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Mirna Vazquez Rosas Landa
As a postdoctoral fellow at the Baker Lab, I am studying the oceans microbial communities with a focus in their metabolic and phylogenetic diversity.
My interest in bioinformatics and genomics took me to my first postdoc at the Genomics and transcriptomics lab at the INECOL. Where I used the pan genome paradigm to design a method to identify a phytopathogenic fungus that was killing trees at the Mexican-US border.
I did my Ph.D. at the Ecology Institute at the UNAM in Mexico City. During this time, I studied the landscape genomics of a rare lineage of Vibrionaceae isolated from Cuatro Cienegas, llooking for the genes that could explain the adaptation to this ultra-oligotrophic environment.
I enjoy teaching and sharing knowledge, and I love the R community. I started using R when I became part of the CDSB and Rladies community and then a co-organizer of RLadies Xalapa, a safe place for minorities to learn how to code.
Education
20172012
Ph.D. in Sciences
National Autonomous University of Mexico, Ecology Institute. Mexico City, MX- Title: Patterns of diversification and adaptation of the Vibrionaceae family. The case of Cuatro Cienegas.
- Advisor: Dr. Valeria Souza Saldivar.
- Description: I examined the evolutionary footprints of local adaptation in the genomes of bacteria isolated from a highly oligotrophic environment in Cuatro Cienegas (CCB), Mexico. I obtained 200 axenic isolates of Vibrionaceae, a group of bacteria with a cosmopolitan distribution, from several ponds around the CCB aquatic system. I identified the patterns of genetic variation among Vibrionaceae isolates, looking for signals of adaptation to structured (Water column) and non-structured (Sediments) environments within the ponds; I analyzed whether the recombination patterns were associated with these environments or constrained to the lineage history. Since several members of Vibrionaceae possess pathogenic relatives, I also evaluate the hypothesis that the members of Vibrionaceae isolated from Cuatro Cienegas (CCB) had no pathogenic genomic elements, under the assumption that bacteria from CCB rarely get into contact with other bacteria, like oceanic Vibrionaceae.
20112007
B.Sc. in Biology
National Autonomous University of Mexico, FES Iztacala Mexico City, MX
Research Experience
current2020
Postdoctoral fellow
The University of Texas at Austin, Marine Microbial Ecology Lab Austin, USA.- Currently studying the ecology and evolution of microbes by understanding their metabolism, using metagenomics.
- Advisor: Brett Baker
20202017
Postdoctoral fellow
Ecology Institute, A.C. Genomics and transcriptomics lab Xalapa, MX.- I studied the interaction among plants-insects-microbes. - I designed a diagnosis system to identify Fusarium Kuruoshio using genomics. - I studied the defense mechanisms of Persea americana var. Hass to the attack of the Mexican Fruit Fly, using transcriptomics. - I analyzed the microbiome of the Mexican Fruit Fly.
- Advisor: Martin Aluja and Enrique Ibarra-Laclette
2015
Guest Research
The University of Toronto. Guttman Laboratory of Pathogen Genomics and Evolution Toronto, CA- Realized the pan-genome analysis of the genomes that I used for my PhD thesis.
- Advisor: David Guttman
2014
Guest Research
National Laboratory of Genomics for Biodiversity Irapuato, MX- I learned how to assemble and annotate genomes.
- Advisor: Enrique Ibarra-Laclette
2011
Guest Research
Center for Research and Advanced Studies of the National Polytechnic Institute Irapuato, MX- I designed a bacteria that was capable of sensing the arsenic concentrations in water.
