Welcome to the ACU Lab
Explore our website to learn about our lab's research in various fields of biology, led by the experienced Dr. Calderón-Urrea.
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Our Topics:
Developmental Biology
Plant Biology
Plant pathology
Bioinformatics
Biotechnology
Recent News
Congratulations to our lab: two of our manuscripts were just published in the journal Molecules (see publications).
Four members of our group (Ayuba, Sahar, Zoie, and Sopanha) will be presnting posters at the ABRCMS 2025 conference in San Antonio, TX.
About
Welcome! My name is Alejandro Calderón-Urrea. I'm a professor of Developmental Biology at California State University, Fresno. The purpose of this site is to introduce you to the activities in my research/teaching program at Fresno State. Feel free to send me an e-mail with comments and suggestions.
Projects
Our research projects focus around two main areas:
1) Novel alternatives for plant protection against nematodes using programmed cell death and chalcones
2) Development of molecular diagnostic tools for use in food and agriculture.
Teaching
I teach Biology 155 (Developmental Biology), Biology 156 (Plant Growth and Development), Biology 1A (introductory Biology – for majors), Biology 103 (Cell Biology), Biology 104 (Laboratory for Genetics and Cell Biology) and other courses to strengthen the developmental and molecular biology sections of our Biology curriculum.