Member Profile
Membership type: full
Maria Cristina Lopez Roberts
Country of origin: Bolivia Currently in: Bolivia, La Paz General field of specialization: Biological Systems and Organisms-
Degrees
2019 Doctorate Biological Systems and Organisms2011 Master Biological Systems and Organisms2005 Undergraduate Agricultural Sciences2004 Undergraduate Biological Systems and Organisms -
Current Research Activities
Biological Systems and Organisms
Micropropagation of native orchids to its conservation and management by indigenous communities in Bolivia.
Publications resulting from Research:
The Legume Phylogeny Working Group (LPWG) 2017. A new subfamily classification of the Leguminosae based on a taxonomically comprehensive phylogeny. TAXON 66 (1): 44–77.
López-Roberts, M.C &. Van den Berg, C. 2016. Transferability of microsatellite markers in four species of Masdevallia (Orchidaceae, Pleurothallidinae) endemic to mountain cloud forests of the Bolivian Andes: a phylogenetic approach. Brazilian Journal of Botany. DOI 10.1007/s40415-016-0264-0.
López-Roberts, M. C., A. Barbosa, L. Paganucci de Queiroz & C. Van den Berg. 2016. Microsatellite markers for Senna spectabilis var. excelsa (Caesalpinoideae, Leguminosae). Applications in Plant Sciences. DOI10.3732/apps.1500062
López-Roberts M.C., L. Paganucci de Queiroz and Cássio van den Berg. 2013. Microsatellite markers development in Cratylia mollis and their transferability to C. argentea (Leguminosae). Application in Plant Sciences.
Almeida M., P.R. M.C. López-Roberts, B. B.Zanotto Vigna, A.P. Souza, A. Góes-Neto, C. van den Berg. 2013. Microsatellite markers for the endangered orchids Cattleya labiata Lindl. And C. warneri T. Moore (Orchidaceae). Genetics Conservation 5(3): 791 – 794.
López-Roberts M. C., P.R., Almeida, E.J., Oliveira and C. van den Berg. 2012. Microsatellite marker development for the threatened orchid Masdevallia solomonii (Orchidaceae). 2012. Primer & Notes American Journal of Botany. 99(2): e66 – e68.
López, M.C., G. Villegas, B. Mamani, J.C. Bermejo, M. Aguilar & J. Quezada. 2007, “Orchid micropropagation destined to the sustainable management of native species from the Parque Nacional y Área Natural de Manejo Integrado Cotapata (PN-ANMI Cotapata), La Paz, Bolivia”. Lankesteriana 7 (1-2): 299 – 302. San José, Costa Rica.
Tarifa, T., F. Fontúrbel, D. Achá, J. Rodríguez, C. Molina, M. C. López, M. R. Baudoin, C.Buitrón, A. Canseco, M. García, Y. Higueras, D. Kopp, J. Pacajes, P. Romecin & V. Urrelo. 2004. Vizcachas (Lagidium viscacia, Chinchillidae) in fragmented habitats in the city of La Paz and surrounding areas: Basis for its conservation. Ecología en Bolivia 39(1): 53 – 74.
Current profession
Current professional activities type:ResearchTeacher and researcher at Universidad Mayor Real y Pontificia de San Francisco Xavier de Chuquisaca Sucre, Bolivia Disciplines: Plant Physiology, Genetics, Biotechnology, and Evolution
Workshop and Conference Attended
2019 Quito, Ecuador IBS 2019 Humboldt Meeting2019 La Paz, Bolivia I INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF BIOTECHNOLOGY, BOLIVIA INNOVA2014 Bahia, Brazil XI CONGRESS LATIN AMERICAN OF BOTANY2013 Johannesburg – South Africa Sixth International Legume Conference.2012 Joinville, Santa Catharina, Brazil. 63th National Congress of Botany.2011 Cali-Colombia VI Colombian Congress of Botany2010 Natal, Brazil XXIII Brazilian Congress of Entomology2008 Santa Marta, Colombia Third International Congress of dry ecosystems2007 Loja, Ecuador Second Scientific Conference on Andean Orchids2006 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic IX Latin American Botanical Congress2004 La Paz, Bolivia IV National Biotechnology MeetingAffiliations
Instituto de Biología experimental "Luiz Adam Briançon", USFX
