Nelson Toro
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Estudios
Doctorado en Ciencias, Vrije Universiteit Brussels. Bélgica. 1996
Maestría en Ciencias Vrije Universiteit Brussels. Belgica 1991
BSc. Biología. Universidad del Valle, Cali. Colombia. 1986
Perfil
Profesor Asociado del Departamento de Biología de la Universidad del Valle (PhD en Biología Molecular). Director del Grupo de investigación “Estudios Ecogenéticos y de Biología Molecular” avalado por COLCIENCIAS en categoría A. El Dr. Toro desarrolló sus estudios de Maestría y Doctorado en el Instituto de Biología Molecular de la Universidad Libre de Bruselas (VUB), donde trabajó en la expresión y regulación de genes en plantas. Entre los años 1996 y 1997, fue investigador asociado del programa Nacional de Biotecnología agrícola en Corpoica, Tibaitatá, Colombia. Desde el año 1998 se encuentra vinculado al Departamento de Biología de la Universidad del Valle, participando como docente en cursos de pregrado y posgrado y realizando proyectos de investigación en las áreas de la genética y la biología molecular.
Proyectos en ejecución
Ecogenética de manglares de la Costa Pacífica Colombiana. Fase I: Diferenciación genética entre y dentro de géneros de manglar de la Costa Pacífica Colombiana; 1999 – Actual
Intereses de Docencia
El profesor Toro, tiene sus líneas de investigación en Biología Molecular aplicada al mejoramiento genético en plantas, así como Biotecnología aplicada a la biología de la conservación. Además, está interesado en estudios de variabilidad genética de especies silvestres tropicales mediante el uso de marcadores moleculares y estudios de diferenciación molecular intraespecífica en diferentes áreas geográficas de especies tropicales, así como la ecogenética, y los efectos del calentamiento global en la variación genética de los ecosistemas y especies tropicales.
Estudiantes
Estudiantes graduados
Pregrado: 14
Maestría: 8
Doctorado: 5
Redes científicas
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Publicaciones escogidas
Gallo-Franco, Jenny & Toro-Perea, Nelson. (2020). Variations in the Bacterial Communities in Anastrepha obliqua (Diptera: Tephritidae) According to the Insect Life Stage and Host Plant. Current Microbiology. 10.1007/s00284-020-01939-y.
Martinez, Laura & Duque-Gamboa, Diana & Toro-Perea, Nelson. (2019). New records of aphid parasitoids (Hymenoptera) from Colombia. Check List. 15. 1083-1091. 10.15560/15.6.1083.
Velasco-Cuervo, Sandra & Aguirre Ramirez, Elkin & Gallo-Franco, Jenny & González-Obando, Ranulfo & Carrejo, Nancy & Toro-Perea, Nelson. (2019). Saving DNA from museum specimens: The success of DNA mini-barcodes in haplotype reconstruction in the genus Anastrepha (Diptera: Tephritidae). Journal of Advanced Research. 16. 10.1016/j.jare.2018.11.001.
Garzón-Bautista, Yuri & Baez, Mariana & Caetano, Creucí & Toro-Perea, Nelson & Guerra, Marcelo & Castillo-Cárdenas, Maria. (2018). Karyotype of the Neotropical mangrove species Pelliciera Rhizophorae Triana and Planchon (Tetrameristaceae). Caryologia. 71. 1-8. 10.1080/00087114.2018.1458528.
Duque-Gamboa, Diana & Castillo-Cárdenas, Maria & Hernandez Mahecha, Luis Miguel & Guzman, Camilo & Manzano, Maria & Toro-Perea, Nelson. (2018). The bud midge Prodiplosis floricola in citrus crops in Colombia. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata. 166. 204-214. 10.1111/eea.12654
Duque-Gamboa, Diana & Castillo-Cárdenas, Maria & Hernandez Mahecha, Luis Miguel & Guzman, Camilo & Manzano, Maria & Toro-Perea, N.. (2018). Mitochondrial DNA suggests cryptic speciation in Prodiplosis longifila Gagné (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) associated with geographic distance and host specialization. Bulletin of Entomological Research. 108. 1-11. 10.1017/S0007485317001298..
