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Bayrón-Ho DI, Rivera-Rodríguez AJ, Morales-Cintrón AJ, Cardona-Sierra HA, Rodríguez-Morales RE. Brain and Gut Dissection in Surface Fish and Cavefish Populations of Astyanax mexicanus. J Vis Exp. 2026 Feb 24;(228). doi: 10.3791/70412. PMID: 41838730.

Rivera-Rivera, A. J., Gracia-Ayala, P. N., Velázquez Pulliza, A. L., Martins, A. H. and Ferrer-Acosta, Y. (2026). An In Vitro Model to Study Drugs That Affect Macrophage Adhesion to Murine Brain Endothelial Cells After Proinflammatory Insults of LPS and Pilocarpine. Bio-protocol16(18): e5825. DOI: 21769/BioProtoc.5825.

Rodriguez-Villafañe K, Santiago C, Figueroa JE, Figueroa E, Delgado Y. Established and Emerging Less Invasive Biomarkers and Technologies for Lung Cancer Screening: Puerto Rican Context. Onco (Basel). 2026 Jun;6(2):18. doi: 10.3390/onco6020018. Epub 2026 Apr 1. PMID: 42389670; PMCID: PMC13322219.

Ramos-Benitez MJ, García-Osorio ME, Delgado Y. Critical Allianceof AI in Education: A Pedagogical Framework for Safeguarding Cognitive Skills. Int Med Educ. 2026 Mar;5(1):22. doi: 10.3390/ime5010022. Epub 2026 Feb 4. PMID: 42381720; PMCID:

Walters D, El Alam MB, Harris T, Lo D, Diaz JSG, Napravnik TC, Lynn EJ, Boatright LD, Figueroa DN, Judge A, Bhaskar CCJ, Fontillas A, Ehsan SF, Wang R, Jansen Aref SN, Ajami NJ, Sastry J, Sims TT, Romaguera J, Dorta-Estremera S, Klopp A, Godoy-Vitorino F, Colbert LE. The Cervical Microbiome in Hispanic Populations in Texas and Puerto Rico with and without Cervical Dysplasia. Res Sq [Preprint]. 2026 Jun 10:rs.3.rs-8002153. doi: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-8002153/v1. PMID: 42326495; PMCID: PMC13278340.

Martínez-Guzmán O, Cáceres-Chacón M, Rivera-López M, Hernández-Busot G, Forty-Díaz J, Haddock-Martínez HG, Sierra-Mercado D. Mild concussion impairs extinction of avoidance and alters respective brain circuits in male rats. Exp Neurol. 2026 Jul;401:115734. doi: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2026.115734. Epub 2026 Mar 14. PMID: 41839432; PMCID:

Balardin RR, Nora DD, Figueroa Rosado YZ, Hardy ICW, Godoy-Vitorino F, Verle Rodrigues JC. Behavioral and Microbial Profiling of the Bethylid Wasp Cephalonomia stephanoderis for Biocontrol of the Coffee Berry Borer. Biol Control. 2026 Aug;219:106100. doi: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2026.106100. Epub 2026 Jun 27. PMID: 42553701; PMCID:

Godoy-Vitorino F. Community Dynamics in a Changing World: highlights from the 1st Puerto Rico & Caribbean Microbiome Symposium and vision for a new microbiome hub. Sustain Microbiol. 2026 Jul 23;3(3):qvag030. doi: 10.1093/sumbio/qvag030. PMID: 42592337; PMCID: PMC13463629.

Meléndez-Vázquez NM, Chorna N, Noecker C, Cortes-Nazario AP, Romaguera J, Godoy-Vitorino F. Cervicovaginal Microbiota and Biogenic Amine Metabolic Shifts in HPV-Associated Cervical Disease. Cancers (Basel). 2026 Jun 13;18(12):1931. doi: 10.3390/cancers18121931. PMID: 42352465; PMCID:

Godoy-Vitorino F, Vargas-Robles D, Bolaños-Rosero B, Pagán-Zayas N, Cortés-Nazario A, Wiggin K, Allard S, Romaguera J, Gilbert JA. Environmental fungi modulate the vaginal mycobiome and cervical disease progression in Hispanic women. mSystems. 2026 Jun 23;11(6):e0005626. doi: 10.1128/msystems.00056-26. Epub 2026 Jun 3. PMID: 42233658; PMCID: PMC13289163.

