It consists of basic concepts about the origin of the microbiota, how it is modified by maternal nutrition, the effects on offspring development, and possible interventions using functional foods, mainly probiotics as alternatives to prevent or improve the negative effects of poor maternal programming and its effect on the microbiota.
Diana C. Castro Rodríguez has PhD in Science in Bioprocesses. She is currently a young researcher from CONACYT. She has carried out two research stays, one at the Institute of Agrochemistry and Food Technology, Valencia, Spain and another at Texas Biomedical Research Institute and Southwest National Primate Research Center, San Antonio, United States. She has three patent application records. She has been awarded honorable mentions for her work in both the Master's and PhD. Her line of research is aimed at the bio-synthesis of the secondary metabolites of probiotic and their effects in chronic degenerative diseases.