Chavarriaga, Paul & Prias, Monica & López, Danilo & Ortiz, Darwin & Toro-Perea, Nelson & Tohme, Joe. (2017). Molecular analysis of the expression of a crtB transgene and the endogenous psy2-y 1 and psy2-y 2 genes of cassava and their effect on root carotenoid content.Transgenic Research. 26. 10.1007/s11248-017-0037-y.
Gallo-Franco, Jenny & Velasco-Cuervo, Sandra & Aguirre Ramirez, Elkin & González-Obando, Ranulfo & Carrejo, Nancy & Toro-Perea, Nelson. (2017). Genetic diversity and population structure of Anastrepha striata (Diptera: Tephritidae) in three natural regions of southwestern Colombia using mitochondrial sequences. Genetica. 145. 10.1007/s10709-016-9947-5.
Duque-Gamboa, Diana & Castillo-Cárdenas, Maria & Hernandez Mahecha, Luis Miguel & Guzman, Camilo & Manzano, Maria & Toro-Perea, Nelson. (2016). Molecular evidence of host-associated genetic differentiation in Prodiplosis longifila (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae). 10.1603/ICE.2016.114050.
Díaz, Fernando & Orobio Hurtado, Rony & Chavarriaga, Paul & Toro-Perea, Nelson. (2015). Differential expression patterns among heat-shock protein genes and thermal responses in the whitefly Bemisia tabaci (MEAM 1). Journal of thermal biology. 52. 199-207. 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2015.07.004.
Cerón-Souza, Ivania & Gonzalez, Elena & Schwarzbach, Andrea & Salas, Dayana & Rivera-Ocasio, Elsie & Toro-Perea, Nelson & Bermingham, Eldredge & Mcmillan, W. (2015). Contrasting demographic history and gene flow patterns of two mangrove species on either side of the Central American Isthmus. Ecology and Evolution. 5. 959-1911. 10.1002/ece3.1569.
Castillo-Cárdenas, Maria & Sanjur, Oris & Toro-Perea, Nelson. (2015). Differences in sculpture and size of pollen grains: new morphological evidence of diversification in Pelliciera rhizophorae , an ancient Neotropical mangrove species. Palynology. 40. 1-6. 10.1080/01916122.2015.1045050.
Díaz, Fernando & Saldañ, Cinthya & Guzmán, & Manzano, Maria & Toro-Perea, Nelson & Cárdenas, Heiber. (2015). Thermal reaction norms between populations with climatic differences of the invader silverleaf whitefly, Bemisia tabaci (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) MEAM 1 clade in Colombia. International Journal of Tropical Insect Science. 35. 54-61. 10.1017/S1742758415000016.
Castillo-Cárdenas, Maria & Díaz-Gonzales, Fernando & Cerón-Souza, Ivania & Sanjur, Oris & Toro-Perea, Nelson. (2014). Jumping a geographic barrier: diversification of the mangrove species Pelliciera rhizophorae (Tetrameristaceae) across the Central American Isthmus. Tree Genetics & Genomes. 11. 822. 10.1007/s11295-014-0822-1.
Muñoz-Valencia, Vanessa & DÍAZ-GONZÁLEZ, FERNANDO & Manzano, Maria & TORO-PEREA, NELSON & Cárdenas, Heiber. (2013). Basal and induced thermotolerance to heat shocks in Bemisia tabaci biotype B(Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae). Revista Colombiana de Entomología. 39. 18-25.
Castillo-Cárdenas, Maria & Toro-Perea, Nelson. (2012). Corrigendum to “Low genetic diversity within Caribbean patches of Pelliciera rhizophorae, a Neotropical mangrove species with reduced distribution” [Aquat. Bot. 96, 48–51]. Aquatic Botany - AQUAT BOT. 116. 10.1016/j.aquabot.2011.09.011.
Salas, Dayana & Mayor-Durán, Víctor & Toro-Perea, Nelson. (2009). Genetic diversity of the black mangrove (Avicennia germinans L.) in Colombia. Aquatic Botany. 91. 187-193. 10.1016/j.aquabot.2009.06.001.