Godoy-Vitorino F, Méndez-Lázaro P, Bolaños-Rosero B, Baerga-Ortiz A, Torres-Rodríguez P, Sosa MA, Vázquez M, Rivera-Rivera NL, Cardona-Cordero N, Colón-López V, Ortiz AP. Environmental exposures, microbiome dynamics and chronic disease risk in climate-vulnerable regions: interdisciplinary perspectives from Puerto Rico. Front Public Health. 2026 Apr 30;14:1807779. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2026.1807779. PMID: 42145481; PMCID:

Sepúlveda-Rivera V, Olivieri-Henry G, Morales-González H, Ruiz-Adames J, Herrero-Rivera C, Rentas-Echeverria A, Cardona-Berdecia V, Soler-Llompart C, Sala-Morales AC, Pérez-Montero G, Blanco-Ruiz E, Godoy-Vitorino F. Gut microbiota distinguishes aging hispanics with Alzheimer's disease: associations with cognitive impairment and severity. Sci Rep. 2025 Aug 5;15(1):28505. doi: 10.1038/s41598-025-13262-2. PMID: 40764790; PMCID: PMC12325907.

Godoy-Vitorino F. Strengthening Integrative Microbiome Research Through Regional Leadership. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2025 Aug 26;22(9):1322. doi: 10.3390/ijerph22091322. PMID: 41007466; PMCID: PMC12469662.

Godoy-Vitorino F, Borrero M, Pérez-Santiago J, García-García R, Gomez-Manzano C. Connecting Innovation and Trust through Translational Sciences - A Need for a Community Focus and Effective Education Strategies. P R Health Sci J. 2025 Sep 18;44(3):185-188. PMID: 41026590.

Pagán-Rivera LH, Godoy-Vitorino F, Meléndez-Vázquez NM, Ocasio-Rivera SE, Santiago-Gascot ME, Santiago JM, Salgado I, González V, Martínez-Guzmán O, Cáceres-Chacón M, Torrado-Tapias A, Miranda JD. The Effect of Cefazolin on the Gut Microbiome of Female Rats After Spinal Cord Injury. Microorganisms. 2025 Oct 7;13(10):2324. doi: 10.3390/microorganisms13102324. PMID: 41156784; PMCID: PMC12566097.

Vélez-Torres LN, Bolaños-Rosero B, Godoy-Vitorino F, Rivera-Mariani FE, Maestre JP, Kinney K, Cavallin-Calanche H. Molecular and culture-based identification of Aspergillus species in water-impacted homes following Hurricane María in Puerto Rico. Sci Rep. 2025 Oct 14;15(1):35922. doi: 10.1038/s41598-025-19869-9. PMID: 41087584; PMCID: PMC12521471.

Cáceres-Chacón M, Martínez-Guzmán O, Haddock-Martínez HA, Figueroa-Pérez A, Rodríguez-Rosado S, Suárez-Pérez J, Ramos-Sánchez RY, Godoy-Vitorino F, Sierra-Mercado D. Exposure to the herbicide glyphosate leads to inappropriate threat responses and alters gut microbial composition. Front Toxicol. 2025 Nov 5;7:1704231. doi: 10.3389/ftox.2025.1704231. PMID: 41267922; PMCID: PMC12626795.

Rodriguez-Fernandez IA, Santiago-Rodriguez TM, Figueroa-Pratts PG, Cintrón-Berríos K, Rodriguez-Cornier ND, Toranzos GA. Gut microbial community structure of the adult citrus root weevil Diaprepes abbreviatus. Front Insect Sci. 2025 Oct 28;5:1676003. doi: 10.3389/finsc.2025.1676003. PMID: 41230492; PMCID: PMC12604102.

Castelli L, García-Amado MA, Rudolf CA,Contreras M, Espinosa-Blanco AS and Godoy-Vitorino F (2025) Microbial diversity in the critically endangered Orinoco crocodile (Crocodylus intermedius): influence of body site and Helicobacter spp. on microbiota composition. Front. Microbiol. 16:1697111. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2025.1697111

Mendez, K.; Rosario-Santos, A.; Martínez-Ferrer, M.; Pérez-Rios, N.;Rivera-Torres, A.O.; Romaguera, J.; Godoy-Vitorino, F. Association of TLR-4 and TLR-9 Polymorphisms with HPV Infection and Cervical Dysplasia in Hispanic Women. Cancers 2025, 17, 3795. https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers17233795