- Advisor: Agustino Martinez Antonio
Funded proposals
20222019
Frontiers in Science research grant by National Council for Science and Technology (CONACyT in Spanish)
Elucidate the potential effects of climate change on the growing problem of altitudinal expansion and host shifts in agricultural pests. Xalapa, MX.- Co-written with PI Martin Aluja
Grants applied
2019
Postdoctoral Scholar Program
The interplay between community composition, metabolic interactions, and strain level pan-genome diversity of diatoms and their epibiotic bacteria. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, USA- Individual Postdoc proposal
2018
Young professor (Catedra) research grant by National Council for Science and Technology (CONACyT in Spanish)
Bioinformatics for the generation and interpretation of omic data linked to the Mexican fruit production and the optimization of the biorational management of Fruit Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae).- Co-written with PI Martin Aluja.
Honors and Awards
2019
Member of the national system of researchers (SNI in Spanish) at the candidate level.
2016
Support program for graduate students (PAEP in Spanish). Viatical support to attend an Anvio workshop in Montreal.
Montreal, CA.2015
Support program for graduate students (PAEP in Spanish). Viatical support to make a research stay at the Guttman Lab.
Toronto, CA2015
Support program for graduate students (PAEP in Spanish). Viatical support to attend to Gordon Research Conference on Microbial Population Biology
New Hampshire, USA2012
Scholarship from CONACyT to perform a PhD. at the Ecology Institute, UNAM.
Mexico City, MX2010
Scholarship of Academic Excellence for Student Mobility, UNAM, and Coca-Cola to study for one year at the Complutense University of Madrid at the faculty of science.
Madrid, ES
Publications
2022
Integrating proteomics and metabolomics approaches to elucidate the ripening process in white Psidium guajava
- Monribot-Villanueva, Juan L; Altuzar-Molina, Alma; Aluja, Martin; Zamora-Briseno, Jesus Alejandro; Elizalde-Contreras, Jose M; Bautista-Valle, Mirna V; de Los Santos, Jiovanny Arellano; Sanchez-Martinez, Daniela E; Rivera-Resendiz, Francisco J; Vazquez-Rosas-Landa, Mirna;
- https:
/ / www .sciencedirect .com /science /article /pii /S0308814621016629
2021
Design of a diagnostic system based on molecular markers derived from the Ascomycetes pan-genome analysis: the case of Fusarium Dieback disease
- Vazquez-Rosas-Landa, Mirna; Sanchez-Rangel, Diana; Hernandez-Dominguez, Eric E; Perez-Torres, Claudia-Anahi; Lopez-Buenfil, Abel; de Jesus Garcia-avila, Clemente; Carrillo-Hernandez, Edgar-David; Castaneda-Casasola, Cynthia-Coccet; Rodriguez-Haas, Benjamin; Perez-Lira, Josue;
- https:
/ / journals .plos .org /plosone /article ?id=10 .1371 /journal .pone .0246079
2021
Metagenomic Survey of the Highly Polyphagous Anastrepha ludens Developing in Ancestral and Exotic Hosts Reveals the Lack of a Stable Microbiota in Larvae and the Strong Influence of Metamorphosis on Adult Gut Microbiota
- Aluja, Martin; Zamora-Briseno, Jesus Alejandro; Perez-Brocal, Vicente; Altuzar-Molina, Alma; Guillen, Larissa; Desgarennes, Damaris; Vazquez-Rosas-Landa, Mirna; Ibarra-Laclette, Enrique; Alonso-Sanchez, Alexandro G; Moya, Andres;
- https:
/ / www .frontiersin .org /articles /10 .3389 /fmicb .2021 .685937 /full
2020
Population genomics of Vibrionaceae isolated from an endangered oasis reveals local adaptation after an environmental perturbation
