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Sustainable Development Goals

Research interests

• Biogenic production of organic selenium using lactic acid bacteria
• Biological control of mycotoxigenic fungi using lactic acid bacteria
• Production of bioactive peptides through the fermentation with lactic acid bacteria
• Isolation, characterization, and application of probiotic lactic acid bacteria

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Dr. Gabriela Mariana Rodríguez Serrano holds a Ph.D. in Biochemistry, Molecular and Cellular Biology with a specialization in Food Technology, as well as a Diplôme d’Études Approfondies (D.E.A.) from the Université de Montpellier II, France, and a Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Biochemical Engineering from the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana Unidad Iztapalapa.

She serves as a Full-Time Tenured Faculty Researcher (Titular C) in the Department of Biotechnology at the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana Unidad Iztapalapa and is a Level II National Researcher in the Sistema Nacional de Investigadoras e Investigadores (SNII). She holds the PRODEP Desirable Academic Profile recognition and her achievements have been recognized with the Premio a la Investigación awarded by UAM and the Premio Christopher Augur from the Graduate Program in Biotechnology. She has completed research stays at academic institutions in France and the United Kingdom.

Her research integrates food microbiology, dairy technology, the valorization of agro-industrial by-products, and the generation of functional compounds through biotechnological processes aligned with circular economy principles. Her work focuses on lactic acid bacteria, probiotics, bioactive peptides (anti-hypertensive, antioxidant, and anti-diabetic), human milk-inspired oligosaccharides, exopolysaccharides, biogenic selenium nanoparticles, and the use of beneficial microorganisms for mycotoxin control. Her scholarly output includes peer-reviewed international journal articles, book chapters, laboratory manuals, and patents.

In university governance and service, she has served as Coordinator of the Graduate Program in Biotechnology at UAM Iztapalapa, Research Area Head, and member of various academic and evaluation committees. She teaches undergraduate courses in Industrial Biochemical Engineering and Food Engineering, as well as in the Graduate Program in Biotechnology, contributing to high-level human resource training.

