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Art by M.Sc. Liz Avila

Here you will find a list of the research projects that I am participating or have participated in:

 

2020-2024.     NIH—1R01AI148667 - 01A1, USA. Capturing the genomic variation present in Cryptosporidium and                                                           cryptosporidiosis.

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2016- 2020.    CONACYT 253381, Mexico. Coastal use as nursery areas of bull shark (Carcharhinus leucas) and bonnethead shark                               (Sphyrna tiburo), in the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean. A molecular perspective.

 

2018- 2020     CDC BAA FY2018-OADS-01, USA. Improvements in sampling and molecular methods for microbiome                                                       characterization in healthcare settings.

 

2016-2018      UNAM Project PAPIIT IN212816, Mexico. Population genomics of the Eastern Pacific mackerels (Scomberomorus                                   sierra and Scomberomorus concolor).

 

2015-2017      Slim Foundation & World Wildlife Fund (WWF). Nursery and aggregation areas of sharks in the eastern Pacific:                                       hammerhead, white and mako sharks. 

 

2014-2018      CONACYT 2249-27, Mexico. Population genomics and demography of dolphinfish (Coryphaena hippurus) and                                       yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares).

 

2015-2017      UNAM Project PAPIIT IG201215, Mexico. Definition of nursery areas in the hammerhead shark Sphyrna lewini                                         through the use of genomic methods, trace elements and age structure analyses. 

 

2013-2015      UNAM Project PAPIIT IN207413, Mexico. Population divergence and historic demography of two red snapper species                           (Lutjanus peru y L. guttatus) from the Mexican Pacific Coast.

 

2012-2014      UNAM Project PAPIIT IN208112, Mexico. Phylopatry in the bull shark (Carcharhinus leucas) and bonnethead shark                                 (Sphyrna tiburo).

 

2010-2011      UNAM Project PAPIIT IN221910, México. Global population structure and phylogeography of dolphinfish Coryphaena                           hippurus using nuclear and mitochondrial markers.

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Here you will find a list of the research projects that I have contributed to:

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2012-2018      National Science Foundation. Dimensions: Testing the potential of pathogenic fungi to control the diversity,                                           distribution, and abundance of tree species in a neotropical forest community. S. Hubbell, B. Faircloth, G. Gilbert, M.                             Saunders, and T. Glenn.

 

2008                UNAM Project PAPIIT IN208408, Mexico. Comparative Phylogeography of dolphinfish (Coryphanea hippurus) and                                 yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares) from the Pacific Ocean.

 

2006-2008      FONADE- Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Genetic characterization of microsatellite loci in Plagioscion                                               magdalenae (Pisces: Sciaenidae).

 

2006-2008      FONADE- Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Genetic population structure of catfish Sorubim cuspicaudus (Pisces:                               Pimelodidae) in the San Jorge Basin, using microsatellites. Implications for species conservation.

 

2006-2008      FONADE- Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Population genetics of the endangered fish Prochilodus magdalenae                               (Pisces: Characidae) in the San Jorge, Cauca and Magdalena basins in Colombia, using microsatellital DNA.

 

2006-2008      FONADE- Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Genetic characterization of population of species Hoplias malabaricus                             (Pisces: Erithrynidae) from the San Jorge River.

 

2006-2008      FONADE- Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Genetic population structure of the catfish Ageneiosus caucanus.

 

2006                Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Genetic characterization of ex-situ populations of the caiman Crocodylus acutus.

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