Alejandra Bravo Biotechnology Institute - National University of Mexico Profile Born 29 April 1961. PHD in Biomedical Research at the National University of Mexico (UNAM) in 1988. Two Postdoctoral positions one in Plant genetic Systems, Belgium in 1991, other in Institute Pasteur France 1995. Three Sabbaticals stays one in Embrapa –Brazil, other in in Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China and other in Pioneer Hi-Bred International, USA 2014. Worked at UNAM since 1989, now professor at Institute of Biotechnology /UNAM. SNI III since 2004 to date. L’Oreal-UNESCO Award for Women in Science 2010. Member of “International cry Gene Nomenclature Committee” since 1999. Editorial Board of Journal Invertebrate Pathology; PloSONE; Journal of Biological Sciences; Bioengineered Bugs; ISRN Toxicology; International Journal of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; Advances in Microbiology; Applied and Environmental Microbiology. Handling editor of FEMS. Publications in International Peer reviewed journal 167 Chapters in International Books 31 Edited Books 3 Patents 8 Transference of technologies 6 Citations (Google scholars citations) 11,089, h-index 55, i10-index 116 Participation in National scientific Meetings 103 Participation in International scientific Meetings 168 Theses Direction 13 Bachelors 11 Master Degrees and 11 Ph.D.