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Open Access	References	UN SDGs
OA	Pavón-Chimal, M.E., Alatorre-Santamaría, S., Guzmán-Rodríguez, F. and 3 more (...) (2026).Optimized of sonication-assisted extraction of α-L-fucosidase from Bifidobacterium spp. for the synthesis of fucosylated oligosaccharides. Revista Mexicana de Ingeniera Quimica,25(3)
OA	Monter-Arciniega, A., Cruz-Cansino, N.D.S., Castañeda-Ovando, A. and 4 more (...) (2026).In vitro release of aflatoxin M1 during enzymatic digestion of milk proteins: evaluation and analysis. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture,106(2) 1407-1413
OA	Ayala-Niño, A., Sánchez-Franco, J.A., González-Olivares, L.G. and 4 more (...) (2026).Whey-Derived Antihypertensive Peptides Produced by Proteinase K Hydrolysis and Fermentation. Waste and Biomass Valorization,17(9) 5249-5258
OA	Patlan-Velázquez, L.-F., González-Olivares, L.-G., García-Garibay, M. and 5 more (...) (2026).Bioactive Peptide-Enriched Requeson: A Functional Dairy Product From Whey Fermentation. Food Science and Nutrition,14(4)	12
OA	Robles-Arias, M.A., Jímenez-Pérez, C., Gómez-Castro, C.Z. and 7 more (...) (2026).Effect of temperature on the structure of α-l-fucosidase from Thermotoga maritima: implications from molecular dynamics simulation. Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics,44(11) 4977-4991	3
OA	Pérez-Flores, J.G., García-Curiel, L., Pérez-Escalante, E. and 7 more (...) (2026).Alcalase for Food-Protein-Derived Bioactive Peptides: Trends, Gaps, and Translational Opportunities. Macromol,6(1)
	Rodríguez-Serrano, G.M., Párraga-San Roman, M., Jara-Gutiérrez, C.E. and 3 more (...) (2026).Anticancer potential of biogenic selenium nanoparticles from yeast and lactic acid bacteria: Advances, challenges, and opportunities. Journal of Trace Elements in Medicine and Biology,94	3
	Sánchez-Franco, J.A., González-Olivares, L.G., Pérez-Escalante, E. and 4 more (...) (2026).Time-dependent emergence of antioxidant, ACE-, and DPP-IV-inhibitory activities in alcalase®-hydrolyzed ahuautle (corisella spp.): functional characterization of a traditional Mexican protein source. Journal of Food Measurement and Characterization,20(6) 10827-10835
OA	Patlan-Velazquez, L.F., González-Olivares, L.G., García-Garibay, M. and 4 more (...) (2025).Whey as a substrate for biogenic production of exopolysaccharide. Revista Mexicana de Ingeniera Quimica,24(1)
OA	Acosta-Meneses, R.M., Ramírez-Moreno, E., Olvera-Rosales, L.B. and 7 more (...) (2025).Obesity and Diabetes in Mexico: An Approach to the Intestinal Microbiota. Nutrients ,17(23)	3
OA	Carrero-Puentes, S., Jiménez-Pérez, C., Guzmán-Rodríguez, F. and 6 more (...) (2025).Effect of an exopolysaccharide-producing strain of Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus NCFB 2772 on the yield and quality of Requeson (Mexican cheese) added with a probiotic. Journal of Dairy Research,92(4) 566-573
OA	Monter-Arciniega, A., Cruz-Cansino, N.D.S., Castañeda-Ovando, A. and 4 more (...) (2025).Aflatoxin M1 Levels in Commercial Cows’ Milk in Mexico: Contamination and Carcinogenic Risk Assessment. Applied Sciences (Switzerland),15(11)
OA	Monter-Arciniega, A., Cruz-Cansino, N.S., Castañeda-Ovando, A. and 4 more (...) (2025).Thermoultrasonication as an emerging technology for raw cow’s milk processing: A review of its impacts on food safety and physicochemical quality. Revista Mexicana de Ingeniera Quimica,24(3)
OA	Tiscareño-Ortega, K., Chávez-Vela, N.A., Domínguez-Soberanes, J. and 1 more (...) (2024).Development of functional panela cheese enriched with prebiotics and probiotics. Revista U.D.C.A Actualidad and Divulgacion Cientifica,27(2)
	Patlan-Velázquez, L.-F., González-Olivares, L.-G., García-Garibay, M. and 4 more (...) (2024).Effect of biogenic exopolysaccharides in characteristics and stability of a novel Requeson-type cheese. Food Bioscience,59
	González-Salitre, L., Román-Gutiérrez, A., Contreras-López, E. and 3 more (...) (2023).Promising Use of Selenized Yeast to Develop New Enriched Food: Human Health Implications. Food Reviews International,39(3) 1594-1611	3
OA	Escobar-Ramírez, M.C., Rodríguez-Serrano, G.M., Zúñiga-León, E. and 3 more (...) (2023).Selenocysteine Formation by Enterococcus faecium ABMC-05 Follows a Mechanism That Is Not Dependent on Genes selA and selD but on Gene cysK. Fermentation,9(7)
OA	González-Salitre, L., Román-Gutiérrez, A.-D., Rodríguez-Serrano, G.-M. and 3 more (...) (2023).Mechanistic Insight into Biotransformation of Inorganic Selenium to Selenomethionine and Selenocysteine by Saccharomyces boulardii: In-silico Study. Biointerface Research in Applied Chemistry,13(1)
OA	González-Salitre, L., Basilio-Cortés, U.A., Rodríguez-Serrano, G.M. and 3 more (...) (2023).Physicochemical and microbiological parameters during the manufacturing of a beer-type fermented beverage using selenized Saccharomyces boulardii. Heliyon,9(10)	9
OA	Escobar-Ramírez, M.C., Rodríguez-Serrano, G.M., Salazar-Pereda, V. and 4 more (...) (2023).Biogenic production of selenocysteine by Enterococcus faecium ABMC-05: an indigenous lactic acid bacterium from fermented Mexican beverage. Food Science and Technology (Brazil),43
OA	Pavón-Chimal, M.E., Jiménez-Pérez, C., Guzmán-Rodríguez, F. and 6 more (...) (2023).An In silico Analysis of Enzyme-Substrate Interaction in α-L-Fucosidases Belonging to the GH29 Family. Biointerface Research in Applied Chemistry,13(5)
