. Instituto de Biotecnologia UNAM

IBT-UNAM : Dra. Katy Juarez Lopez

Dra. Katy Juarez Lopez

Investigador Departamental »» Grupo
Tutor de Maestría y Doctorado
Nivel II del SNI
Ingeniería Celular y Biocatálisis

Líneas de investigación
Consorcio de Investigación
del Golfo de México

email: katy @ibt.unam.mx
Teléfonos
Oficina +52 (777) 329-1641
desde la CDMX 562-27641
red UNAM 27641

- Licenciatura: Biología, Fac. de Ciencias-UNAM (1990)
- Maestría: en Biotecnología, IBt-UNAM (1995)
- Doctorado: en Biotecnología, IBt-UNAM (2000)
- Mencion honorífica en estudios de Maestría (1995)
- Estancia Posdoctoral Universidad de Massachusetts 2003-2005.
- Environmental Biotechnology Center. Geobacter Project.
- Linea de investigacion: Estudio de la regulacion de genes relevantes
- involucrados en la transferencia de electrones en Geobacter sulfurreducens para
- la produccion de bioelectricidad y biorremediacion de metales pesados.
- http://www.geobacter.org/contact.xml

Estudiantes

Lic. Juan Bernardo Jaramillo

Tec. Adrian Martinez

Lic. Dulce Berenice Castrejon

Fanny Arminda Flores

M.C. Alan Jacob Cornejo

Ing. Cesar Raul Landa

Publicaciones recientes

Salgado-Davalos,V. Osorio-Aviles,S. Kamaraj,S.K. Vega-Alvarado,L. Juarez,K. Silva-Martinez,S. Alvarez-Gallegos,A. 2021. Sediment Microbial Fuel Cell Power Boosted by Natural Chitin Degradation and Oxygen Reduction Electrocatalysts Clean Soil Air Water, 49, 2000465.

Raggi,L. Garcia-Guevara,F. Godoy-Lozano,E.E. Martinez-Santana,A. Escobar-Zepeda,A. Gutierrez-Rios,R.M. Loza,A. Merino,E. Sanchez-Flores,A. Licea-Navarro,A. Pardo-Lopez,L. Segovia,L. Juarez,K. 2020. Metagenomic Profiling and Microbial Metabolic Potential of Perdido Fold Belt (NW) and Campeche Knolls (SE) in the Gulf of Mexico Frontiers in Microbiology, 11, .

Fuentes-Albarran,C. Juarez,K. Gamboa,S. Tirado,A. Alvarez-Gallegos,A. 2020. Improving the power density of a Geobacterconsortium-based microbial fuel cell by incorporating a highly dispersed birnessite/C cathode Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology, 95, 3169-3178.

Breton-Deval,L. Sanchez-Reyes,A. Sanchez-Flores,A. Juarez,K. Salinas-Peralta,I. Mussali-Galante,P. 2020. Functional Analysis of a Polluted River Microbiome Reveals a Metabolic Potential for Bioremediation Microorganisms, 8, 554.

Hernandez-Eligio,A. Pat-Espadas,A.M. Vega-Alvarado,L. Huerta-Amparan,M. Cervantes,F.J. Juarez,K. 2020. Global transcriptional analysis of Geobacter sulfurreducens under palladium reducing conditions reveals new key cytochromes involved Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 104, 4059-4069.

Palacios-Contreras,M.L. Sierra-Espinosa,F.Z. Juarez,K. Silva-Martinez,S. Alvarez-Gallegos,A. Alvarez-Benitez,M.L. 2020. E. coli Inactivation Kinetics Modeling in a Taylor-Couette UV Disinfection Reactor International Journal of Photoenergy, 2020, 5678197.

Ramirez,D. Vega-Alvarado,L. Taboada,B. Estradas-Romero,A. Soto,L. Juarez,K. 2020. Bacterial diversity in surface sediments from the continental shelf and slope of the North West gulf of Mexico and the presence of hydrocarbon degrading bacteria Marine Pollution Bulletin, 150, 110590.

Breton-Deval,L. Sanchez-Flores,A. Juarez,K. Vera-Estrella,R. 2019. Integrative study of microbial community dynamics and water quality along The Apatlaco River Environmental Pollution, 255, 113158.

Huerta-Miranda,G.A. Arroyo-Escoto,A.I. Burgos,X. Juarez,K. Miranda-Hernandez,M. 2019. Influence of the major pilA transcriptional regulator in electrochemical responses of Geobacter sulfureducens PilR-deficient mutant biofilm formed on FTO electrodes Bioelectrochemistry, 127, 145-153.

