V. Gonzalez

The elite common bean Phaseolus vulgaris cultivar Pinto Saltillo hosts a rich and diverse array of plant-growth promoting bacteria in its rhizosphere.

This study characterizes the rhizosphere bacterial communities of the common bean cultivar Pinto Saltillo, revealing a diverse array of plant-growth promoting bacteria, including Rhizobium, and highlights their potential role in agricultural success beyond nitrogen fixation.

Engineering a Vaccine Platform using Rotavirus A to Express SARS-CoV-2 Spike Epitopes

This paper tests engineering rotavirus to express SARS-CoV-2 spike epitopes, finding that inserting peptides into NSP3 is feasible while VP4 insertions impair viral replication.

Greening conceals evergreening: contrasting trends for a socio-ecological system in Arctic Europe

The paper shows increased biomass of allelopathic crowberry in Arctic Norway, contrasting with smaller increases in other plant types, and suggests potential negative impacts on reindeer and pastoral systems.

Systemic influences of mammary cancer on monocytes in mice

This study shows that mammary cancer in mice increases circulating and splenic monocytes without altering their ratios or half-lives, but changes their transcriptome, particularly in the bone marrow and blood, with differences from human breast cancer.

Aire-dependent transcripts escape H3K36me3 and Raver2 induced alternative splicing to sustain central immune tolerance

The paper identifies that Aire-sensitive genes in mTECs escape Raver2 and H3K36me3 regulation, leading to reduced alternative splicing and impacting central immune tolerance.

Spatial patterns in phage-Rhizobium coevolutionary interactions across regions of common bean domestication

The paper examines phage-Rhizobium coevolutionary interactions across common bean domestication regions, finding spatial structuring of phage and host diversity and evidence of local adaptation.