María Elena Carrillo Herrera

Dedicated and passionated to the projects I belong to, looking for new experiences, challenges and problems to solve.
Always seeking for adquiring knowledge in every opportunity, adaptable, team player and creative.

• NELF-a important for porcine embryonic development, María Elena Carrillo Herrera, Werner Giehl Glazner, Mariana Priotto de Macedo, Karina Gutierrez, Luke Currin, Zigomar da Silva, Vanessa Guay, and Vilceu Bordignon. CRRD, 25/05/22 Montréal, Québec, CA.
• Is NELF-a important for early porcine embryonic development?, María Elena Carrillo Herrera, Werner Giehl Glazner, Mariana Priotto de Macedo, Karina Gutierrez, Luke Currin, Zigomar da Silva, Vanessa Guay, Hernan Baldassarre, and Vilceu Bordignon. RQR, 01/07/22 - 01/08/22, Montréal, Québec, CA.
• Both NELF-a and NELF-b are required for normal porcine embryo development. María Elena Carrillo Herrera, Werner Giehl Glazner, Mariana Priotto de Macedo, Karina Gutierrez, Luke Currin, Zigomar da Silva, Vanessa Guay, Hernan Baldassarre, and Vilceu Bordignon. SSR, 11/07/22 - 14/07/23, Ottawa, Ontario, CA.

• 3-Minute Thesis Competition, Guru Angad Dev Veterinary And Animal Sciences 2023. Participated in a university-wide 3-minute thesis competition, delivering a concise and engaging presentation on "Embryo research: Improving fertility efficiency". Demonstrated the ability to communicate complex ideas effectively to a non-specialist audience within strict time constraints. Ludhiana, Punjab, India.
• Genome Editing for Food Security and Environmental Sustainability (GEFSES) Trainee, NSERC CREATE, Montréal, Canada
• McGill Graduate Excellence Fellowship, McGill, Montréal, Canada
• Mitacs Graduate Fellowship, Mitacs, Toronto, Canada
• Excellence Tec Recognition, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Monterrey, México
• iGEM 2017 Project "ERWINIONS", iGEM Giant Jamboree, Boston, USA
• McGill Graduate Excellence Fellowship, McGill, Montréal, Canada

• 16/11/2022. Factors Affecting the Efficiency of In Vitro Embryo Production in Prepubertal Mediterranean Water Buffalo. Luke Currin, Hernan Baldassarre, Mariana Priotto de Macedo, Werner Giehl Glanzner, Karina Gutierrez, Katerina Lazaris, Vanessa Guay, María Elena Carrillo Herrera, Zigomar da Silva, Caitlin Brown, Erin Joron, Ron Herron, and Vilceu Bordignon.
• 11/01/22. Simultaneous Inhibition of Histone Deacetylases and RNA Synthesis Enables Totipotency Reprogramming in Pig SCNT Embryos. Mariana Priotto de Macedo, Werner Giehl Glanzner, Karina Gutierrez, Luke Currin, Vanessa Guay, Maria Elena Carrillo Herrera, Zigomar da Silva, Hernan Baldassarre, Serge McGraw, Vilceu Bordignon.
• 01/02/2023. Optimization of gonadotropin stimulation protocols for in vitro embryo production in prepubertal Mediterranean water buffalo. Luke Currin, Hernan Baldassarre, Mariana Priottode Macedo, Werner Giehl Glanzner, Karina Gutierrez, Katerina Lazaris, Zigomar da Silva, Vanessa Guay, Maria Elena Carrillo Herrera, Caitlin Brown, Erin Joron, Ron Herron, and Vilceu Bordignon.
• 01/12/2023. DCAF13 and RNF114 participate in the regulation of early porcine embryo development. Zigomar da Silva, Werner Giehl Glanzner, Karina Gutierrez, Mariana Priotto de Macedo, Vanessa Guay, Luke Currin, Maria Elena Carrillo Herrera, Paulo Bayard Dias Gonçalves, and Vilceu Bordignon.
• 15/01/2024. Laparoscopic ovum-pick up and in vitro embryo production in gonadotropin-stimulated gilts: Preliminary results and envisioned applications. Hernan Baldassarre, Karina Gutierrez, Werner Giehl Glanzner, Mariana Priotto de Macedo, Luke Currin, Vanessa Guay, María Elena Carrillo Herrera, Zigomar Da Silva, Frederic Fortin, Vilceu Bordignon.