Jesus Santiago-Borges

Program: Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis

Current advisor: Andrew L. Kau, MD, PhD

Undergraduate university: University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez, 2018

Enrollment year: 2018

Research summary
Mucosal vaccination to deplete uropathogenic E. coli (UPEC) from the gut.

Graduate publications
Wilson NG, Hernandez-Leyva A, Rosen AL, Jaeger N, McDonough RT, Santiago-Borges J, Lint MA, Rosen TR, Tomera CP, Bacharier LB, Swamidass SJ, Kau A. 2023 The gut microbiota of people with asthma influences lung inflammation in gnotobiotic mice. iScience, 26(2):105991. PMCID: PMC9941210

Chen RY, Kung VL, Das S, Hossain MS, Hibberd MC, Guruge J, Mahfuz M, Begum SMKN, Rahman MM, Fahim SM, Gazi MA, Haque R, Sarker SA, Mazumder RN, Di Luccia B, Ahsan K, Kennedy E, Santiago-Borges J, Rodionov DA, Leyn SA, Osterman AL, Barratt MJ, Ahmed T, Gordon JI. 2020 Duodenal Microbiota in Stunted Undernourished Children with Enteropathy. N Engl J Med, 383(4):321-33. PMCID: PMC7289524