1. Development and validation of methods for the detection of pathogenic bacteria, protozoa, and viruses from agri-food: PCR (RT-PCR, qRT-PCR, and endpoint-PCR). 2. Microbiological and molecular characterization of zoonotic pathogens. 3. Maintenance of a bacterial culture collection.4. Attention to technical queries from laboratories authorized by SENASICA.5. Project: Antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST) to Salmonella spp. and nonpathogenic E. coli in National Strategy for Action against Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) in México. AMR surveillance in pigs and poultry.6. Project: Capacitation and pilot practice of FAO Assessment Tool for Laboratories and AMR Surveillance Systems (FAO-ATLASS).

1. Isolation, selection, and characterization of autochthonous microbes with potential application in animal feed, human foods, nutraceuticals, and agriculture. 2. Development and improvement of bioprocess at laboratory level.

The relationship of endophytic fungi with their host plant.Isolation and selection of filamentous fungi from some medicinal plants. Evaluation of cytotoxic and antimicrobial activities of extracts from filamentous fungi. Development of an analytical method to obtain and quantify four taxanes by SPE and HPLCInduction of taxanes production by Pestalotiopsis microspore in liquid cultures.Activation of silent genes in Pestalotiopsis microspora.

Induction of solid (SSF) and submerged fermentations (SF) to produce xylanases with the thermophilic fungi Rhizomucor miehei Purification and biochemical characterization of thermostable xylanases

Cooperation in a study of the pharmacokinetics of Pioglitazone in old individuals with type 2 diabetes and the development and validation of an analytical method for quantification Pioglitazone in blood by HPLC.