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Studies
PhD. In Sciences. Vrije Universiteit Brussel. Belgium. 1996
Msc. in Sciences. Vrije Universiteit Brussel. Belgium. 1991
BSc. Biology. Universidad del Valle, Cali. Colombia. 1986
Professional Profile
Prof. Doc. Nelson Toro is associate professor of the Biology Department at Universidad del Valle.
After studying biology in Universidad del Valle at Cali, he graduated in 1986. Dr. Toro developed his Master's and Doctorate studies at the Institute for Molecular Biology of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB, Belgium), where he worked on the expression and regulation of genes in plants. Between 1996 and 1997, he was an associate researcher of the National Agricultural Biotechnology program at Corpoica, Tibaitatá, Colombia. Since 1998, Doc. Toro has participated as Undergraduate and Graduate professor as well as well as a researcher in genetics and molecular biology at the Biology Department of the Universidad del Valle. Professor Toro is currently the research group leader “Eco-genetics and Molecular Biology Studies” endorsed by the Colombian Science minister (A category).
Projects in Process
Colombian Pacific Coast Mangrove Ecogenetics. Phase I: Genetic differentiation between and within mangrove genera of the Colombian Pacific Coast (1999 - Present)
Teaching Interests
Professor Toro has his lines of research in Molecular Biology applied to genetic improvement in plants, as well as using Biotechnology to conservation biology. In addition, he is interested in studies of genetic variability of tropical wild species through the use of molecular markers, and studies of intraspecific molecular differentiation of tropical species in different geographic areas, as well as ecogenetics, and the effects of global warming on the genetic variation of tropical ecosystems and species.
Students
Students graduated
Undergraduate: 14
Master: 8
Doctorate: 5
Scientific Networks
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Selected Publications
Gallo-Franco, Jenny & Toro-Perea, Nelson. (2020). Variations in the Bacterial Communities in Anastrepha obliqua (Diptera: Tephritidae) According to the Insect Life Stage and Host Plant. Current Microbiology. 10.1007/s00284-020-01939-y.
Martinez, Laura & Duque-Gamboa, Diana & Toro-Perea, Nelson. (2019). New records of aphid parasitoids (Hymenoptera) from Colombia. Check List. 15. 1083-1091. 10.15560/15.6.1083.
Velasco-Cuervo, Sandra & Aguirre Ramirez, Elkin & Gallo-Franco, Jenny & González-Obando, Ranulfo & Carrejo, Nancy & Toro-Perea, Nelson. (2019). Saving DNA from museum specimens: The success of DNA mini-barcodes in haplotype reconstruction in the genus Anastrepha (Diptera: Tephritidae). Journal of Advanced Research. 16. 10.1016/j.jare.2018.11.001.
Garzón-Bautista, Yuri & Baez, Mariana & Caetano, Creucí & Toro-Perea, Nelson & Guerra, Marcelo & Castillo-Cárdenas, Maria. (2018). Karyotype of the Neotropical mangrove species Pelliciera Rhizophorae Triana and Planchon (Tetrameristaceae). Caryologia. 71. 1-8. 10.1080/00087114.2018.1458528.
Duque-Gamboa, Diana & Castillo-Cárdenas, Maria & Hernandez Mahecha, Luis Miguel & Guzman, Camilo & Manzano, Maria & Toro-Perea, Nelson. (2018). The bud midge Prodiplosis floricola in citrus crops in Colombia. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata. 166. 204-214. 10.1111/eea.12654
Duque-Gamboa, Diana & Castillo-Cárdenas, Maria & Hernandez Mahecha, Luis Miguel & Guzman, Camilo & Manzano, Maria & Toro-Perea, N.. (2018). Mitochondrial DNA suggests cryptic speciation in Prodiplosis longifila Gagné (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) associated with geographic distance and host specialization. Bulletin of Entomological Research. 108. 1-11. 10.1017/S0007485317001298..
