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Research interests

• Protein folding
• Non-conventional protein folding
• Protein purification
• Biochemical characterization of proteins

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Professor Hugo Nájera has studied Biochemistry at the Faculty of Chemistry of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) and a B.S. in Biology at the Faculty of Sciences of the UNAM. He has done research stays at the Laboratory of Protein Biophysicochemistry of the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro and at the Laboratory of Phosphorescence Spectroscopy of the Istituto di Biofísica in Pisa, Italy.

He has been a Professor since 1996 in several institutions, since 2008 he is a Professor at the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana. He is a founding member of the Branch of Physicochemistry and Protein Structure of the Mexican Society of Biochemistry. He has published articles dealing with protein biochemistry and has supervised more than 20 undergraduate and graduate theses, as well as postdoctoral fellowships. Since 1996 he has taught more than 180 undergraduate and graduate courses.

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Research interests

• Protein folding
• Non-conventional protein folding
• Protein purification
• Biochemical characterization of proteins

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Open Access	References	UN SDGs
OA	López, S., Rojo-Domínguez, A., López-Simeon, R. and 2 more (...) (2025).L-tyrosine inhibits the formation of amyloid fibers of human lysozyme at physiological pH and temperature. Amino Acids,57(1)
OA	López, S., Rojo-Domínguez, A., Nájera, H. (2025).Impact of Phenolic Compounds on Fibrillogenesis of Human Lysozyme under Physiological Conditions: Inhibition or Promotion?. ACS Omega,10(32) 35842-35849
OA	Rojas-Osnaya, J., Nájera, H. (2025).Assembly of Hydrophobin class I from Agaricus bisporus produced different amyloid-like fibrils. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Proteins and Proteomics,1873(1)
OA	Vazquez-Lima, C.G., Quintana-Quirino, M., Bravo, A.L. and 2 more (...) (2025).Historical Insights Into the Purification of Polyphenol Oxidase From Plants. Food Science and Nutrition,13(11)
OA	Morante-Carriel, J., Nájera, H., Samper-Herrero, A. and 6 more (...) (2024).Therapeutic Potential of Prenylated Flavonoids of the Fabaceae Family in Medicinal Chemistry: An Updated Review. International Journal of Molecular Sciences,25(23)	\| 3 \|
OA	Morante-Carriel, J., Živković, S., Nájera, H. and 6 more (...) (2024).Prenylated Flavonoids of the Moraceae Family: A Comprehensive Review of Their Biological Activities. Plants,13(9)	\| 3 \|
OA	Martínez-Esteso, M.J., Morante-Carriel, J., Samper-Herrero, A. and 4 more (...) (2024).Proteomics: An Essential Tool to Study Plant-Specialized Metabolism. Biomolecules,14(12)	\| 12 \|
	Marrufo-Hernández, N.A., Nájera, H., González Chávez, F. and 1 more (...) (2024).Polyphenol oxidase inactivation from apple juice by Al-based metal–organic frameworks: New anti-browning strategy in fruits and vegetables. Food Chemistry,439
OA	Rojas-Osnaya, J., Quintana-Quirino, M., Espinosa-Valencia, A. and 2 more (...) (2024).Hydrophobins: multitask proteins. Frontiers in Physics,12
OA	Martínez-Márquez, A., Selles-Marchart, S., Nájera, H. and 3 more (...) (2024).Biosynthesis of Piceatannol from Resveratrol in Grapevine Can Be Mediated by Cresolase-Dependent Ortho-Hydroxylation Activity of Polyphenol Oxidase. Plants,13(18)
	Cerón, R., Peimbert, M., Rojo-Domínguez, A. and 1 more (...) (2023).Hen lysozyme fibrillogenesis, molten globule intermediate and effect of copper salts. Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics,41(2) 423-434
	Chávez, F.G., Nájera, H., Leyva, M.A. and 3 more (...) (2020).New 2D Lanthanide MOFs Constructed from Bis(imide) Pyromellitic Alanine Ligands with Enhanced Fluorescence toward Activation and Modulation of Microstructure. Crystal Growth and Design,20(7) 4273-4292
	Rojas-Osnaya, J., Rocha-Pino, Z., Nájera, H. and 2 more (...) (2020).Novel transglycosylation activity of β-N-acetylglucosaminidase of Lecanicillium lecanii produced by submerged culture. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules,145759-767

