Dr Humberto Herrera-Ubaldo
- Postdoctoral Research Associate
About
Humberto Herrera-Ubaldo is a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge.
Biography
He completed his Ph.D. in Plant Biotechnology at UGA-Cinvestav in Mexico, where he studied the molecular mechanisms controlling carpel and fruit development in Arabidopsis and constructed and characterized a protein interaction network of transcription factors involved in carpel patterning. Humberto is now a Research Associate in Professor Beverley Glover's Evolution and Development group.
Previous Positions
2019 to 2021 - Postdoctoral Fellow in Advanced Genomics Unit - Center for Research and Advanced Studies (UGA-Cinvestav), Irapuato, México
Qualifications
2018 - PhD in Plant Biotechnology - Center for Research and Advanced Studies (Cinvestav-IPN), Irapuato, México
2012 - MSc in Plant Biotechnology - Center for Research and Advanced Studies (Cinvestav-IPN), Irapuato, México
2010 - BSc in Agronomy - Universidad Autónoma Chapingo, Texcoco, México
Research
Research Group
Research Overview
Humberto is interested in understanding the formation of iridescent colours produced by the periodic ordering of nanoscale structures in the petals.
Areas of expertise: Flower and fruit development, patterning, gene regulatory networks, transcription factors, cell wall, cuticles.