	Domínguez-Gutiérrez, G.A., Perraud-Gaime, I., Escalona-Buendía, H. and 5 more (...) (2023).Inhibition of Aspergillus carbonarius growth and Ochratoxin A production using lactic acid bacteria cultivated in an optimized medium. International Journal of Food Microbiology,404	2
	González-Salitre, L., Castañeda-Ovando, A., Basilio-Cortés, U.A. and 5 more (...) (2023).Biogenic production of seleno-amino acids and seleno-nanoparticles by Saccharomyces boulardii. Food Bioscience,53
	Pavón-Chimal, M.E., Jiménez-Pérez, C., Guzmán-Rodriguez, F. and 6 more (...) (2023).Mechanistic insight into the synthesis of fucooligosaccharides by α-L-fucosidase from Thermotoga maritima belonging to the GH29 family: in silico study. Biologia,78(7) 1825-1832
OA	Ramírez-Godínez, J., Gutiérrez-Rodríguez, J.F., Contreras-López, E. and 4 more (...) (2022).Agave juice improves survival and proteolytic activity of Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG during ripening of semi-ripened mexican cheese. Food Science and Technology (Brazil),42
OA	Carrero-Puentes, S., Fuenmayor, C., Jiménez-Pérez, C. and 6 more (...) (2022).Development and characterization of an exopolysaccharide-functionalized acid whey cheese (requesón) using Lactobacillus delbrueckii ssp. bulgaricus. Journal of Food Processing and Preservation,46(6)
OA	Castañeda-Ovando, A., Pérez-Escalante, E., Rodríguez-Serrano, G.M. and 7 more (...) (2022).Selenium accumulation by Lactobacillus isolated from commercial fermented milk: Minimum inhibitory concentration and kinetic growth changes. Revista Mexicana de Ingeniera Quimica,21(3)
	Ayala-Niño, A., Castañeda-Ovando, A., Jaimez-Ordaz, J. and 3 more (...) (2022).Novel bioactive peptides sequences released by in vitro digestion of proteins isolated from Amaranthus hypochondriacus. Natural Product Research,36(13) 3485-3488
	Espinosa-Salgado, R., Tamayo-Galván, V., Perraud-Gaime, I. and 5 more (...) (2022).Polyols Induce the Production of Antifungal Compounds by Lactobacillus plantarum. Current Microbiology,79(4)	2\|14
OA	Robles-Arias, M.A., Guzmán-Rodriguez, F., García-Garibay, M. and 4 more (...) (2021).α-L-fucosidase from Thermotoga maritima: Hydrolytic and transfucosylation activities. Revista Mexicana de Ingeniera Quimica,20(3)
	Robles-Arias, M.A., García-Garibay, M., Alatorre-Santamaría, S. and 5 more (...) (2021).Improvement of Fucosylated Oligosaccharides Synthesis by α-L-Fucosidase from Thermotoga maritima in Water-Organic Cosolvent Reaction System. Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology,193(11) 3553-3569
	Jiménez-Pérez, C., Alatorre-Santamaría, S., Tello-Solís, S.R. and 4 more (...) (2021).Analysis of aflatoxin m1 contamination in milk and cheese produced in mexico: A review. World Mycotoxin Journal,14(3) 269-285
	Martínez-Ramírez, C., Esquivel-Cote, R., Ferrera-Cerrato, R. and 3 more (...) (2021).Solid-state culture of Azospirillum brasilense: a reliable technology for biofertilizer production from laboratory to pilot scale. Bioprocess and Biosystems Engineering,44(7) 1525-1538
	Guzmán-Rodríguez, F., Alatorre-Santamaría, S., Gómez-Ruiz, L. and 3 more (...) (2021).Synthesis of fucosylated oligosaccharides with α-l-fucosidase from Thermotoga maritima immobilized on Eupergit® CM. Extremophiles,25(3) 311-317
OA	Sebastián-Nicolas, J.L., Contreras-López, E., Ramírez-Godínez, J. and 8 more (...) (2021).Milk fermentation by lacticaseibacillus rhamnosus GG and streptococcus thermophilus SY-102: Proteolytic profile and ACE-inhibitory activity. Fermentation,7(4)
OA	Escobar-Ramírez, M.C., Castañeda-Ovando, A., Pérez-Escalante, E. and 7 more (...) (2021).Antimicrobial activity of se-nanoparticles from bacterial biotransformation. Fermentation,7(3)
OA	de la Vega, M.I.C., Alatorre-Santamaría, S., Gómez-Ruiz, L. and 5 more (...) (2021).Influence of oat β-glucan on the survival and proteolytic activity of lactobacillus rhamnosus gg in milk fermentation: Optimization by response surface. Fermentation,7(4)
OA	Contreras-López, E., Jaimez-Ordaz, J., Rodríguez-Serrano, G.M. and 4 more (...) (2021).Contenido exopolysaccharide-producing bacteria improves survival and proteolytic profile of lactobacillus rhamnosus gg added to semi-ripened cheese volumen 8, número 3, 2009 / volume 8, number 3, 2009. Revista Mexicana de Ingeniera Quimica,20(3)
OA	Aguilar-Alvarez, M.E., Saucedo-Castañeda, G., Durand, N. and 3 more (...) (2021).The variety, roasting, processing, and type of cultivation determine the low OTA levels of commercialized coffee in Chiapas State, Mexico. Food Control,126
	Jiménez-Pérez, C., Tello-Solís, S.R., Gómez-Castro, C.Z. and 6 more (...) (2020).Spectroscopic studies and molecular modelling of the aflatoxin M1-bovine α-lactalbumin complex formation. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology,209
OA	Escobar-Ramírez, M.C., Jaimez-Ordaz, J., Escorza-Iglesias, V.A. and 7 more (...) (2020).Lactobacillus pentosus ABHEAU-05: An in vitro digestion resistant lactic acid bacterium isolated from a traditional fermented Mexican beverage. Revista Argentina de Microbiologia,52(4) 305-314
	Morales Estrada, A., González Olivares, L.G., Contreras López, E. and 1 more (...) (2020).SelA and SelD genes involved in selenium absorption metabolism in lactic acid bacteria isolated from Mexican cheeses. International Dairy Journal,103

