Jose Lopez.jpg (20392 bytes) Jose A. Lopez Valenzuela received a BS degree in Biochemical Engineering in 1993 and a M.Sc. degree in Food Science and Technology in 1996, both from the   Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa, Mexico. His master's research work was developed at CINVESTAV-IPN, U. Irapuato under the supervision of Dr. Octavio Paredes Lopez. He joined the Larkins Lab in the fall of 1997 to pursue a Ph.D. in Plant Sciences under a CONACyT  scholarship. His research is focused on the nutritional quality of maize, in particular, the characterization of lysine rich proteins to understand the mechanisms regulating their accumulation during endosperm development.

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