La Dra. García-Luna obtuvo su licenciatura en Químico Bacteriólogo Parasitólogo en la Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas de la UANL en 2008; Maestría en Ciencias con orientación terminal en Biología Molecular e Ingeniería Genética por la Facultad de Medicina de la UANL en 2011; PhD (Doctorado en Ciencias) en Microbiología en Colorado State University en 2017. Es miembro del Sistema Nacional de Investigadores desde 2019, actualmente nivel Candidato. Su trabajo en investigación ha sido principalmente en el área de competencia vectorial en poblaciones naturales de Ae. aegypti. Actualmente es investigadora en la unidad de Biología de la Reproducción del Departamento de Ginecología del Hospital Universitario “Dr. José Eleuterio González”, UANL.

Correo institucional:

ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8420-5078

ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Selene_Garcia-Luna

Artículos de investigación

2020

Juarez Jose G, Garcia-Luna Selene, Chaves Luis Fernando, Carbajal Ester, Valdez Edwin, Avila Courtney, Tang Wendy, et al. 2020. Dispersal of female and male Aedes aegypti from discarded container habitats using a stable isotope mark-capture study design in south Texas. Scientific Reports. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-63670-9.

Martin Estelle, Tang Wendy, Briggs Cierra, Hopson Helena, Juarez Jose G, Garcia-Luna Selene M, de Valdez Megan Wise, et al. 2020. Cell fusing agent virus (Flavivirus) infection in Aedes aegypti in Texas: seasonality, comparison by trap type, and individual viral loads. Archives of Virology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00705-020-04652-0.

Olson Mark F, Ndeffo-Mbah Martial L, Juarez Jose G, Garcia-Luna Selene, Martin Estelle, Borucki Monica K, Frank Matthias, et al. 2020. High rate of non-human feeding by Aedes aegypti reduces Zika virus transmission in south Texas. Viruses. https://doi.org/10.3390/v12040453.

Olson Mark F, Garcia-Luna Selene, Juarez Jose G, Martin Estelle, Harrington Laura C, Eubanks Micky D, Badillo-Vargas Ismael E, and Hamer Gabriel L. 2020. Sugar feeding patterns for Aedes aegypti and Culex quinquefasciatus (Diptera: Culicidae) mosquitoes in South Texas. Journal of Medical Entomology. https://doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjaa005.

Garcia-Luna Selene M, Juarez Jose G, Cabañas Sofia, Tang Wendy, Roark E. Brendan, Maupin Christopher R, Badillo-Vargas Ismael E, and Hamer Gabriel L. 2020. Stable isotope marking of Laboratory-Reared Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae). Journal of Medical Entomology. https://doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjz210.

2019

Garcia-Luna Selene M, Chaves Luis Fernando, Juarez José G, Bolling Bethany G, Rodriguez Arturo, Presas Ysaias E, Mutebi John Paul, et al. 2019. From surveillance to control: evaluation of a larvicide intervention against Aedes aegypti in Brownsville, Texas. Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association. https://doi.org/10.2987/19-6858.1.

Martin Estelle, Borucki Monica K, Thissen James, Garcia-Luna Selene, Hwang Mona, de Valdez Megan Wise, Jaing Crystal ., Hamer Gabriel L, and Frank Matthias. 2019. Mosquitoborne viruses and insect-specific viruses revealed in field-collected mosquitoes by a monitoring tool adapted from a microbial detection array. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. https://doi.org/10.1128/AEM.01202-19.

Rückert Claudia, Prasad Abhishek N, Garcia-Luna Selene M, Robison Alexis, Grubaugh Nathan D, Weger-Lucarelli James and Ebel Gregory D. 2019. Small RNA responses of Culex Mosquitoes and cell lines during acute and persistent virus infection. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ibmb.2019.04.008.

Martin Estelle, Medeiros Matthew CI, Carbajal Ester, Valdez Edwin, Juarez Jose G, Gracia-Luna Selene, Salazar Aaron, et al. 2019. Surveillance of Aedes aegypti indoors and outdoors using autocidal gravid ovitraps in south Texas during local transmission of Zika Virus, 2016 to 2018.” Acta Tropica. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actatropica.2019.02.006.

