Rogelio | Hernandez-Lopez

Education

2016-Present

2009 - 2015

2003 - 2007

Research Interests

a) Regulation of cellular decision-making in the context of cell recognition and development. b) Science education and outreach in Latin America (www.clubesdeciencia.mx)

Awards

2012 Christensen Prize for Outstanding Research Achievement (Harvard University)

2011 Certificate of Distinction in Teaching (Harvard University)

2010-2012 Fundacion Mexico en Harvard, Fellowship for Ph.D. degree

2010 Gabino Barreda Medal Class 2004 in Chemistry (Given to the top student in each class, UNAM, Mexico)

Publications

Ludington, W.B., Ishikawa, H., Serebrenik, Y.V., Ritter, A.*, Hernandez-Lopez, R.*, Gunzenhauser,J.*, Kannegaard, E., and Marshall, W.F. “A systematic comparison of mathematical models for inherent measurement of ciliary length: how a cell can measure length and volume”. Biophysical Journal (2015).

Ramirez-Cordero, B. , Toledano, Y., Cano-Sanchez, P., Hernandez-Lopez, R., Flores-Solis, D., Saucedo-Yanez, A, Chavez-Uribe, I., Brieba de Castro, L., and del Río-Portilla, F. “Cytotoxicity of recombinant tamapin and related toxin-like peptides on model cell lines”. Chemical research in toxicology (2014).

Gurrola Briones, G., Hernandez-Lopez, R., Rodriguez de la Vega, R., Varga, Z., Ferreira Batista, C., Salas-Castillo, S., Panyi, G., Del Rio-Portilla, F., and Possani, L. D. “Structure, function and chemical synthesis of Vaejovis mexicanus peptide 24: a novel potent blocker of Kv1.3 potassium channels of human T lymphocytes”. Biochemistry (2012).

RedwineW. B. *, Hernandez-Lopez, R.*, Zou, S., Huang, J., Reck-Peterson, S. L., and Leschziner, A. E. “Structural basis for microtubule binding and release by dynein”. Science (2012).

Saucedo-Yanez, A., Flores-Solis, D., Rodriguez de la Vega, R., Ramirez-Cordero, B., Hernandez-Lopez, R., Cano-Sanchez, P., Noriega-Navarro, R., Garcia-Valdez, J., Coronas-Valderrama, F., de Roodt, A., Brieba de Castro, L., Possani, L. D., and del Río-Portilla, F. “New tricks of an old pattern: structural versatility of scorpion toxins with common cysteine spacing”. The Journal of Biological Chemistry (2012).

Chandramouli P., Hernandez-Lopez, R., Wang, H., and Leschziner, A. “Validation of the orthogonalt tilt reconstruction method with a biological test sample”. Journal of Structural Biology (2011).

* Equal contribution