The research in our laboratory combines
physiology, biochemistry and molecular biology to address Insect biology
fundamental questions.
Currently, we are working on two main projects:
1. The study of the
nutritional regulation of juvenile hormone levels in mosquitoes.
2.
Functional proteomics analysis of the mosquito
neuroendocrine system.
I have also interest in the fields of insect
immune response and thermoregulation.
If you are interested in
pursuing a Doctoral degree under my supervision please contact me
Courses I am offering at FIU:
1. Functional Genomics and Proteomics
2.
Comparative Physiology
Dr. Noriega's CV
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Education |
1981
University of La
Plata
Argentina
Licenciado en
Zoologia
1987
University of La
Plata
Argentina
Ph.D
Zoology |
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Professional experience |
Associate Professor (2007-Present)
Department of
Biological Sciences, Florida International University
Assistant Professor (2004-2007) Department of
Biological Sciences, Florida International University
Adjunct Associate
Professor (2003-present) College of Natural Sciences,
University of La
Plata. Argentina
Research Associate
Professor (2002-2003) Department of Biochemistry,
University of Arizona
Research Assistant Professor (1994-2002)
Department of Biochemistry, University of Arizona.
Visiting Scientist (1994) Institute of
Parasitology, Czech Academy of Sciences, Ceske Budejovice, Czech
Republic.
Research Associate (1992-1994) Department of
Biochemistry, University of Arizona.
Research Associate (1989-1992) Center for Insect
Science, University of Arizona.
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow (1989) National
Council of Scientific Research. Universidad Nacional de La Plata,
Argentina.
Laboratory
Teaching Assistant Chief in Animal Physiology, University of La Plata,
1980-1983, 1988-1989.
Graduate Fellow (1981-1988) Center
for Parasites and Vectors Studies, Universidad Nacional de La Plata,
Argentina
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Honors
and Grants
Invited speaker
(Selected list)
Teaching experience in
international courses
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RO1 NIH grant award (PI) Regulation of Juvenile Hormone
levels in mosquitoes (2005-2010).
Total Cost: $1,844,038
RO1 NIH grant award (PI) Regulation of Juvenile Hormone
levels in mosquitoes (2001-2004).
Total Cost: $ 888,399
Distinguish
Visiting Professor Award. Mexico-United States Foundation for Sciences.
University of La Paz, Mexico (2001).
RO1 NIH grant award (coPI) . Blood digestion in Vectors 1996-2001
Total cost $1,237,432.
Biomedical Research Abroad (BRAVO-NIH) award,
Visiting Scientist. University of South Bohemia, Czech Republic
(1994).
Fullbright Foundation Travel Grant Award (1989).
National Council of Scientific Research
Post-Doctoral Fellowship (Argentina) (1989).
Competitive Research Grant Award Third World
Association for the Advance of the Science (Trieste, Italy)(1989).
Research Grant Award from S.P.I.D.E.R. (Ecological
Research Development Program) University of Buenos Aires, Argentina
(1987)
National Council of Scientific
Research Fellowship (Argentina)(1981-1988).
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Institute of Parasitology,
Czech Academy of Sciences, Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic, 1994, 1999.
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Department of Zoology,
University of Stockholm, Sweden, 1994.
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Department of Natural
Sciences, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, 1995, 2000, 2003.
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Campomar
Institute of Biochemical Research, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1995.
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National
Institute of Health, Cuernavaca, Mexico, 1997, 2001.
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CINVESTAD, Center of Advanced
Studied, Mexico DF, Mexico, 1997, 2001.
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Department of Zoology,
University of Mar del Plata, Argentina, 1998.
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Department of Entomology
Seminar Series. University of Arizona, April, 1999.
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Imperial
College, London, England, 1999.
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Institute of Virology,
University of Oxford, England, 1999.
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University of Keele, England,
1999.
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University of Wales, Bangor,
Wales, 1999.
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University of Aberdeen,
Scotland, 1999.
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Norwestern Research Center
(CIBNOR), La Paz, BCS, Mexico, 2000, 2001.
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Department of Parasitology,
University of Sao Paulo, Brazil, 2000.
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Department of Biochemistry,
Universidad Nacional de Cordoba, Argentina, 2000.
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Department of Parasitology,
Naresuan University, Pitsanulok, Thailand, 2001.
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Max
Plank Institute, Goettingen, Germany, 2001.
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Invited
speaker symposium: Arthropod adaptations for hematophagy Meeting of the
Society of Vector Ecologists, Albuquerque, USA, 2002.
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Chinese
Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China. 2002.
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Boston
College, USA , January 2003.
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Kansas
State University, USA, February 2003.
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Florida
International University, USA, March 2003.
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University
of Almeria, Spain, August 2003.
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Center
for Biological Research, Madrid. Spain. September 2003.
