Dra. Marta Susana Fernández Pacheco

Doctor of Biochemistry
(University of Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Professor (Cinvestav 3-D)
Member of the National System of Investigators (SNI 3)


Research lines:

Membranes and biological interfaces. Self-assembly of amphipathic molecules and interfacial activation of enzymes. Phospholipase A2. Use of fluorescence in the study of interfaces and bacterial membranes. Biophotonics. Lateral organization of lipids. Phase transitions, microfluidity, membrane heterogeneities and domains. FRET.

M. S. Fernandez's articles have been cited more than
1, 000 times(SCI)
Phone:  (52) (55) 5747-3956
E-mail: msfernandez@yupisnoopycinvestav.mx

 

 

Some Representative Publications

Marta S. Fernández. Human IAPP amyloidogenic properties and pancreatic β-cell death. Cell Calcium. 56 (2014) 416-427.

Vallejo, A. A., Velázquez, J. B. and Fernández, M. S. Lateral organization of mixed, two-phosphatidylcholine liposomes as investigated by GPS, the slope of Laurdan generalized polarization spectra. Arch. Biochem. Biophys. (2007) 466:145-154.

Velázquez, J. B. and Fernández, M. S. GPS, the slope of Laurdan generalized polarization spectra, in the study of phospholipid lateral organization and Escherichia coli lipid phases. Arch. Biochem. Biophys. (2006) 455:163-174.

Morales, R. and Fernández, M. S. Interfacial Activation of Porcine Pancreatic Phospholipase A2 Studied with 7-Nitrobenz-2-oxa-1,3-diazol-4-yl-Labeled Lipids. Arch. Biochem. Biophys. (2002) 398 No.2:221-228.

Mejía, R., Gómez-Eichelmann, M. C. and Fernández, M. S. Escherichia coli membrane fluidity as detected by excimerization of dipyrenylpropane: sensitivity to the bacterial fatty acid profile. Arch. Biochem. Biophys. (1999) 368 No.1:156-160.

Mejía, R., Gómez-Eichelmann, M. C. and Fernández, M. S. Membrane fluidity of Escherichia coli during heat-shock. Biochim. Biophys. Acta. (1995) 1239:195-200.

Fernández, M. S. and Juárez, J. A. Activity of phospholipase A2 on a fluorescent substrate incorporated into non-hydrolizable phospholipid liposomes. Biochim. Biophys. Acta. (1994) 1192:132-142.

Fernández, M. S., Mejía, R. and Zavala, E. The interfacial calcium ion concentration as modulator of the latency phase in the hydrolysis of dimyristoyl-phosphatidylcholine liposomes by phospholipase A2. Biochem Cell Biol. (1991) 69:722-727.

González-Martínez, M. T. and Fernández, M. S. Induction of a latency period in the time-course of phospholipase A2 action on dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine liposomes in the gel phase. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. (1988) 151:851-858.

Fernández, M. S. González-Martínez, M. T. and Calderón, E. The effect of pH on the phase transition temperature of dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine/palmitic acid liposomes. Biochim. Biophys. Acta. (1986) 863:156-164.

Fernández, M. S. Determination of surface potential in liposomes. Biochim. Biophys. Acta. (1981) 646:23-26.

Fernández, M. S. and Fromherz, P. Lipoid pH indicators as probes of electrical potential and polarity in micelles. J. Phys. Chem. (1977) 81:1755-1761.

Fernández, M. S. Célis, H. and Montal, M. Proton magnetic resonance detection of ionophore mediated transport of praseodimium ions across phospholipid membranes. Biochim. Biophys. Acta. (1973) 323:600-605.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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