Ximena del Toro Ríos
Ph.D. Student

Department of Biomedical Engineering

Co-supervisor: Dr Armando Hernández García

Email: ximena.deltororios@mail.mcgill.ca

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Educational Background:

MSc in Biochemical Sciences (2019). National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM).

BSc in Biology (2016). National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM).

Favourite Lab Equipment:

Biological safety cabinet

Research Project and Interests:

Design of virus-like particles for nucleic acid delivery

  • Olmedo-Suárez, M.A., Sánchez-Ramírez, E., del Toro-Rios, X., Noriega, L.G., Aguilar-Arnal, L. (2025). Oxygen Consumption and Extracellular Acidification Rate in Adipogenic Differentiated Human Mesenchymal Stromal/Stem Cells. In: Pepper, M.S., Ambele, M.A. (eds) Adipogenesis. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 2938. Humana, New York, NY. 10.1007/978-1-0716-4607-6_10

    Moreno Gutiérrez, David & del Toro-Ríos, Ximena & Hernandez-Garcia, Armando. (2023). Creating Artificial Viruses Using Self-assembled Proteins and Polypeptides. 10.1007/978-3-031-36815-8_5

    Moreno Gutiérrez, David & del Toro-Ríos, Ximena & Martinez-Sulvaran, Natalia & Perez-Altamirano, Mayra & Hernandez-Garcia, Armando. (2023). Programming the Cellular Uptake of Protein-Based Viromimetic Nanoparticles for Enhanced Delivery. Biomacromolecules. 24. 10.1021/acs.biomac.2c01295

    Sánchez-Ramírez, Edgar & Ung, Thi & Carmen, Alejandro & del Toro-Ríos, Ximena & Fajardo, Guadalupe & Noriega, Lilia & Cortés-Morales, Víctor Adrián & Tovar, Armando & Montesinos, Juan & Orozco Solis, Ricardo & Stringari, Chiara & Aguilar-Arnal, Lorena. (2022). Coordinated metabolic transitions and gene expression by NAD+ during adipogenesis. Journal of Cell Biology. 221. 10.1083/jcb.202111137

  • Participation with the poster “Enhanced Nucleic Acid Packaging, Stability, and Delivery Efficiency via Incorporation of the HIV-1 NC Domain in Self-Assembling Protein Nanoparticles” EMBO/FEBS | Physical Virology: across length scales | Sant Feliu de Guixols, Spain (2025)

    Guest Lecturer. Bionanotechnology course, Graduate Program in Biochemical Science. UNAM, Mexico City (2025) Guest Speaker, "Building Artificial Viruses: How Far Can Bionanotechnology Take Us?” Interdisciplinary Science, Arts and Humanities Fair, Escuela Nacional Preparatoria No. 6 “Antonio Caso”, UNAM, Mexico City (2025)

    Participation with the poster “Targeted delivery of therapeutic RNA to breast cancer cells using C-S-B virus-like proteins” UNAM, Juriquilla. VIII Protein Congress (2023)

  • INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY, UNAM. PhD in Biochemical Sciences | 2022 - Present

    BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE, UNAM. MSc in Biochemical Sciences | 2017 - 2019

    INSTITUTE OF CELLULAR PHYSIOLOGY, UNAM. Internship | 2016 - 2017

    NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CANCEROLOGY (INCan). Research Stay | 2014 - 2016

  • Clinical Research Associate I (IQVIA), September 2020 - September 2021