Dr. Omar Homero Pantoja Ayala Líder Académico »» Grupo Investigador Tutor de Maestría y Doctorado Nivel III del SNI Departamento de Biología Molecular de Plantas Líneas de investigación email: omar @ibt.unam.mx Teléfonos

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- Licenciatura: Ciencias Biologicas, Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biologicas, IPN (1974)
- Doctorado: en Ciencias, Universidad de Stirling, Escocia, GB (1988)
- Overseas Research Award by the Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals of the Universities of the United Kingdom, otorgado durante los estudios de Doctorado (1985-1988)

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Estudiantes

Daniel Lagunas

M.C. Adriana Garibay

Biol. Carlos Fidencio Ocampo

Biol. Carlos Ignacio Rangel

Delia Angelica Narvaez

M.C. Paul Rosas

Armando Arturo Hernandez

Publicaciones recientes

Barkla,B.J. Vera-Estrella,R. Pantoja,O. 2014. Growing Arabidopsis in vitro: cell suspensions, in vitro culture, and regeneration Methods Mol Biol, 1062, 53-62.

Barkla,B.J. Vera-Estrella,R. Pantoja,O. 2013. Progress and challenges for abiotic stress proteomics of crop plants Proteomics, 13, 1801-1815.

Barkla,B.J. Vera-Estrella,R. Pantoja,O. 2012. Protein profiling of epidermal bladder cells from the halophyte mesembryanthemum crystallinum Proteomics, 12, 2862-2865.

Pantoja,O. 2012. High affinity ammonium transporters: molecular mechanism of action Front Plant Sci, 3, 34.

Vera-Estrella,R. Barkla,B.J. Amezcua-Romero,J.C. Pantoja,O. 2012. Day/Night Regulation of Aquaporins During the CAM Cycle in Mesembryanthemum crystallinum Plant Cell Environ, 35, 485-501.

Ortiz-Ramirez,C. Mora,S.I. Trejo,J. Pantoja,O. 2011. PvAMT1;1, a highly selective ammonium transporter that functions as an H+/NH4+ symporter J Biol Chem, 286, 31113-31122.

Amezcua-Romero,J.C. Pantoja,O. Vera-Estrella,R. 2010. Ser123 is essential for the water channel activity of McPIP2;1 from Mesembryanthemum crystallinum J Biol Chem, 285, 16739-47.

Barkla,B.J. Vera-Estrella,R. Hernandez-Coronado,M. Pantoja,O. 2009. Quantitative Proteomics of the Tonoplast Reveals a Role for Glycolytic Enzymes in Salt Tolerance Plant Cell, 21, 4044-4058.

Loque,D. Mora,S.I. Andrade,S.L. Pantoja,O. Frommer,W.B. 2009. Pore mutations in the ammonium transporter AMT1 with increased electrogenic ammonium transport activity J Biol Chem, 284, 24988-24995.

Libros y capítulos recientes

Barkla,B.J. Vera-Estrella,R. Pantoja,O. 2014. Growing Arabidopsis in vitro: Cell Suspensions, in vitro Culture, and Regeneration en: Salinas,J. Arabidopsis Protocols 3 ed. pags. 53-62

Barkla,B.J. Pantoja,O. 2011. Plasma Membrane and Abiotic Stress en: Murphy,A. Plant Plasma Membrane, Plant Cell Monographs. Springer. pags. 457-470