Courses taught by the professor in recent trimesters

*Courses are conducted in spanish

Num.	Trim.	Course Name	Level
1	26P	Trabajo Experimental X	Posgrado
2	26P	Trabajo Experimental VII	Posgrado
3	26P	Trabajo Experimental VII	Posgrado
4	26P	Seminario de Informe Terminal	Posgrado
5	26P	Tópicos en Biotecnología I	Posgrado
6	26P	Seminario de Examen Predoctoral	Posgrado
7	26P	Tecnología de Lácteos	Licenciatura
8	26I	Trabajo Experimental III	Posgrado
9	26I	Tecnología de Lácteos	Licenciatura
10	26I	Trabajo Experimental VI	Posgrado
11	26I	Trabajo Experimental VI	Posgrado
12	25O	Trabajo Experimental V	Posgrado
13	25O	Tecnología de Lácteos	Licenciatura
14	25O	Temas Selectos de Biotecnología I	Posgrado
15	25O	Trabajo Experimental II	Posgrado
16	25O	Trabajo Experimental IX	Posgrado
17	25O	Trabajo Experimental V	Posgrado
18	25P	Seminario de Examen Predoctoral	Posgrado
19	25P	Tecnología de Lácteos	Licenciatura
20	25P	Trabajo Experimental I	Posgrado
21	25P	Trabajo Experimental IV	Posgrado
22	25P	Trabajo Experimental VIII	Posgrado
23	25I	Trabajo Experimental VII	Posgrado
24	25I	Seminario de Revisión Bibliográfica y Proyecto Experimental	Posgrado
25	25I	Tecnología de Lácteos	Licenciatura
26	24O	Tecnología de Lácteos	Licenciatura
27	24O	Trabajo Experimental VI	Posgrado
28	24P	Tecnología de Lácteos	Licenciatura
29	24P	Trabajo Experimental V	Posgrado
30	24I	Trabajo Experimental IV	Posgrado
31	24I	Seminario de Informe Terminal	Posgrado
32	24I	Tecnología de Lácteos	Licenciatura
33	24I	Trabajo Experimental III	Posgrado
34	23O	Trabajo Experimental XII	Posgrado
35	23O	Trabajo Experimental II	Posgrado
36	23O	Tecnología de Lácteos	Licenciatura
37	23O	Seminario de Proyecto Doctoral	Posgrado
38	23P	Trabajo Experimental XI	Posgrado
39	23P	Trabajo Experimental I	Posgrado
40	23P	Tecnología de Lácteos	Licenciatura
41	23I	Trabajo Experimental X	Posgrado
42	22P	Trabajo Experimental IX	Posgrado
43	22I	Trabajo Experimental VIII	Posgrado

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