Chavarriaga, Paul & Prias, Monica & López, Danilo & Ortiz, Darwin & Toro-Perea, Nelson & Tohme, Joe. (2017). Molecular analysis of the expression of a crtB transgene and the endogenous psy2-y 1 and psy2-y 2 genes of cassava and their effect on root carotenoid content.Transgenic Research. 26. 10.1007/s11248-017-0037-y.
Gallo-Franco, Jenny & Velasco-Cuervo, Sandra & Aguirre Ramirez, Elkin & González-Obando, Ranulfo & Carrejo, Nancy & Toro-Perea, Nelson. (2017). Genetic diversity and population structure of Anastrepha striata (Diptera: Tephritidae) in three natural regions of southwestern Colombia using mitochondrial sequences. Genetica. 145. 10.1007/s10709-016-9947-5.
Duque-Gamboa, Diana & Castillo-Cárdenas, Maria & Hernandez Mahecha, Luis Miguel & Guzman, Camilo & Manzano, Maria & Toro-Perea, Nelson. (2016). Molecular evidence of host-associated genetic differentiation in Prodiplosis longifila (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae). 10.1603/ICE.2016.114050.
Díaz, Fernando & Orobio Hurtado, Rony & Chavarriaga, Paul & Toro-Perea, Nelson. (2015). Differential expression patterns among heat-shock protein genes and thermal responses in the whitefly Bemisia tabaci (MEAM 1). Journal of thermal biology. 52. 199-207. 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2015.07.004.
Cerón-Souza, Ivania & Gonzalez, Elena & Schwarzbach, Andrea & Salas, Dayana & Rivera-Ocasio, Elsie & Toro-Perea, Nelson & Bermingham, Eldredge & Mcmillan, W. (2015). Contrasting demographic history and gene flow patterns of two mangrove species on either side of the Central American Isthmus. Ecology and Evolution. 5. 959-1911. 10.1002/ece3.1569.
Castillo-Cárdenas, Maria & Sanjur, Oris & Toro-Perea, Nelson. (2015). Differences in sculpture and size of pollen grains: new morphological evidence of diversification in Pelliciera rhizophorae , an ancient Neotropical mangrove species. Palynology. 40. 1-6. 10.1080/01916122.2015.1045050.
Díaz, Fernando & Saldañ, Cinthya & Guzmán, & Manzano, Maria & Toro-Perea, Nelson & Cárdenas, Heiber. (2015). Thermal reaction norms between populations with climatic differences of the invader silverleaf whitefly, Bemisia tabaci (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) MEAM 1 clade in Colombia. International Journal of Tropical Insect Science. 35. 54-61. 10.1017/S1742758415000016.
Castillo-Cárdenas, Maria & Díaz-Gonzales, Fernando & Cerón-Souza, Ivania & Sanjur, Oris & Toro-Perea, Nelson. (2014). Jumping a geographic barrier: diversification of the mangrove species Pelliciera rhizophorae (Tetrameristaceae) across the Central American Isthmus. Tree Genetics & Genomes. 11. 822. 10.1007/s11295-014-0822-1.
Muñoz-Valencia, Vanessa & DÍAZ-GONZÁLEZ, FERNANDO & Manzano, Maria & TORO-PEREA, NELSON & Cárdenas, Heiber. (2013). Basal and induced thermotolerance to heat shocks in Bemisia tabaci biotype B(Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae). Revista Colombiana de Entomología. 39. 18-25.
Castillo-Cárdenas, Maria & Toro-Perea, Nelson. (2012). Corrigendum to “Low genetic diversity within Caribbean patches of Pelliciera rhizophorae, a Neotropical mangrove species with reduced distribution” [Aquat. Bot. 96, 48–51]. Aquatic Botany - AQUAT BOT. 116. 10.1016/j.aquabot.2011.09.011.
Salas, Dayana & Mayor-Durán, Víctor & Toro-Perea, Nelson. (2009). Genetic diversity of the black mangrove (Avicennia germinans L.) in Colombia. Aquatic Botany. 91. 187-193. 10.1016/j.aquabot.2009.06.001.