Godoy-Lozano,E.E. Escobar-Zepeda,A. Raggi,L. Merino,E. Gutierrez-Rios,R.M. Juarez,K. Segovia,L. Licea-Navarro,A.F. Gracia,A. Sanchez-Flores,A. Pardo-Lopez,L. 2018. Bacterial diversity and the geochemical landscape in the southwestern Gulf of Mexico Frontiers in Microbiology, 9, 2528.

Escobar-Zepeda,A. Godoy-Lozano,E.E. Raggi,L. Segovia,L. Merino,E. Gutierrez-Rios,R.M. Juarez,K. Licea-Navarro,A.F. Pardo-Lopez,L. Sanchez-Flores,A. 2018. Analysis of sequencing strategies and tools for taxonomic annotation: Defining standards for progressive metagenomics Scientific Reports, 8, 12034 [correction 10(1) 4259].

Valenzuela,E.I. Prieto-Davo,A. Lopez-Lozano,N.E. Hernandez-Eligio,A. Vega-Alvarado,L. Juarez,K. Garcia-Gonzalez,A.S. Lopez,M.G. Cervantes,F.J. 2017. Anaerobic methane oxidation driven by microbial reduction of natural organic matter in a tropical wetland Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 83, e00645-17.

Lara,P. Morett,E. Juarez,K. 2017. Acetate biostimulation as an effective treatment for cleaning up alkaline soil highly contaminated with Cr(VI) Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 24, 25513-25521.

Hernandez-Eligio,A. Andrade,A. Soto,L. Morett,E. Juarez,K. 2017. The unphosphorylated form of the PilR two-component system regulates pilA gene expression in Geobacter sulfurreducens Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 24, 25693-25701.

Gonzalez,G. Labastida,A. Jimenez-Jacinto,V. Vega-Alvarado,L. Olvera,M. Morett,E. Juarez,K. 2016. Global transcriptional start site mapping in Geobacter sulfurreducens during growth with two different electron acceptors Fems Microbiology Letters, 363, Article number fnw175.

Davila-Ramos,S. Estradas-Romero,A. Prol-Ledesma,R.M. Juarez-Lopez,K. 2015. Bacterial populations (first record) at two shallow hydrothermal vents of the Mexican Pacific west coast null, 32, 657-665.

Gonzalez-Valdez,A. Servin-Gonzalez,L. Juarez,K. Hernandez,E.A. Soberon-Chavez,G. 2014. The effect of specific rhlAlas-box mutations on DNA binding and gene activation by Pseudomonas aeruginosa quorum-sensing transcriptional regulators RhlR and LasR Fems Microbiology Letters, 356, 217-225.

Qiu,Y. Nagarajan,H. Embree,M. Shieu,W. Abate,E. Juarez,K. Cho,B.K. Elkins,J.G. Nevin,K.P. Barrett,C.L. Lovley,D.R. Palsson,B.O. Zengler,K. 2013. Characterizing the interplay between multiple levels of organization within bacterial sigma factor regulatory networks Nature Communications, 4, 1755.

Ortega-Martinez,A.C. Juarez-Lopez,K. Solorza-Feria,O. Ponce-Noyola,M.T. Galindez-Mayer,J. Rinderknecht-Seijas,N. Poggi-Varaldo,H.M. 2013. Analysis of microbial diversity of inocula used in a five-face parallelepiped and standard microbial fuel cells International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 38, 12589-12599.

Ortega-Martinez,A. Juarez-Lopez,K. Solorza-Feria,O. Ponce-Noyola,M.T. Rios-Leal,E. Rinderknecht-Seijas,N.F. Poggi-Varaldo,H.M. 2012. Parallel connection and sandwich electrodes lower the internal resistance in a microbial fuel cell Journal of New Materials for Electrochemical Systems, 15, 187-194.

Fuentes-Albarran,C. Del Razo,A. Juarez,K. Alvarez-Gallegos,A. 2012. Influence of NaCl, Na 2SO 4 and O 2 on power generation from microbial fuel cells with non-catalyzed carbon electrodes and natural inocula Solar Energy, 86, 1099-1107.

Krushkal,J. Juarez,K. Barbe,J.F. Qu,Y. Andrade,A. Puljic,M. Adkins,R.M. Lovley,D.R. Ueki,T. 2010. Genome-Wide Survey for PilR Recognition Sites of the Metal-Reducing Prokaryote Geobacter sulfurreducens Gene, 469, 31-44.

