Felicitamos al laboratorio de la Dra Ana Espino por esta reciente publicacion en el journal Microbiology Spectrum de ASM. Los resultados sugieren que la glutatión S-transferasa nativa de F. hepatica es un candidato prometedor para el desarrollo de fármacos contra la endotoxemia y otras enfermedades inflamatorias. ¡Felicitamos a la Dra Espino por este logro y…
Varios estudiantes del Departamento de Microbiología de la Escuela de Medicina participaron de la conferencia anual del Puerto Rico Science, Technology and Research Trust 2023. Con mucho éxito los Srs Michael Rodríguez, Jennifer Díaz, Natalie Melendez y Elif Kardas presentaron sus avances científicos dejando en alto los trabajos de investigación del Departamento. La Srta Jennifer…
La Dra. Filipa Godoy-Vitorino, directora del Departamento de Microbiología y el laboratorio de Microbiomas y catedrática de la Escuela de Medicina de la Universidad de Puerto Rico ha sido parte de un importante estudio que describe la enorme diversidad funcional de los microbios a través de un novedoso enfoque para comprender mejor las comunidades microbianas, observando la función…
Celebrating Dr Dorta (Microbiology Dept) and Dr Colbert’s (MDACC) collaboration, with this fantastic manuscript that showcases the importance of the vaginal microbiota in chemoradiation response! Please help us share this on social media https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1535610823003288
The Microbiology Dept proudly shares a manuscript just published in co-correspondence by Mitchell Rosado and Noah Mackler in Geroscience. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11357-023-00962-8#citeas Mitchell is a grad student of Biomedical Sciences program in Microbiology, developing his work at the Sariol (UPR) and Mackler (ASU) labs. We congratulate Micthell on this publication and the valuable mentorship of Drs Sariol and…
Congrats to the Godoy Lab! The cervical microbiota of Hispanics living in Puerto Rico is nonoptimal regardless of HPV status @thegodoylab shines in the International Society for Microbiology Meeting in Buenos Aires Argentina. Dr Godoy presented a Plenary conference on the human microbiome and her latest work and her students Natalie Melendez and Elif Kardas…
The Microbiology Department congratulates Albersy Armina Rodríguez for obtaining a 2023 AAI Careers in Immunology Fellowship! Albersy is a grad student of the Biomedical Sciences program in Microbiology, developing her dissertation work under the mentorship of Dr Ana Espino. Together they study the a recombinant Fasciola hepatica fatty acid binding protein as an anti-inflammatory treatment…
The Microbiology Department congratulates Mitchell Rosado for obtaining an R36 Aging Research Dissertation Award to finish his Ph.D. studies, funded by NIH. Mitchell is a grad student of Biomedical Sciences program in Microbiology, developing his work at the Sariol (UPR) and Mackler (ASU) labs. He is interested in investigating how the immune system and the…
Dr Godoy, was the plenary speaker of the 3rd day of the International Society for Microbial Ecology Latin American meeting @ismelat23 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She also moderated the human Microbiome session in the meeting.
Un estudio realizado por el Recinto de Ciencias Médicas reveló la relación entre la microbiota cérvicovaginal y la prevalencia de Virus del Papiloma Humano en mujeres residentes de Puerto Rico con riesgo de cáncer cervical. La investigación, dirigida por la Dra. Filipa Godoy, quien dirige el Departamento de Microbiología y el laboratorio de Microbiomas, sugiere que la composición…