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Research interests

• probiotic bacteria and their functionality for human, animal
• pharmaceutical systems for delivery of probiotic bacteria
• probiotics bacteria for animal applications
• probiotics bacteria for soil applications
• functional characterization of probiotic bacteria

Profile

He was born in Mexico City and pursued his undergraduate studies at the Faculty of Chemistry of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), obtaining the title of QFB (Bachelor in Pharmaceutical and Biological Chemistry). He completed his master's degree in Biotechnology at the Institute of Biomedical Research of the same University and earned a Ph.D. in Biological Sciences from the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana (UAM) and he conducted postdoctoral studies at the Food Research and Development Centre in Saint Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada, under the Ministry of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada.

He initiated his career as an independent researcher in the Department of Biological Systems at the Metropolitan Autonomous University, where he currently holds the position of Full Professor "C." With over 40 years of experience at UAM, he holds Level I accreditation in the National System of Researchers (SNI).

To date, he has authored more than 50 publications on microbiology in national and international journals, accumulating over 350 citations to his work. He has participated in over 100 presentations at conferences in Mexico and abroad, delivering 30 lectures on the dissemination of scientific knowledge. Additionally, he has been involved in teaching courses and seminars on biotechnology, food, enzymes, and microbiology at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels at UAM, UNAM, IPN, and other national universities.

Within these disciplines, he has supervised numerous undergraduate theses or social service projects, 15 master's theses, and 9 doctoral theses. He has also coordinated the work of a postdoctoral student and two researchers through Mexico's Conacyt Chairs. Of the Ph.D. graduates, six currently serve as independent Group Leaders in various institutions. The Master's graduates are employed in both academic and industrial sectors. As a professor, he has participated in different academic and collegiate bodies of the University.

Since the beginning of his career as an independent researcher, his primary focus has been on hydrolytic enzymes with glycosyltransferase activity for the production of oligosaccharides from lactic acid bacteria, yeast, and bifidobacteria. Currently, his areas of interest include the isolation and biochemical, microbiological, and molecular characterization of probiotic bacteria and bacteria considered uncultivable. He investigates their probiotic functionality for human, animal, and soil use, employing omics tools.

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Academic Work

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Some examples of publications

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Open Access	References	UN SDGs
OA	Rivera-Carranza, T., Nájera-Medina, O., Bojalil-Parra, R. and 4 more (...) (2023).The link between lymphocyte subpopulations in peripheral blood and metabolic variables in patients with severe obesity. PeerJ,11	\| 3 \|
OA	Reyes-Castillo, P.A., González-Vázquez, R., Torres-Maravilla, E. and 9 more (...) (2023).Bifidobacterium longum LBUX23 Isolated from Feces of a Newborn; Potential Probiotic Properties and Genomic Characterization. Microorganisms,11(7)
OA	González-Vázquez, R., Zúñiga-León, E., Torres-Maravilla, E. and 6 more (...) (2022).Genomic and Biochemical Characterization of Bifidobacterium pseudocatenulatum JCLA3 Isolated from Human Intestine. Microorganisms,10(11)
OA	Reyes‐cortes, J.L., Azaola‐espinosa, A., Lozano‐aguirre, L. and 1 more (...) (2021).Physiological and genomic analysis of bacillus pumilus uamx isolated from the gastrointestinal tract of overweight individuals. Microorganisms,9(5)
	Hernández-Muñoz, S., Camarena-Medellin, B., González-Macías, L. and 6 more (...) (2020).Sequence analysis of five exons of SLC6A4 gene in Mexican patients with anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa. Gene,748
OA	Cruz-Rodríguez, J., González-Vázquez, R., Reyes-Castillo, P. and 6 more (...) (2020).Ingesta alimentaria y composición corporal asociadas a síndrome metabólico en estudiantes universitarios. Revista Mexicana de Trastornos Alimentarios,10(1) 42-52	\| 3 \|
OA	Reyes-Castillo, P.A., González-Vázquez, R., Gutiérrez-Nava, A. and 6 more (...) (2019).Anthropometric measure and adipokine levels of a young undergraduate population with a usual diet. Nutricion Hospitalaria,36(1) 80-86	\| 3 \|
	Hernández-Rodríguez, D., Vásquez-Aguilar, A.A., Serio-Silva, J.C. and 2 more (...) (2019).Molecular detection of Bifidobacterium spp. in faeces of black howler monkeys (Alouatta pigra). Journal of Medical Primatology,48(2) 99-105
	Juárez-Castelán, C., García-Cano, I., Escobar-Zepeda, A. and 3 more (...) (2019).Evaluation of the bacterial diversity of Spanish-type chorizo during the ripening process using high-throughput sequencing and physicochemical characterization. Meat Science,1507-13
OA	Olivarez-Romero, R., Faustino-Vega, A., Miranda-Calderon, J.E. and 2 more (...) (2018).Microencapsulation of Lactobacillus acidophilus LA-5 increases relative survival under simulated gastrointestinal tract stress. Revista Mexicana de Ingeniera Quimica,17(2) 641-650
OA	Vázquez-Silva, G., Ramírez-Saad, H.C., Aguirre-Garrido, J.F. and 3 more (...) (2017).Effect of bacterial probiotics bio-encapsulated into artemia franciscana on weight and length of the shortfin silverside (Chirostoma humboldtianum), and pcr-dgge characterization of its intestinal bacterial community. Latin American Journal of Aquatic Research,45(5) 1031-1043	\| 14 \|
OA	González-Vázquez, R., Mayorga-Reyes, L., Monroy-López, A. and 3 more (...) (2017).Antibiotic resistance and tolerance to simulated gastrointestinal conditions of eight hemolytic Bacillus pumilus isolated from pulque, a traditional Mexican beverage. Food Science and Biotechnology,26(2) 447-452
	Vázquez-Silva, G., Castro-Mejíalj, J., Sáncheza De La Concha, B. and 3 more (...) (2016).Bioencapsulation of bifidobacterium animalis and lactobacillus johnsonii in artemia franciscana as feed for charal (Chirostoma jordani) larvae. Revista Mexicana de Ingeniera Quimica,15(3) 809-818	\| 14 \|
	González-Vázquez, R., Azaola-Espinosa, A., Mayorga-Reyes, L. and 3 more (...) (2015).Isolation, Identification and Partial Characterization of a Lactobacillus casei Strain with Bile Salt Hydrolase Activity from Pulque. Probiotics and Antimicrobial Proteins,7(4) 242-248
	Solís-Badillo, E., Mayorga-Reyes, L., Azaola-Espinosa, A. and 1 more (...) (2014).Identificaction of β-galactosidase, β-fructofuranosidase and glycosiltransferase enzymes from cellulomonas flavigena when grown in several carbon sources. Revista Mexicana de Ingeniera Quimica,13(2) 583-593

