Gabriel Guarneros Peña, Mexican molecular biologist (Ciudad de Mexico 08 July 1941 –
ACHIEVEMENTS
Discovered new bacteriophages infecting Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Entamoeba histolytica
Characterized novel genetic signals which regulate messenger RNA translation in prokaryotes
Discovered a minigene that regulates translation termination
Proposed a novel concept of retroregulation of gene expression
With V. Flores, A. Cazares, E.M. Adriaenssens, L. Kameyama, O. Sepulveda Robles, A. Kropinski & J.H. Kuhn described a new viral genus, Pamx74 virus (2016)
HONOURS
Life Sciences Award, Montreal Interscience Association (2012)
International Howard Hughes Scholar, Howard Hughes Medical Institute (1991-6)