Áreas de especialización

Biotecnología de plantas

Perfil

Cultivo de células, tejidos y órganos vegetales. Transformación genética de plantas. Biología molecular de plantas

Tesis en curso que dirige

Publicaciones seleccionadas

Gatica-Arias AM (2013) Introducción a la biotecnología. San José, Costa Rica. MAG/Servicio Fitosanitario del Estado. 76 p

Gatica-Arias AM, Weber G. (2013). Genetic transformation of hop (Humulus lupulus L. cv. Tettnanger) by particle bombardment and plant regeneration using temporary immersion system. In Vitro Cellular Developmental Plant Biology. 49:656–664

Gatica-Arias AM, Stanke M, Häntzschel KR, Matoušek J, Weber G. (2013) Over-expression of the transcription factor HlMYB3 in transgenic hop (Humulus lupulus L. cv. Tettnanger) modulates the expression of genes involved in the biosynthesis of flavonoids and phloroglucinols. Plant Cell Tissue and Organ Culture. 113:279–289

Jiménez M, Gatica-Arias AM, Sánchez Ethel, Valdez M (2012) Ultrastructural analysis of the ontogenetic development of shoot induced from embryonic axes of Costa Rican bean varieties (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) under in vitro conditions by scanning electronic microscopy. American Journal of Plant Science 3: 489-494