Mendoza-Vargas,A. Olvera,L. Olvera,M. Grande,R. Vega-Alvarado,L. Taboada,B. Jimenez-Jacinto,V. Salgado,H. Juarez,K. Contreras-Moreira,B. Huerta,A.M. Collado-Vides,J. Morett,E. 2009. Genome-Wide Identification of Transcription Start Sites, Promoters and Transcription Factor Binding Sites in E. coli PLoS ONE, 4, e7526.

Leang,C. Krushkal,J. Ueki,T. Puljic,M. Sun,J. Juarez,K. Nunez,C. Reguera,G. Didonato,R. Postier,B. Adkins,R.M. Lovley,D.R. 2009. Genome-wide analysis of the RpoN regulon in Geobacter sulfurreducens BMC Genomics, 10, 331.

Juarez,K. Kim,B.C. Nevin,K. Olvera,L. Reguera,G. Lovley,D.R. Methe,B.A. 2009. PilR, a Transcriptional Regulator for Pilin and Other Genes Required for Fe(III) Reduction in Geobacter sulfurreducens Journal of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology, 16, 146-158.

Segura,D. Mahadevan,R. Juarez,K. Lovley,D.R. 2008. Computational and experimental analysis of redundancy in the central metabolism of Geobacter sulfurreducens PLoS Computational Biology, 4, e36 (erratum en 4(3). doi: 10.1371/annotation/67743d4d-2993-4d0c-951b-3f11ce65a8b4.).

Noguez,R. Segura,D. Moreno,S. Hernandez,A. Juarez,K. Espin,G. 2008. Enzyme I, NPr and IIA(Ntr) Are Involved in Regulation of the Poly-beta-Hydroxybutyrate Biosynthetic Genes in Azotobacter vinelandii Journal of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology, 15, 244-254.

Baez-Viveros,J.L. Flores,N. Suarez,K. Castillo-Espana,P. Bolivar,F. Gosset,G. 2007. Metabolic transcription analysis of engineered Escherichia coli strains that overproduce L-phenylalanine Microbial Cell Factories, 6, 30.

Medina,G. Juarez,K. Diaz,R. Soberon-Chavez,G. 2003. Transcriptional regulation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa rhlR, encoding a quorum-sensing regulatory protein Microbiology, 149, 3073-3081.

Medina,G. Juarez,K. Valderrama,B. Soberon-Chavez,G. 2003. Mechanism of Pseudomonas aeruginosa RhlR Transcriptional Regulation of the rhlAB Promoter Journal of Bacteriology, 185, 5976-5983.

Medina,G. Juarez,K. Soberon-Chavez,G. 2003. The Pseudomonas aeruginosa rhlAB Operon Is Not Expressed during the Logarithmic Phase of Growth Even in the Presence of Its Activator RhlR and the Autoinducer N-Butyryl-Homoserine Lactone Journal of Bacteriology, 185, 377-380.

Juarez,K. Flores,H. Davila,S. Olvera,L. Gonzalez,V. Morett,E. 2000. Reciprocal domain evolution within a transactivator in a restricted sequence space Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 97, 3314-3318.

Perez,C. Juarez,K. Garcia-Castells,E. Soberon,G. Servin-Gonzalez,L. 1993. Cloning, characterization, and expression in Streptomyces lividans 66 of an extracellular lipase-encoding gene from Streptomyces sp. M11 Gene, 123, 109-114.

Libros y capítulos recientes

Arroyo,A. Huerta-Miranda,G. Burgos,X. Juarez,K. Miranda,M. 2017. Caracterización de la respuesta a la transferencia de carga en biopelículas de Geobacter sulfurreducens en: Memoria XXXII Congreso de la Sociedad Mexicana de Electroquímica 10th Meeting of the Mexican Section ECS.

Hernandez,A.M. Pavon,P. Ortega,A. Juarez,K. 2017. Identification of iron-reducing bacteria from river sediments by 16S rRNA en: Dominguez,L. Environmental Biotechnology and Engineering – 2016. Argentina. Editorial 5ISEBE.

