Tanaka Lab – Personnel

 

Guadalupe Arlene Mora-Romero

Visiting Scientist

Contact Information

WSU Plant Pathology
PO BOX 646430
Pullman, WA, 99163-6430
Office – Johnson Hall 372
Lab – Johnson Hall 358
Phone: (509) 335-5813 | Fax: (509) 335-9581
arlene.moraromero [at] wsu.edu

Education

• 2018 Ph.D. (Plant Biotechnology), Instituto Politécnico Nacional (IPN), Mexico City, Mexico
• 2016 M.S. (Natural Resources), Instituto Politécnico Nacional (IPN), Mexico City, Mexico
• 2015 B.S. (Ecology), Universidad Autónoma de Occidente, Los Mochis, Sinaloa, Mexico

Professional Experience

• Visiting Scientist (CONACyT scholarship) at Department of Plant Pathology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA (2018 – Present)
• Director of Health and Environment Research Institute, Universidad Autónoma de Occidente (UAdeO), Los Mochis, Sinaloa, Mexico (2017 – Present)
• Professor, Universidad Autónoma de Occidente (UAdeO), Los Mochis, Sinaloa, Mexico (2013 – Present)
• Graduate Research Assistant, Environmental Sustainability with CONACyT program, Mexico City, Mexico (2016)
• Graduate Research Assistant, Plant Pathology and Natural Resources with CONACyT program, Mexico City, Mexico (2015)

Academic Honors, Awards, and Achievements

• 2016–19 PRODEP (Program for Lecturer Formation and Development)
• 2016–21 Sistema Nacional de Investigadores – SNI (National System of Researchers)

Teaching Experience

• Advanced Molecular Biology (Master’s program)
• Molecular Biology, Genetic Engineering, Bioinformatics, Plant Biotechnology, Mycology, and Plant Pathology (Bachelor program)

Current Research Focus

• Approach of molecular detections of plant pathogens in agricultural soils in northern Sinaloa, Mexico

Profile links

ResearchGate | LinkedIn

Publications

1. Valdez Morales M, López-Meyer M, Leyva Mapo H, Espinosa Alonso LG, Garay Román AA, Romero Urías C, Martínez Valenzuela C and Mora Romero GA (2018) Phenolic content and antioxidant properties of seeds of arbuscular mycorrhiza colonized common bean variety Azufrasin from Northern Mexico (Chapter 12). In: Phaseolus vulgaris: Cultivars, Production and Uses ( eds. Campos-Vega R, Bassinello PZ, and Oomah BD). Nova Sciences Publishers. ISBN: 978-1-53613-546-6
2. Santos-Cervantes ME, Felix-Gastelum R, Herrera-Rodríguez G, Espinoza-Mancillas MG, Mora-Romero GA, Leyva-López NE (2016) Characterization, Pathogenicity and Chemical Control of Streptomyces acidiscabies Associated to Potato Common Scab. Am J Potato Res 94: 14-25 doi:10.1007/s12230-016-9541-5
3. Mora-Romero GA, López-Meyer M, Ramírez-Douriet CM, Martínez-Valenzuela MC, Romero-Urías CA, Herrera-Rodríguez G, y Félix-Gastélum R. (2016) Evaluation of the susceptibility to Sclerotinia sclerotiorum in four micorryzed bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) genotypes. Interciencia 41: 127-132 [in Spanish] ISSN 0378-1844
4. Mora-Romero GA, Cervantes-Gámez RG, Galindo-Flores H, González-Ortíz MA, Félix-Gastélum R, Maldonado-Mendoza IE, Salinas Pérez R, León-Félix J, Martínez-Valenzuela MC, López-Meyer M (2015) Mycorrhiza-induced protection against pathogens is both genotype specific and graft-transmissible. Symbiosis 66: 55-64 doi:10.1007/s13199-015-0334-2
5. Martínez-Valenzuela C, Rodríguez-Quintana AR, Meza E, Waliszewski SM, Amador-Muñóz O, Mora-Romero A, Calderón-Segura ME, Félix-Gastélum R, Rodríguez-Romero I, Caba M (2015) Cytogenetic biomonitoring of occupationally exposed workers to ashes from burning of sugar cane in Ahome, Sinaloa, México. Environ Toxicol Pharmacol 40: 397-401 doi:10.1016/j.etap.2015.07.010
6. Mora-Romero GA, González-Ortiz MA, Quiroz-Figueroa F, Calderón-Vázquez CL, Medina-Godoy S, Maldonado-Mendoza I, Analilia Arroyo-Becerra, Pérez-Torres A, Alatorre-Cobos F, Federico Sánchez y López-Meyer M. (2015) PvLOX2 silencing in common bean roots impairs arbuscular mycorrhiza-induced resistance without affecting symbiosis establishment. Funct Plant Biol 42: 18-30 doi:10.1071/FP14101