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Molecular
Biology Institute, Barcelona. Spain. September
2003.
- Universidad Nacional del
Sur, Bariloche, Argentina. November 2003
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Invited
speaker International Symposium on Genetic Resources and Functional
Studies in Insects. Tsukuba, Japan. March 2005.
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University of Riverside, February 2006
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University of Georgia, February 2006
- University of Almeria, Spain. July 2006
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CICYTTP, Argentina, May 2007
- Universidad Nacional del
Sur, Bariloche, Argentina. May 2007
- Center for genomic Studies, Universidad Nacional de
La Plata, Argentina, May 2007.
- Institute of Entomology, Czech Academy
of Sciences, Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic, July 2007
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Department of Biology.
MIT. Boston. May 2008
Biochemistry and Molecular
Biology of Vectors (Director). Universidad Nacional de Cordoba,
Argentina, 2000.
Proteases in
Invertebrates (Director). Norwestern Research Center
(CIBNOR), La Paz, BCS, Mexico, 2001.
International Course on Biology of Disease
Vectors, Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic, 2001. sponsored by the John
D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the Howard Hughes Medical
Institute, and the UNDP/World Bank/WHO Special Program for Research and
Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR).
Post-graduate course:
New approaches in Insect research: functional genomic and proteomic
studies. Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina, 2002.
International Course on Biology of Disease
Vectors, Cuernavaca, Mexico, June 14-29, 2003. sponsored by the
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the Howard Hughes Medical
Institute, and the UNDP/World Bank/WHO Special Program for Research and
Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR).
International course on Insect
Molecular and Cellular Biology. Universidad Nacional de La Plata,
Argentina, 2004.
Summer School on
Vector Biology, University of South Bohemia, Ceske Budejovice, Czech
Republic, June 20-25, 2005.
International Course on Biology of Disease
Vectors, Manaus, Brazil, June 3-16, 2007. sponsored by
FioCruz and the UNDP/World Bank/WHO Special Program for Research and
Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR). |
List of
publications:
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Mayoral, J.G, Nouzova,
M., Yoshiyama, M., Shinoda, T., Hernandez-Martinez, S.,
Dolghih, E., Turjanski, A.G., Roitberg, A., Priestap, H., Perez, M.,
Mackenzie, L., Li, Y., and
Noriega, F.G. (2008) Molecular and
Functional characterization of a Juvenoid Methyltrasferase expressed in the
corpora allata of mosquitoes. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (In
press).
Berry, J.P., Gantar,
M., Perez, M.H., Berry, G., and Noriega F.G. (2008) Cyanobacterial Toxins
as Allelochemicals with Potential as Algaecides, Herbicides and Insecticides.
Marine drugs 6: 117-146.
Navare, A., Zhou, M., McDonald, J., Noriega,
F.G., Sullards, C. and Fernandez, F.M. (2008) Serum
Biomarker Profiling by Solid-Phase Extraction with Particle-Embedded Micro Tips
and Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization Mass Spectrometry. Rapid
Communications in Mass Spectrometry 22:997-1008.
Martinez-Hernandez, S., Mayoral, J.G., Li, Y. and Noriega, F.G. (2007).
Role of Juvenile hormone and allatotropin on nutrient allocation, ovarian
development and survivorship in mosquitoes. J. Insect Physiology 53: 230-234
Li, Y., Martinez-Hernandez, S., Fernandez, F.,
Mayoral, J.G., Topalis, P., Priestap, H., Perez, M., Navarete, A., and
Noriega, F.G. (2006).Biochemical, molecular and functional characterization
of PISCF-allatostatin, a
regulator of juvenile
hormone biosynthesis in the mosquito Aedes aegypti. J.
Biological Chemistry, 281(45), 34048-34055.
Telang, A., Li, Y., Noriega F.G., and Brown M.R.
(2006) Effects of larval nutrition on the endocrinology of mosquito egg
development. J. Experimental Biology
209, 645-655.
Noriega, F.G., Ribeiro, J.M.C.,
Koener, J.F.,Valenzuela, J.G., Hernandez-Martinez, S., Pham, V.M and Feyereisen,
R. (2006) Comparative genomics of insect juvenile hormone biosynthesis. Insect
Biochem.Molec. Biology. 36: 366-374
Martinez-Hernandez, S., Li, Y., Rodriguez, M.H., Lanz-Mendoza H. and
Noriega, F.G. (2005). Allatotropin and PISCF-
and YXFGL-amide-allatostatins
distribution in Aedes aegypti and Anopheles albimanus
mosquitoes. Cell Tissue Research 321:105-113.
Sanborn, A.F., Heath, M.S., Heath, J.E., Noriega, F.G.
and Polly, P.K. (2004) Convergence and Parallelism Among Cicadas of Argentina
and the Southwestern United States (Hemiptera: Cicadoidea).
