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Biosafety Expert
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published: 12 Nov 2008
last updated: 03 Jul 2009
Maria de Lourdes Torres has a Ph.D. in Molecular Biology of Plants from de Freie Universität Berlin, Germany. She works as a full time Professor at Universidad San Francisco de Quito since 1995. She became the Head of the Biotechnology Department in 1997 and since 2007 is the Vice Dean of the School of Biology and Environmental Sciences. She is the Co-Director of the Plant Biotechnology Department at Universidad San Francisco de Quito. She is member of the National Biosafety Committee of Ecuador and has advised the Minster of Environment in biosafety issues the last 10 years. She has followed the Cartagena Protocol meetings as official delegate of Ecuador, specially the ones related with the discussion of Article 18 and 27. Since 2007, she is a regional advisor of the BCH Project UNEP-GEF
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Person:Ph.D. Maria de Lourdes TorresFrancisco Salazar 36o y Coruna. Edificio Vistaleste. Casa 5Quito, Pichincha
, EcuadorPhone: +593 9 982-6522,Fax: +593 2 289 0070,Email: ltorres@usfq.edu.ec, lourdes@usfq.edu.ec,Website:
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- Ecuadorian
Universidad San Francisco Quito)
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Academic or research institute
Biotechnology Department
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1995-01-10-01
Academic or research institute
As a professor and researcher working in Biotechnology, I have had the opportunity to deal with biosafety issues. In Ecuador until now there are no specific regulations in Biosafety, but since 1997 I have worked mainly with the Ministry of Environment of Ecuador trying to create a Biosafety National Framework. I have been involved in the discussions of the Cartagena Protocol, and in the development of the Biosafety Projects of my country. I have taken part in many international and regional biosafety workshops, as participant or speaker, and I have gathered a great experience in this field interacting and discussing this issue with several academic and social organizations.
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B.SC. in Biology
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Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador
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1984-09-01-01
1988-09-15-01
B. Other professional qualifications
- Regional Advisor
- National Coordinator REDBIO FAO
- Botany, forestry and plant agricultural sciences
- Agrobiodiversity
- Biotechnology
- Teaching
- Abiotic stress tolerance (drought, heat, cold, etc)
- Marker genes
- Nutritional traits
- Torres, AF, AS Arias, V Arahana y ML Torres. 2008. Preliminary Assessment of Genetic Diversity and Phenetic Relations for Section Lasiocarpa by Means of Heterologous SSR Markers. Crop Sci. 48:1
- Torres M., Siemens J., Meixner M. and Sacristán M.D. 1997. Direct gene transfer and inheritance of the transgene in Arabidopsis thaliana, ecotype Landsberg erecta and two marker lines. Plant Cell Tissue Organ Culture, 47: 111 - 118
- Siemens J., Torres M., Morgner M. and Sacristán M.D. 1993. Plant regeneration from mesophyll-protoplasts of four ecotypes and two marker lines from Arabidopsis thaliana using a unique protocol. Plant Cell Reports, 12:569 -572.
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- Member REDBIO - FAO
- Board Member, Centro Ecuatoriano de Derecho Ambiental. Quito – Ecuador.
- Member RNBio, Universidad de las Naciones Unidas
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Delegate from the academic sector to the National Biosafety Committee
Official delegate from Ecuador to the international meetings for discussing articles 18 and 27 from the Cartagena Protocol.
National Coordinator, REDBIO FAO
- Spanish
| Language | Level |
|---|---|
| English | excellent |
Nomination Type
Roster of Experts
Open-ended Online Expert Forum on RA&RM
Birth Place
Ecuador
Other Publications
Siemens J., Torres M., Morgner M. and Sacristán M.D. 1993. Plant regeneration from mesophyll-protoplasts of four ecotypes and two marker lines from Arabidopsis thaliana using a unique protocol. Plant Cell Reports, 12:569 -572.
Torres M. 1994. Plant regeneration from protoplasts and transformation using direct gene transfer in three lines of Arabidopsis thaliana (L.) Heynh. Doctoral thesis. Freie Universität Berlin.
Torres M.L. 2001. Diversidad Genética en La Biodiversidad del Ecuador. Informe 2000 editado por Carmen Josse. Capítulo IV. Ministerio del Ambiente, Ecocienca, Unión Mundial para la Naturaleza (UICN). Quito, Ecuador.
Torres M.L. 2002. Organismos Genéticamente Modificados, Situación en el Ecuador. En: Transgénicos, un destino tecnológico para América Latina, editado por María Luisa Pfeiffer. Ediciones Suárez, Mar del Plata, Argentina.
Torres M.L. 2002. Organismos Genéticamente Modificados, Situación en el Ecuador. En: Transgénicos, un destino tecnológico para América Latina, editado por María Luisa Pfeiffer. Ediciones Suárez, Mar del Plata, Argentina.
Torres M.L. 1998. Biodiversidad y Biotecnología. En: Conservación de la Biodiversidad. Ed. Suárez L. IUCN.
Torres M.L. (Editora). 1999. Memorias del II Encuentro de Biotecnología del Ecuador. UNESCO.
Woolfson J. y Torres María de Lourdes. 2001. Propuesta de Políticas Nacionales sobre Biosguridad. Ministerio del Ambiente. Ecociencia.
Torres M.L. (Editora). 2002. Memorias del III Encuentro de Biotecnología del Ecuador, 1er Curso Regional de Bioseguridad. UNESCO.
Relevant Awards
- UNU/BIOLAC. Beca para la participación en el entrenamiento: “Métodos moleculares utilizados en la detección de OGMs en semillas, granos y alimentos procesados”. Instituto de Biotecnología, INTA-Castelar. 15 – 26 de Julio, 2002.
Buenos Aires – Argentina.
- UNU/BIOLAC. Beca para la participación en el curso: “Biosafety of GMOs in Agro Food Sector”, Baruta – Venezuela. Marzo 2001.
- Frau Förderung Stiftung, Freie Universität Berlin. Beca para finalización del trabajo de investigación del doctorado. Octubre - Diciembre 1993.
- Katholischer Akademischer Ausländer Dienst (KAAD). Beca para realización de la práctica de Inmunología en Boston, USA. Febrero - Marzo 1991.
- KAAD. Beca para realización del doctorado en Alemania. Febrero 1990 - Diciembre 1994.
