Manuel Lopez Vernaza
Lecturer
Department of Biology
National University of Maynooth
Ireland
Biography
2017: Lecturer Maynooth University, 2013-2016: Senior Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Crop Biotechnology, Crop Science Department, Teagasc (Ireland), 2010-2013: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, School of Biological Sciences, Institute of Cell Biology, University of Edinburgh (UK), 2009-2010: Postdoctoral Research Assistant, Plant Science Group, University of Glasgow (UK), 2009: PhD Plant Epigenetics and Development”, University of Edinburgh, supervised by Dr Justin Goodrich, 2000: MSc “Plant Molecular Genetics & Biotechnology”, University of Paris Diderot. Paris, France.
Research Interest
The research focus of my lab is crop biotechnology and the improvement of plant transformation techniques. We use genetic and molecular biology techniques in both plant and microorganisms to understand the processes involved in the acquisition of new traits through genetic transformation. We are specially interested in: Increasing gene delivery titer and efficiency Development of transgene landing site Somatic embryo development in plant regeneration
Publications
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Lopez-Vernaza MA;Leach DR; (2013) 'Symmetries and asymmetries associated with non-random segregation of sister DNA strands in Escherichia coli'. Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology, 24 (8-9)
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Darmon E;Eykelenboom JK;Lopez-Vernaza MA;White MA;Leach DR; (2014) 'Repair on the go: E. coli maintains a high proliferation rate while repairing a chronic DNA double-strand break'. PLoS ONE, 9 (10)
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Rathore DS;Lopez-Vernaza MA;Doohan F;Connell DO;Lloyd A;Mullins E; (2015) 'Profiling antibiotic resistance and electrotransformation potential of Ensifer adhaerens OV14; a non-Agrobacterium species capable of efficient rates of plant transformation'. Fems Microbiology Letters, 362 (17)
