ICOM 10 COMMITTEE INFORMATION

The Mexican Mycorrhizal Symbiosis Society (La Sociedad Mexicana de la Simbiosis Micorrízica, SOMESIMI) was founded in 1997 and has 120 members.

It has organized eight National Symposia and five Iberoamerican Meetings, most recently, the VIII National Symposium and the V Iberoamerican Meeting on Mycorrhizal Symbiosis in June 2016.

The latter was attended for 380 participants, from 38 Mexican and 21 foreign institutions, reflecting the magnitude and maturity of the Mexican community interested in studying mycorrhizae.

LOCAL COMMITTEE

  • Chair: Javier Álvarez Sánchez, Facultad de Ciencias, UNAM.
  • Co-Chair: Mayra Gavito, Instituto de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas y Sustentabilidad, UNAM
  • Irene Sánchez-Gallen, Facultad de Ciencias, UNAM.
  • Roberto Garibay, Instituto de Biología, UNAM
  • Rocío Vega Frutis, Universidad Autónoma de Nayarit
  • Dora Trejo, Universidad Veracruzana
  • Ignacio Maldonado, Melina López-Meyer, CIIDIR-Sinaloa
  • Sara Lucía Camargo Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Iztapalapa
  • Tztzqui Chávez Bárcenas, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo
  • Patricia Guadarrama, Unidad Multidisciplinaria de Docencia e Investigación-Mérida, Facultad de Ciencias, UNAM
  • Rosalva García Sánchez, Facultad de Estudios Superiores Zaragoza, UNAM
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