- Vazquez-Rosas-Landa, Mirna; Ponce-Soto, Gabriel Yaxal; Aguirre-Liguori, Jonas A; Thakur, Shalabh; Scheinvar, Enrique; Barrera-Redondo, Josue; Ibarra-Laclette, Enrique; Guttman, David S; Eguiarte, Luis E; Souza, Valeria;
- https:
/ / bmcgenomics .biomedcentral .com /articles /10 .1186 /s12864 ‑020 ‑06829 ‑y
2020
Evidence for succession and putative metabolic roles of fungi and bacteria in the farming mutualism of the ambrosia beetle Xyleborus affinis
- Ibarra-Juarez, Luis Arturo; Burton, MAJ; Biedermann, PHW; Cruz, L; Desgarennes, Damaris; Ibarra-Laclette, Enrique; Latorre, Amparo; Alonso-Sanchez, Alexandro; Villafan, Emanuel; Hanako-Rosas, Greta;
- https:
/ / journals .asm .org /doi /full /10 .1128 /mSystems .00541 ‑20
2020
A first glimpse of the mexican fruit fly anastrepha ludens (Diptera: Tephritidae) antenna morphology and proteome in response to a proteinaceous attractant
- Ruiz-May, Eliel; Altuzar-Molina, Alma; Elizalde-Contreras, Jose M; Arellano-de Los Santos, Jiovanny; Monribot-Villanueva, Juan; Guillen, Larissa; Vazquez-Rosas-Landa, Mirna; Ibarra-Laclette, Enrique; Ramirez-Vazquez, Monica; Ortega, Rafael;
- https:
/ / www .mdpi .com /1422 ‑0067 /21 /21 /8086
2018
How divergent is the Cuatro Cienegas oasis? Genomic studies of microbial populations and niche differentiation
- Gomez-Lunar, Zulema; Vazquez-Rosas-Landa, Mirna; Ponce-Soto, Gabriel Yaxal; Moreno-Letelier, Alejandra; Olmedo-alvarez, Gabriela; Eguiarte, Luis E; Souza, Valeria;
- https:
/ / link .springer .com /chapter /10 .1007 /978 ‑3 ‑319 ‑93423 ‑5 _5
2018
Impact of rearing conditions on the ambrosia beetles microbiome
- Ibarra-Juarez, Luis Arturo; Desgarennes, Damaris; Vazquez-Rosas-Landa, Mirna; Villafan, Emanuel; Alonso-Sanchez, Alexandro; Ferrera-Rodriguez, Ofelia; Moya, Andres; Carrillo, Daniel; Cruz, Luisa; Carrion, Gloria;
- https:
/ / www .mdpi .com /380452
2014
Two role model of an interaction network of free living proteobacteria from an oligotrophic environment
- Aguirre_von_Wobeser, Eneas; Soberon_Chavez, Gloria; Eguiarte, Luis E; Ponce_Soto, Gabriel Yaxal; Vazquez_Rosas_Landa, Mirna; Souza, Valeria;
- https:
/ / sfamjournals .onlinelibrary .wiley .com /doi /full /10 .1111 /1462 ‑2920 .12305
Software
2022
rbims
- An R package to analyze microbial metabolism from metagenome-assembled genomes (MAGs).
- https:
/ / github .com /mirnavazquez /RbiMs
Leadership and Service
2022
Member of the board of the CDSB
Cuernavaca, MX.- We are a group interested in helping members of Latin American countries acquire the necessary skills to contribute to open source software development.
20212018
Co-organizer of Rladies Xalapa
Xalapa, MX.- We promote gender diversity in the R community.
2021
Abstract reviewer for the conference of women in bioinformatics and data science.
I enjoy sharing my knowledge and helping people to grow
Mentoring Experience
20192018
Manuel Alejandro Ochoa Sanchez
INECOL Xalapa, MX.- MSc student
Teaching Experience - Instructor
2021
Encuentro de Bioinformatica en Mexico 2021. Flujos de trabajo con RStudio y creacion de Shiny apps
Virtual event.2019
Bioinformatics seminar
Xalapa, MX.- INECOL. Graduate program
20192018
Bioinformatics tools for the analysis of genomes and transcriptomes
Xalapa, MX.- INECOL. Graduate program
2018
Bash, Perl and C programming languages for the analysis of biological data.
Xalapa, MX.- INECOL. Graduate program
2017
III Introductory Workshop to Bioinformatics
Mexico City, MX.- Ecology Institute, National Autonomous University of Mexico.