Courses taught by the professor in recent trimesters

*Courses are conducted in spanish

Num.	Trim.	Course Name	Level
1	25O	Temas Selectos en Bioquímica I	Licenciatura
2	25O	Temas Selectos en Bioquímica II	Licenciatura
3	25O	Proyecto Terminal I	Licenciatura
4	25O	Proyecto Terminal II	Licenciatura
5	25O	Bioquímica I	Licenciatura
6	25P	Bioquímica II	Licenciatura
7	25P	Proyecto Terminal II	Licenciatura
8	25P	Proyecto Terminal II	Licenciatura
9	25P	Proyecto Terminal III	Licenciatura
10	25P	Proyecto Terminal III	Licenciatura
11	25P	Proyecto Terminal III	Licenciatura
12	25P	Proyecto Terminal III	Licenciatura
13	25I	Proyecto Terminal II	Licenciatura
14	25I	Proyecto Terminal III	Licenciatura
15	25I	Proyecto Terminal III	Licenciatura
16	25I	Proyecto Terminal II	Licenciatura
17	25I	Proyecto Terminal II	Licenciatura
18	25I	Proyecto Terminal I	Licenciatura
19	25I	Introducción a la Experimentación	Licenciatura
20	24O	Laboratorio de Ciencia Básica	Licenciatura
21	24O	Proyecto Terminal I	Licenciatura
22	24O	Proyecto de Investigación Doctoral XII	Posgrado
23	24P	Proyecto de Investigación Doctoral XI	Posgrado
24	24I	Proyecto de Investigación Doctoral X	Posgrado
25	23O	Proyecto de Investigación Doctoral IX	Posgrado
26	23O	Proyecto de Investigación Doctoral XII	Posgrado
27	23P	Seminario Doctoral IV	Posgrado
28	23P	Proyecto de Investigación Doctoral XI	Posgrado
29	23P	Proyecto de Investigación Doctoral VIII	Posgrado
30	23I	Introducción a la Experimentación	Licenciatura
31	23I	Laboratorio de Bioquímica	Licenciatura
32	23I	Proyecto Terminal II	Licenciatura
33	23I	Proyecto Terminal III	Licenciatura
34	23I	Proyecto de Investigación Doctoral VII	Posgrado
35	23I	Proyecto de Investigación Doctoral X	Posgrado
36	22O	Proyecto de Investigación Doctoral IX	Posgrado
37	22O	Proyecto de Investigación Doctoral VI	Posgrado
38	22O	Seminario Doctoral III	Posgrado
39	22O	Proyecto Terminal II	Licenciatura
40	22O	Proyecto Terminal I	Licenciatura
41	22O	Laboratorio de Ciencia Básica	Licenciatura
42	22P	Bioquímica II	Licenciatura
43	22P	Proyecto Terminal I	Licenciatura
44	22P	Proyecto Terminal III	Licenciatura
45	22P	Técnicas Espectroscópicas	Posgrado
46	22P	Proyecto de Investigación Doctoral V	Posgrado
47	22I	Temas Selectos en Bioquímica I	Licenciatura
48	22I	Temas Selectos en Bioquímica II	Licenciatura
49	22I	Introducción a la Experimentación	Licenciatura
50	22I	Proyecto Terminal II	Licenciatura
51	22I	Técnicas de Separación Cromatográfica	Posgrado
52	22I	Proyecto de Investigación Doctoral IV	Posgrado

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