2018

García-Luna Selene M, Weger-Lucarelli James, Rückert Claudia, Murrieta Reyes A, Young Michael C, Byas Alex D, Fauver Joseph R, et al. 2018. Variation in competence for ZIKV transmission by Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus in Mexico. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006599.

Weger-Lucarelli James, Garcia Selene M, Rückert Claudia, Byas Alex, O’Connor Shelby L, Aliota Matthew T, Friedrich Thomas C, O’Connor David H, and Ebel Gregory D. 2018. Using barcoded Zika virus to assess virus population structure in vitro and in Aedes aegypti mosquitoes. Virology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.virol.2018.06.004.

2017

Rückert Claudia, Weger-Lucarelli James, Garcia-Luna Selene M, Young Michael C, Byas Alex D, Murrieta Reyes A, Fauver Joseph R, and Ebel Gregory D. 2017. Impact of simultaneous exposure to arboviruses on infection and transmission by Aedes aegypti mosquitoes. Nature Communications. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms15412.

Chotiwan Nunya, Brewster Connie D, Magalhaes Tereza, Weger-Lucarelli James, Duggal Nisha K, Rückert Claudia, Nguyen Chilinh, et al. 2017. Rapid and specific detection of Asian- and African-Lineage Zika viruses. Science Translational Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1126/scitranslmed.aag0538.

Grubaugh Nathan D, Fauver Joseph R, Rückert Claudia, Weger-Lucarelli James, Garcia-Luna Selene, Murrieta Reyes A, Gendernalik Alex, Smith Darci R, Brackney Doug E, and Ebel Gregory D. 2017. Mosquitoes Transmit Unique West Nile Virus Populations during Each Feeding Episode. Cell Reports. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2017.03.076.

Gendernalik Alex, Weger-Lucarelli James, Garcia Luna Selene M, Fauver Joseph R, Rückert Claudia, Murrieta Reyes A, Bergren Nicholas, et al. 2017. American Aedes vexans mosquitoes are competent vectors of Zika virus. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.16-0963.

2016

Weger-Lucarelli James, Rückert Claudia, Chotiwan Nunya, Nguyen Chilinh, Garcia Luna Selene M, Fauver Joseph R, Foy Brian D, et al. 2016. Vector competence of american mosquitoes for three strains of Zika virus. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005101.

Grubaugh Nathan D, Weger-Lucarelli James, Murrieta Reyes A, Fauver Joseph R, Garcia-Luna Selene M, Prasad Abhishek N, Black William C, and Ebel Gregory D. 2016. Genetic drift during systemic arbovirus infection of mosquito vectors leads to decreased relative fitness during host switching. Cell Host and Microbe. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chom.2016.03.002.

Ponce G, Sanchez IP, García SM, Torrado JM, Lozano-Fuentes S, Lopez-Monroy B, Flores AE. 2016. First report of L1014F kdr mutation in Culex quinquefasciatus in Mexico. Insect Science 23, 829-834.

2015

Leduc-Galindo D, Rincón-Herrera U, Ramos-Jiménez J, Garcia-Luna S, Arellanos-Soto D, Mendoza-Tavera N, Tavitas-Aguilar I, et al. 2015. Characterization of the Dengue outbreak in Nuevo Leon state, Mexico, 2010. Infection. https://doi.org/10.1007/s15010-014-0700-7.

2014

Saavedra-Rodriguez K, Strode C, Flores AE, Garcia-Luna S, Reyes-Solis G, Ranson H, Hemingway J, and Black IV WC. 2014. Differential transcription profiles in Aedes Aegypti detoxification genes after temephos selection. Insect Molecular Biology. https://doi.org/10.1111/imb.12073.

Capítulos en libros

Formación de recursos humanos, tesis dirigidas

Proyectos de investigación como responsable