Journal of Zoology of the Linnean Society
83: 281-288
Isoe, J, Noriega, F. G. and Wells, M. A. (2004) Genomics and Gene
Expression in Vectors in (Marquardt WC, Black WC, Freier J, Hagedorn H,
Hemingway J, Higgs S, James AA and Kondratieff, Eds.) “Biology of Disease
Vectors”, 2nd ed., Elsevier, 551-563.
Noriega, F.G (2004) Mini review: Nutritional
regulation of JH synthesis: a mechanism to control reproductive maturation in
mosquitoes? Insect Biochem Molec. Biol. 34:687-693.
Caroci, A., Li, Y. and Noriega, F.G. (2004).
Reduced juvenile hormone synthesis in mosquitoes with low teneral reserves
prevents ovarian previtellogenic development in Aedes aegypti.
J. Experimental Biology
207:2685-2690
Li, Y., Martinez-Hernandez, S. and Noriega, F.G.
(2004) Inhibition of juvenile hormone biosynthesis in mosquitoes: effect of
allatostatic head-factors, PISCF- and
YXFGL-amide-allatostatins. Regulatory
peptides. 118: 175-182.
Li, Y.; Unnithan, C.;Martinez-Hernandez, S., Feyereisen,
R. and Noriega, F.G. (2003) Activity of the corpora allata of adult
female Aedes aegypti: effects of mating and feeding. Insect Biochem
Molec. Biol. 33: 1307-1315.
Li, Y., Kuwano, E.
and Noriega F.G. (2003)
1,5-disubstituted imidazoles inhibit juvenile hormone biosynthesis by the
corpora allata of the mosquito Aedes aegypti. J. Insect Physiology
49: 1005-1011.
Li, Y.; Unnithan,
C.; Veenstra J., Feyereisen, R. and Noriega, F.G. (2003) Stimulation of Juvinile
hormone biosynthesis by the corpora allata of adult Aedes aegypti in vitro:
effect of farnesoic acid and Aedes allatotropin. J. Experiemental Biology, 206
Caroci, A. and Noriega, F.G. (2003) Free amino
acids are important for the retention of protein and non-protein meals by the
midgut of Aedes aegypti females. Journal of Insect Physiology
49: 839-844.
Sanborn, A.F.,
Noriega, F.G. and Phillips, P.K (2002) Thermoregulation in the cicada
Platypedia putnami variety lutea (Homoptera: Tibicinidae) and a
test of a crepitation hypothesis. J. Thermal Biology 27(5): 365-369.
FG .Noriega, Edgar,
K.A., Bechet, R. and Wells, M.A. (2002)
Midgut exopeptidase activities in
Aedes aegypti
are induced by blood feeding. J. Insect Physiology 48: 65-72.
F.G Noriega, K. A. Edgar, D. K. Shah
and M. A. Wells. (2001) Neuroendocrine factors affecting the steady
state levels of early trypsin mRNA in
Aedes aegypti . J. Insect Physiology. 47, 515-522
M.J. Edwards, L.A. Moskalyk,
M. Donelly-Doman, M. Vlaskova, F. G. Noriega, V.K.Walker and M.
Jacobs-Lorena. (2000) Characterization of a carboxypeptidase A gene from the
mosquito, Aedes aegypti Insect Molec. Biol. 9, 33-38
K. Edgar, F.G. Noriega,
B. C. Bonning and M. A. Wells (2000). Recombinant juvenile hormone esterase,
an effective tool to modify juvenile hormone-dependent expression of the early
trypsin gene in mosquitoes. Insect Molec. Biol. 9, 27-31.
F.G. Noriega and M. A.
Wells (1999). A molecular view of protein-meal digestion in the yellow fever mosquito
Aedes aegypti J. Insect
Physiol. 45, 613-620.
F. G. Noriega, A. E.
Colonna and M. A. Wells (1999). Increase in the size of the amino acid pool is
sufficient to activate translation of early trypsin mRNA in Aedes aegypti
midgut. Insect Biochem Molec. Biol. 29, 243-247.
J.A. Veenstra, F.G. Noriega,
R. Graf and Feyereisen R. (1997) Identification of three allatostatins and
their cDNA from the mosquito Aedes aegypti. Peptides. 18:937-942
Q. Jiang, M. Hall, F.G.
Noriega and M. Wells (1997) Adult female-specific Aedes aegypti
midgut chymotrypsin: cDNA cloning and pattern of expression. Insect
Biochemistry and Molec. Biol. 27: 283-289
F.G. Noriega, D. Shaa
and M. Wells (1997) Juvenile Hormone regulates early trypsin gene expression.
Insect Molecular Biology 6: 63-66.