Courses offered

*Courses are conducted in spanish

Num.	Trim.	Course Name	Level
1	23O	Trabajo de Investigación II	Posgrado
2	23O	Trabajo de Investigación II	Posgrado
3	23P	Obtención de Metabolitos de Interés Industrial para la Salud	Licenciatura
4	23P	Trabajo de Investigación I	Posgrado
5	23P	Trabajo de Investigación I	Posgrado
6	23I	Obtención de Metabolitos de Interés Industrial para la Salud	Licenciatura
7	23I	Trabajo de Redacción de Tesis III	Posgrado
8	22O	Obtención de Metabolitos de Interés Industrial para la Salud	Licenciatura
9	22O	Trabajo de Redacción de Tesis II	Posgrado
10	22P	Obtención de Metabolitos de Interés Industrial para la Salud	Licenciatura
11	22P	Trabajo de Redacción de Tesis I	Posgrado
12	22I	Obtención de Metabolitos de Interés Industrial para la Salud	Licenciatura
13	22I	Seminario de Investigación II	Posgrado
14	22I	Trabajo de Investigación IX	Posgrado
15	22I	Seminario VII	Posgrado
16	21O	Obtención de Metabolitos de Interés Industrial para la Salud	Licenciatura
17	21O	Trabajo de Investigación VIII	Posgrado
18	21O	Seminario de Investigación I	Posgrado
19	21P	Trabajo de Investigación VII	Posgrado
20	21P	Trabajo de Investigación IV	Posgrado
21	21I	Obtención de Metabolitos de Interés Industrial para la Salud	Licenciatura
22	21I	Seminario VI	Posgrado
23	21I	Trabajo de Investigación VI	Posgrado
24	21I	Trabajo de Investigación III	Posgrado
25	20O	Obtención de Metabolitos de Interés Industrial para la Salud	Licenciatura
26	20O	Trabajo Experimental XII	Posgrado
27	20O	Seminario V	Posgrado
28	20O	Trabajo de Investigación V	Posgrado
29	20O	Trabajo de Investigación II	Posgrado
30	20P	Obtención de Metabolitos de Interés Industrial para la Salud	Licenciatura
31	20P	Trabajo Experimental XI	Posgrado
32	20P	Trabajo de Investigación I	Posgrado
33	20P	Proyecto de Investigación III	Posgrado
34	20P	Seminario IV	Posgrado
35	20P	Trabajo de Investigación IV	Posgrado
36	20P	Trabajo de Redacción de Tesis III	Posgrado
37	20I	Energía y Consumo de Substancias Fundamentales	Licenciatura
38	20I	Trabajo Experimental X	Posgrado
39	20I	Seminario III	Posgrado
40	20I	Trabajo de Investigación III	Posgrado
41	20I	Trabajo de Redacción de Tesis II	Posgrado
42	20I	Proyecto de Investigación II	Posgrado

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