeds
Juan Carlos Pereida Aguilar
The genital microbiome and epithelial transformation of the California sea lion
Undergraduates
Pamela Martínez Lugo
Hematology of Northern elephant seal pups during climatic anomalies
Karla Aideé Zamora y Cuevas
Establishment of enteric immune tolerance in Northern elephant seal pups
Juan José Hernández Martínez
Diversity of enteric bacteria and antibiotic resistance of select marine mammals
Valeria Aline Ramírez
Cytology and microbiology of the reproductive tract of Northern elephant seal pups
Estefania Valdez
Ecology of leptospirosis, brucellosis and dirofilariasis in the California sea lion
Research assistants
Mayra M. Becerra Reyes
Detection and molecular characterization of Dirofilaria in blood-sucking arthropods of pinnipeds
Emilio E. Ángeles Chávez
The ocular microbiome of Northern elephant seals and its association with inflammatory states
Collaborators
Mexico: Diane Gendron (CICIMAR-IPN), Fernando Elorriaga (CICIMAR-IPN), Fausto Arellano-Carbajal (UAQ), Rolándo Bárcenas-Luna (UAQ), Roberto Álvarez-Martínez (UAQ), Etzel Garrido Espinosa (UAQ), Jorge Contreras Garduño (UNAM, ENES Morelia) Carlos Godínez Reyes (CONANP).
International: Frances Gulland (The Marine Mammal Center, USA), Sylvain DeGuise (University of Connecticut, USA), Liz Bowen (USGS, USA), Laura Martinez-Levasseur (Trent University, Canada), Tracey Rogers (University of New South Wales, Australia), Paul Jepson (Institute of Zoology, UK), Bill Amos (University of Cambridge, UK), John Hammond (BBSRC Institute for Animal Health, UK), Ailsa Hall (SMRU-St. Andrews, UK), Volker Artl (Institute of Cancer Research, UK), Mark Birch-Machin (Newcastle University, UK), Edel O'Toole (Blizzard Institute of Cell and Molecular Science-QMUL, UK), Renaud de Stephanis (CIRCE, España), Martin Stofel & Joe Hoffman (University of Bielefeld, Germany).