20172014
Prokaryotic Biology.
Mexico City, MX.- Faculty of Science, National Autonomous University of Mexico. Bachelors program. Semesters 2015-1, 2016-1, 2017-1 and 2018-1
2016
II. Introductory Workshop to Bioinformatics: From Alignments to Metagenomics.
Mexico City, MX.- Ecology Institute, National Autonomous University of Mexico.
Teaching Experience - Assistant
20192018
Ethics and Scientific Writing, Arming Proposals Research and Creativity, Innovation and Patent Generation.
Xalapa, MX.- INECOL. Graduate program
2017
Study of microbial evolution.
Mexico City, MX.- Ecology Institute, National Autonomous University of Mexico. Graduate program. Semester 2017-2.
Workshops
2019
Workshop in Advanced Bioinformatics: Comparative Genomics and Evolution Using Data Science.
Institute of Mathematics and Institute of Neurobiology. Juriquilla, MX.2019
How to Build and Create Tidy Tools
Center for Genomic Sciences Cuernavaca, MX.- https:
/ cdsb-runconf2019/#.XTdh1UNOm94/ comunidadbioinfo .github .io /post /building ‑tidy ‑tools ‑
2018
Latin American R/Bioconductor Developers Workshop
Center for Genomic Sciences Cuernavaca, MX.- https:
/ 2018/#.XTdiA0NOm94/ comunidadbioinfo .github .io /post /r ‑bioconductor ‑developers ‑workshop ‑
2018
Statistical analysis with R
IPICYT San Luis Potosi, MX.2016
An Anvio workshop in Montreal
The University of Montreal Montreal, CA.- Taught by Dr. Eren Murat of the University of Chicago
2012
Strategies and Techniques for Analyzing Microbial Population Structure
Marine Biological Laboratory Woods Hole Oceanographic InstitutionI am constantly learning
Conferences, Talks, Posters and Scientific outreach
2021
Bioconductor2021
Virtual event- Presented the rbims package in which I am working on.
2021
useR
Virtual event- Presented the rbims package in which I am working on.
2021
World Microbial Forum
Virtual event- Presented the results of the first metagenomics study that I made, where I show the diversity of bacteria that degrade hydrocarbons. Poster here.
2021
MicrobiomeMX
Virtual event- I talked about a diagnosis system to identify the pathogen responsible of the Fusarium Dieback disease
2020
RladiesMX
Virtual event- I showed how to use R in microbiology. Conference here. Participation on minute 2.42.
2019
Plant and Animal Genome conference
San Diego, USA.- Poster presentation of the effects of oviposition in Avocado Hass. Abstract here.
2019
Not everything that shines is green or bacteria with jellyfish genes
Xalapa, MX.- Instructor at the program of Promotion of science and technology of young scientists (Fomento a la ciencia y tecnologia de jovenes cientificos in Spanish ) with the project: Not everything that shines is green or bacteria with jellyfish genes (No todo lo que brilla es verde o bacterias con genes de medusa) at the Ecology Institute, A.C.
2017
VI National Ecological Meeting
Leon, MX.- Oral presentation
2017
XL National Meeting of Microbiology
Guadalajara, MX.- Poster presentation
2016
VI Students Symposium
Ecology Institute, UNAM Mexico City, MX.- Oral presentation
2015
IV Biochemistry and Molecular Microbial Biology Congress
Coahuila, MX.- Poster presentation
2015
I st Joint Symposium Evolution and Genomics. Bath University and the Center for Genomic Sciences at UNAM.
Cuernavaca, MX.- Poster presentation
2015
Gordon Research Conference on Microbial Population Biology.
Proctor Academy New Hampshire, USA.- Poster presentation
2013
III Biochemistry and Molecular Microbial Biology Congress
- Poster presentation
2012
I st Meeting for the conservation of Cuatro Cienegas, Coahuila
Center for Ecosystem Research- Poster presentation
Languages
- Native: Spanish (Mexico)
- Bilingual: English