Silverio García Lara is a Mexican plant biology researcher. He is the head of AgroBio Unit and a professor of Nutri-Omics Group with the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Studies, Campus Monterrey within the National School of Science.

Early life

García-Lara obtained his PhD in Experimental Biology from th
Autonomous Metropolitan University
during which he attended the

University of Ottawa The University of Ottawa (), often referred to as uOttawa or U of O, is a Official bilingualism in Canada, bilingual public research university in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The main campus is located on directly to the northeast of Downtown Ot ...

in Canada and subsequently completed Postdoctoral studies at the International Center for Maize and Wheat Improvement,

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, Int.

Career

From 2006 to 2008 he was the head of Entomology Unit at the Global Maize Program of

. In 2009 he was invited as a visiting scientist at Global ICARDA-CIMMYT-IITA Maize Program. He is an Associate Professor and Senior Scientist at the National School of Science and Technology at Tecnologico de Monterrey. Among his main achievements he developed, improved and characterized storage pest-resistant corn and corn with

nutraceutical Nutraceutical is a terminology evolved scientifically & also through marketing which is used to imply a pharmaceutical effect from plant extracts, compounds, food products which have efficacy and therapeutic influence on clinical outcomes and patien ...

properties. He developed comprehensive technologies of global

food security Food security is the state of having reliable access to a sufficient quantity of affordable, healthy Human food, food. The availability of food for people of any class, gender, ethnicity, or religion is another element of food protection. Simila ...

to reduce post-harvest problems in Latin America, Africa and Asia. García Lara worked on ways reduced the amount of food loss in storage, especially of corn, coffee, and rice. He and two students discovered anti-cancer properties in Mexican oregano and corn. He received financial support from agencies and foundations such as

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, CONACYT, SAGARPA, USDA-USA, CIDA-CANADA, CIMMY
MasAgroGrainPro

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, and

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. His work in molecular breeding, postharvest biotechnology, and nutraceutical bio-characterization was recognized by the Canadian Foundation for the International Conference on Agricultural Biotechnology
ABIC
, The Consultative Group on International Agriculture (

CGIAR CGIAR (formerly the Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research) is a global partnership that unites international organizations engaged in research about food security. CGIAR research aims to reduce rural poverty, increase food ...

), AGROBIO Mexico and the Institute of Nutrition of

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Group. He was recognized at the second Convención Latinoamericana hermetic storage in

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for the testing of special plastic bags for grain storage. In 2012 he got the Teaching and Research Award from Tecnologico de Monterrey. He became a regular member of the Mexican Academy of Science in 2014. Mexico's

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recognized his work with Level 3 membership. García Lara has presented more than 200 abstracts at national and international conferences along with more than 10
publications
ten book chapters, three books, four patents, and dozens of outreach lectures at various national and international forums.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Garcia Lara, Silverio Living people Academic staff of the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education Year of birth missing (living people)

Early life

Career

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