Hernandez-Eligio,A. Andrade-Torres,A. Olvera,M. Juarez,K. 2017. 1IHF controla la producción de bioelectricidad en Geobacter sulfurreducens a través de controlar la biosíntesis del pili en: Dominguez,L. Environmental Biotechnology and Engineering – 2016. Argentina. Editorial 5ISEBE. pags. 1-11

Guevara-Garcia,A. Lara,P. Juarez,K. Herrera-Estrella,L. 2017. Heavy Metal Adaptation en: Bennett,J. Encyclopedia of Life Sciences. Hoboken, NJ. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Breton-Deval,L. Poggi-Varaldo,H.M. Barrera-Cortes,J. Rios-Leal,E. Juarez-Lopez,K. Solorza-Feria,O. 2015. Desempeño de biorreactores de lecho fluidizado acoplados a filtros abióticos en el tratamiento de altas concentraciones de percloroetileno en: Poggi-Varaldo,H.M. Environmental Biotechnology and Engineering-2014 VOL 2. pags. 1014-1030

Gonzalez,G. Labastida,A. Jimenez,V. Vega,L. Olvera,M. Morett,E. Juarez,K. 2015. Genes involved in electron transfer mechanism in g. Sulfurreducens en: Poggi-Varaldo,H.M. Environmental Biotechnology and Engineering-2014 vol 3. Mexico D.F.. Cinvestav. pags. 1269-1276

Hernandez-Eligio,J.A. Soto,L. Andrade,A. Olvera,L. Davila,S. Morett,E. Juarez-Lopez,K. 2015. Caracterización del sistema de dos componentes PilS/PilR y su mecanismo de regulación sobre el gen pilA en geobacter sulfurreducens en: Poggi-Varaldo,H.M. Environmental Biotechnology and Engineering-2014 vol 3. Mexico,D.F.. Cinvestav. pags. 1277-1287

Ortega-Martínez,A. Solorza-Feria,O. Rios-Leal,E. Juarez-Lopez,K. Ponce-Loyola,M.T. Rinderknecht-Seijas,N.F. Poggi-Varaldo,H.M. 2012. Parallel connection and sandwich electrodes lower the internal resistance of a Microbial Fuel Cell. en: Mexican Hydrogen Society Congress. Mexico. Instituto de Investigaciones Electricas.

Ueki,T. Leang,C. Byoung-Kim,K. Glaven,R. Juarez,K. Lovley,D. 2007. Molecular mechanisms regulating gene expression in geobacter sulfurreducens under environmentally relevant conditions en: GTL Workshop 2007, Genomes to Life-. US Dept of Energy. pags. 164-167

Otras Publicaciones

Breton-Deval,L. Sanchez-Reyes,A. Sanchez-Flores,A. Juarez,K. Mussali-Galante,P. 2019. One step towards bioremediating a heavily polluted river: Metagenomic insights on the function of microbial community bioRxiv, Preprint posted June 21, 2019, 675876.

Lara-Figueroa,P. Flores-Gallegos,F. Juarez-Lopez,K. 2019. Superbacterias contra el danino cromo hexavalente Biotecnología en Movimiento.Revista de divulgación del Instituto de Biotecnología de la UNAM, 17, 18-21.

Cornejo-Martell,A. Hernandez-Eligio,J.A. Juarez-Lopez,K. 2019. Limpiando el ambiente y generando energia Biotecnología en Movimiento.Revista de divulgación del Instituto de Biotecnología de la UNAM, 17, 9-11.

Breton-Deval,L. Juarez,K. Sanchez-Flores,A. Vera-Estrella,R. 2019. Water quality assessments and metagenomic analysis of the polluted river Apatlaco, Mexico bioRxiv, Preprint 21 January 2019, 536128.

Hernandez-Eligio,A. Pat-Espadas,A.M. Vega-Alvarado,L. Huerta-Amparan,M. Cervantes,F.J. Juarez,K. 2018. Global transcriptional analysis of Geobacter sulfurreducens under palladium reducing conditions reveals new key cytochromes involved bioRxiv, preprint posted May 10, 2018, .

Gonzalez,G. Juarez,K. 2018. Regulación de la expresión genética por sRNA en bacterias Biotecnologia, 22, 10-22.

Hernandez-Eligio,J.A. Juarez-Lopez,K. 2016. De señales, respuestas y bioelectricidad Biotecnología en Movimiento.Revista de divulgación del Instituto de Biotecnología de la UNAM, 6, 3-5.

Juarez-Lopez,K. 2012. Bacterias que generan electricidad a partir de materia orgánica y otras monerías Hypatia, 41, .

Falcon,A. Lozano,J.E. Juarez,K. 2009. Bioelectricidad Biotecnologia, 13, 62-78.

Rajchenberg-Ceceña,E. Rodriguez-Ruiz,J.A. Juarez-Lopez,K. Martinez-Jimenez,A. Morales-Arrieta,S. 2009. Producción Microbiológica de Butanol Biotecnologia, 13, 26-37.