Dr. Pablo Vinuesa Fleischmann
Associate Professor
Genome Engineering Program
Center for Genomic Sciences
Mexico
Biography
2001 - present Assistant Professor at the Genomic Ecology Program of the CCGUNAM. Faculty member. 1999 - 2001 Post doctoral works at the Department of Cellular Biology and Applied Botany, Faculty of de Biology, Philipps University of Marburg-Lahn, Germany (1998-2000). Institute of Molecular Plant Sciences, Leiden University, The Netherlands (2000-2001). Max-Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Marburg-Lahn, Germany (2001). 1994 - 1998 PhD doctoral program at the Department of Cellular Biology and Applied Botany, Faculty of de Biology, Philipps University of Marburg-Lahn. Dissertation title: “Genetic and phenotypic analysis of Rhizobium etli and R. tropici mutants defective in lipopolysaccharide synthesis and acid tolerance, and applications of genomic typing methods” (summa cum laude). 1986 - 1993 Biology studies (undergraduate) at the Universidad de La Laguna, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain.
Research Interest
Molecular systematics, microevolution and phylogeography of plant-associated Proteobacteria. ; Molecular genetic analysis of Rhizobium tropici CIAT899 genes involved in symbiosis and in adaptation to the environment. ;
Publications
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Vinuesa P, Silva C, Werner D, MartÃnez-Romero E (2005) Population genetics and phylogenetic inference in bacterial molecular systematics: the roles of migration and recombination in Bradyrhizobium species cohesion and delineation. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 34(1):29-54.
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Ormeño-Orrillo, E, Vinuesa P, Zúñiga-Dávila, D., MartÃnez-Romero E (2005) Molecular diversity of native bradyrhizobia isolated from Lima bean (Phaseolus lunatus L.) in Peru. Sys. Appl. Microbiol In press
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Silva, C, Vinuesa P, Eguiarte LE, Souza V, and Esperanza MartÃnez-Romero E (2005) Evolutionary genetics and biogeographic structure of Rhizobium gallicum sensu lato, a widely distributed bacterial symbiont of diverse legumes. Mol. Ecol. 14:4033-4050.
