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Fernández, O.L., Belew, A.T., Rosales-Chilama, M., Sánchez-Hidalgo, A., Colmenares, M., Saravia, N.G., & El-Sayed, N.M. (2025). Interplay of human macrophage response and natural resistance of infection by L. (V.) panamensis to pentavalent antimony. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 19(10), e0013600. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0013600

Van Goor, J., Turdiev, A., Speir, S. J., Manning, J., & Haag, E. S. (2025). Male secreted short glycoproteins link sperm competition to the reproductive isolation of species. Current biology, 35(4), 911-917.e5. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2024.12.040

Ding, Q., Gu, G., Luo, Y., Nou, X., & Micallef, S.A. (2025). Transcriptomic response of Escherichia coli O157: H7 on Romaine lettuce from harvest to storage during the pre-processing interval. Postharvest Biology and Technology, 227, 113594. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.postharvbio.2025.113594

Gómez, M. A., Belew, A. T., Vargas, D. A., Giraldo-Parra, L., Alexander, N., Rebellón-Sánchez, D. E., Alexander, T. A., & El-Sayed, N. M. (2025). Innate biosignature of treatment failure in human cutaneous leishmaniasis. Nature Communications, 16(1), 3235. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-58330-3

Fernández, O.L., Belew, A.T., Rosales-Chilama, M., Sánchez-Hidalgo, A., Colmenares, M., Saravia, N.G., & El-Sayed, N.M. (2024). Interplay of human macrophage response and natural resistance of L. (V.) panamensis to pentavalent antimony. Immunology. https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.10.29.620724

Li, C.-Y., Bowers, J.M., Alexander, T.A., Behrens, K.A., Jackson, P., Amini, C.J., & Juntti, S.A. (2024). A pheromone receptor in cichlid fish mediates attraction to females but inhibits male parental care. Current Biology, 34(17), 3866-3880.e7. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2024.07.029

Giraldo-Parra, L., Rebellón-Sánchez, D.E., Navas, A., Belew, A.T., El-Sayed, N.M., & Gómez, M.A. (2024). Consolidation of a Molecular Signature of Healing in Cutaneous Leishmaniasis Is Achieved during the First 10 Days of Treatment. The Journal of Immunology, 212(5), 894-903. https://doi.org/10.4049/jimmunol.2300576

Hart, M.T., Rom, J.S., Le Breton, Y., Hause, L.L., Belew, A.T., El-Sayed, N.M., & McIver, K.S. (2024). The Streptococcus pyogenes stand-alone regulator RofA exhibits characteristics of a PRD-containing virulence regulator. Infection and Immunity, 92(6), e00083-24. https://doi.org/10.1128/iai.00083-24

James, E., Pascini, T.V., Guth, J., Inbar, E., Swain, S., Overby, J., Matheny, S., Koutzoumis, D., Sharakhov, I., El-Sayed, N., Belew, A., Lee Sim, K., Murshedkar, T., Perez, D., Springer, K., Hoffman, S., & Billingsley, P. (2024). Development of GMP compliant cryopreservation for Anopheles stephensi mosquitoes supporting manufacture of Plasmodium falciparum sporozoite products. Cryobiology, 117, 105060. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cryobiol.2024.105060

El Husseini, N., Mekonnen, S.A., Hall, C.L., Cole, S.J., Carter, J.A., Belew, A.T., El-Sayed, N.M., & Lee, V.T. (2024). Characterization of the Entner-Doudoroff pathway in Pseudomonas aeruginosa catheter-associated urinary tract infections. Journal of Bacteriology, 206(1), e00361-23. https://doi.org/10.1128/jb.00361-23

Douglas, M., Inbar, E., Sharakov, I., El-Sayed, N.M., Belew, A.T., Overby, J., Matheny, S., Addisu, F., Abebe, Y., Koutzoumis, D., Springer, K., Eappen, A., Billingsley, P.F., & James, E.R. (2023). Cryopreservation of Anopheles stephensi (Mosquito) Eggs: Effects on Genotypic and Phenotypic Characteristics. Cryobiology, 113, 104638. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cryobiol.2023.104638

Mekonnen, S.A., El Husseini, N., Turdiev, A., Carter, J.A., Belew, A.T., El-Sayed, N.M., & Lee, V.T. (2022). Catheter-associated urinary tract infection by Pseudomonas aeruginosa progresses through acute and chronic phases of infection. PNAS, 119(50), e2209383119. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2209383119

Van Goor, J., Houston, D.D., Michailides, T., Palomares Rius, J.E., Bever, J., and Haag, E. "Informing disease management of cultivated figs by characterizing plant-wasp-nematode-fungal ecology in wild fig relatives". Oral presentation for Evolution 2023 Meeting (June 25, 2023), Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Van Goor, J., Houston, D.D., Michailides, T., Palomares Rius, J.E., Bever, J., and Haag, E. "Informing disease management of cultivated figs by characterizing plant-wasp-nematode-fungal ecology in wild fig relatives". Oral presentation for the Ecological Society of America 2023 Meeting (August 6-11, 2023), Portland, Oregon.

Van Goor, J., Houston, D.D., Michailides, T., Palomares Rius, J.E., Bever, J., and Haag, E. "Informing disease management of cultivated figs by characterizing plant-wasp-nematode-fungal ecology in wild fig relatives". Oral presentation for the Entomological Society of America 2023 Meeting (November 5-8, 2023), National Harbor, Maryland.

Hart, M.T. (2024). The Standalone Regulator RofA of Streptococcus pyogenes Exhibits Characteristics of a PRD-Containing Virulence Regulator (Doctoral dissertation, University of Maryland, College Park).

Alexander, T.A. (2023). Analytical Approaches for Complex Multi-Batch-Omics Datasets and Their Application to Neuronal Development (Doctoral dissertation, University of Maryland, College Park).