Latin American Symposium
Latin American Symposium
The Laboratory of Molecular and Structural Physiology (LFMyE) of the School of Biological Sciences of the Autonomous University of Nuevo Leon is dedicated to the study and unraveling of complex biological processes of mosquitoes, such as insecticide resistance, the physiology of each life stage, the feeding process, among others. The above is done by using state-of-the-art technological tools that allow describing biological explorations such as the metabolome, the miRNome, the metalome, the genome and the microbiome. To date, the following have been described:
- The miRNome of different life stages of Ae. aegypti (eggs, males and females).
- The microbiome of Ae. aegypti and its relationship to insecticides.
- The metalome in mosquitoes and its relationship to the ability to transmit pathogens.
- The Ae. aegypti genome as an editing target for alternative biological control.
- The Ae. aegypti metabolome from different biological explorations.
The intention of exploring different biological approaches of Ae. aegypti using new generation tools (OMICS) is to have a global picture of the physiology (interactome) of this important vector to describe the natural biological footprint and thus propose new and alternative control strategies.