José Luis Cabrera-Ponce has a PhD from Universidad de Colima, Colima, México, 2021, and is involved with the Center for Research and Advanced Studies of the National Polytechnic Institute (CINVESTAV) Irapuato, Dept. of Genetic Engineering, Biological Engineering Lab, 36824 Gto. Mexico. Cabrera-Ponce’s interests include genetic transformation, plant tissue culture, somatic embryogenesis, transcriptomic analysis, genome editing, somatic embryo maturation, gene networks, drought, and osmotic stress.