F.G. Noriega,
X-Y. Wang, J. E. Pennington, C. Barillas-Mury, and M. Wells (1996). Early trypsin, a female-specific midgut protease in Aedes aegypti: isolation,
amino-terminal sequence determination, and cloning and sequencing of the gene.
Insect Biochem. Molec. Biol. 26:119-126.
F.G. Noriega, J. E
Pennington, C. Barillas-Mury, X-Y. Wang and M. Wells (1996). Early trypsin,
an Aedes aegypti female specific protease, is post-transcriptionally regulated
by the blood meal. Insect Molec. Biol. 5:25-29.
A.F. Sanborn, M.S. Heath, J.E.
Heath and F.G. Noriega (1995) Diurnal activity, Temperature responses
and Endothermy in three South American cicadas (Homoptera : Cicadidae:
Dorisiana bonaerensis, Quesada gigas and Fidicina mannifera).
J. Therm. Biol. 20:451-460.
A.F. Sanborn, J.E. Heath, M.S.
Heath and F.G. Noriega (1995). Thermoregulation by endogenous heat
production in two south american grass dwelling cicadas (Homoptera: Cicadidae:
Proarna). Florida Entomologist 78: 319-328.
Barillas-Mury, F.G. Noriega
and M. Wells (1995). Early trypsin activity is part of the signal transduction
that activates transcription of late trypsin in the midgut of the mosquito
A. aegypti. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 25:241-246.
F.G. Noriega, C.
Barillas-Mury and M. Wells (1994). Dietary control of late-trypsin gene
transcription in Aedes aegypti. Insect Biochem. Molec. Biol.
24(6): 627-631.
F.G. Noriega
and M. Wells (1993). A comparison of three methods to isolate RNA from
mosquitoes. Insect Molecular Biology. 2(1): 21-24.
F.G. Noriega
and M. Wells (1992). Oxygen-Carrying Perfluorochemicals Emulsions Improve Fat
Body Culture Performance. Insect Biochem. Molec. Biol. 22:6, 585-590.
F.G. Noriega
(1992). Autogeny in three species of Triatominae: Rhodnius prolixus,
Triatoma rubrovaria and Triatoma infestans. J.
Med. Entomology 29(2):273-277.
F.G. Noriega
(1990). Ecdysteroid Metabolism and Titre in Triatominae. Invertebrate
Reprod.Devel.18:1-2,123.
Stoka, D. Salomon and
F.G. Noriega (1987). Reproductive
Physiology of Triatominae in Chagas Disease Vectors, Ed. R.R. Brenner, CRC
press Florida. 110-124.
Stoka and
F.G. Noriega (1982).Ecdysteroids:
Biochemical mechanism of 20-OH-ecdysone inactivation in Triatoma infestans (Hemiptera,Reduviidae),
Acta Physiol.
Latinoam.;32,321-329.
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My family:
I have 3
children from my first marriage and one from my second marriage. Fernando (29) is a Construction and Civil
Engineer. Francisco (27) has a degree in Business Administration
and Soledad (23) is studying
Graphic Design. Martin (born in march 2008) is still undecided about his future.
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My daughter Soledad and my son Francisco
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Soledad, Francisco and my Fernando with me at Soledad's
high school graduation party (December 2002) |
Taj Mahal in Agra (India) October
1998 and Jerusalem Israel (August 1999) with my former undergraduate student
Kyle Edgar
At the University of Sao Paulo
(Brasil) with several students including my former Research collaborator Abrahim
Caroci (white T-shirt). September 2000
With my daughter Soledad and my
friend and colleague Somchai visiting Khmer ruins on eastern Thailand. January 2001.
With my friend Diego Anon
Suarez in the Catavina area of Baja California, Mexico 2001
Amazing Baobab trees in Western
Madagascar. 2003
With my 1986 Honda Rebel at the
University of Arizona (Tucson) in 1996.
Hiking in the Andes, Patagonia,
Argentina with my sister Maria Jose, my nieces Malena and Sofia, Marcela and my
friend Diego. 2002.
Diving with the whales in
Patagonia. With my university friends Mariano Martinez and Pepe Prado. 1983
In Fukuoka, Japan with my
colleagues and friends Kozo Tsuchida and Yoshi Toshiga. 2005
My 3 kids, Fernando, Francisco
and Soledad. 2002
With my daughter Soledad in
2001.
With my friend and colleague
Rafael Canteras in Sweden 1994.
Visiting my friend and
colleague Carolina
Barillas at the EMBL, Heidelberg, Germany, 1994
With my friend and colleague
Vasek Hypsa working at the Institute of Parasitology in Ceske Budejovice, Czech
Republic. 1994.
In paradise: collecting giant
mosquitoes and cicadas in Key West, Florida, USA 2005.
rcela
at home in January 2008. She is 6 month pregnant of Martin. 
