Gina Paola Rodríguez

Accomplished professional with extensive inter-disciplinary research. Demonstrates excellent communication and critical thinking abilities. Proficient in a wide range of molecular biology techniques such as protein purification, PCR, FISH, ELISA, molecular cloning, and mutagenesis. Adept at culturing anaerobic and aerobic bacteria, yeast, mammalian cells and mice handling. Skilled in bioinformatics software and next-generation sequencing. Committed to leveraging creativity in problem-solving to drive scientific advancements.

• I am a certified Somatic Coach.

• “Microencapsulation of fat-removing Lactobacillales and polyphenols from Theobroma cacao L. as a combined strategy for intestinal removal of free fatty acids evaluated by simulated in vitro digestion” Quiroz-Eraso S, Gina P. Rodriguez-Castaño, Quintanilla- Carvajal MX, Acosta-González A (accepted May 24, 2024, Journal of Functional Foods).
• “Interactions between polyphenols from Theobroma cacao L and Lactobacillales to evaluate the potential of a combined strategy for intestinal free-fatty acid removal”. Quiroz-Eraso S, Gina P. Rodriguez-Castaño, Acosta-González A. (2023). Current Research in Food Science, 7, 100594.
• “Cm-p5 Peptide Dimers Inhibit Biofilms of Candida albicans Clinical Isolates, C. parapsilosis and Fluconazole- Resistant Mutants of C. auris”. Amann, V., Kissmann, A. K., Mildenberger, V., Krebs, I., Perez-Erviti, J. A., Martell-Huguet, E. M., ... Gina P. Rodríguez-Castaño ..., & Rosenau, F. (2023). International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 24(12), 9788.
• "Antimicrobial peptides alone and in combination with antimicrobial agents against medically important Candida species” Gina P. Rodríguez-Castaño, Rosenau, F., Ständker, L., & Firacative, C. (2023). Pharmaceutics, 15(3), 78.
• “Gut-derived Flavonifractor species variants are differentially enriched during in vitro incubation with quercetin”. Gina P. Rodríguez-Castaño, Rey, F.E., Caro-Quintero, A., & Acosta-González, A. (2020). PloS one, 15(12), e0227724.
• “Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron Starch Utilization Promotes Quercetin Degradation and Butyrate Production by Eubacterium ramulus.” Gina P. Rodríguez-Castaño, Matthew R. Dorris, Xingbo Liu, Bradley W. Bolling, Alejandro Acosta-Gonzalez, Federico E. Rey. Frontiers in Microbiology (2019) 10: 1145.
• "Advances in Gut Microbiome research, opening new strategies to cope with a Western lifestyle." Rodriguez-Castano, Gina Paola, G. P., Caro-Quintero, A., Reyes, A., & Lizcano, F. Frontiers in Genetics 7 (2016): 224.
• “Replicative DNA Polymerase δ but not ε Proofreads Errors in cis and in trans”. Flood CL, Rodriguez GP, Bao G, Shockley AH, Kow YW, Crouse GF. PLoS Genet 2015 11(3): e1005049-e1005049.
• “In vivo Bypass of 8-oxodG”. Rodriguez GP, Song JB, and Crouse GF. PLoS Genet 2013 9(8): e1003682. doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1003682
• “Oxidative Damage and Mutagenesis in S. cerevisiae: Genetic Studies of Pathways Affecting Replication Fidelity of 8-Oxoguanine”. Shockley AH, Doo DE, Rodriguez GP, and Crouse GF. Genetics 2013 195: 1–10.
• “Unexpected nondenitrifier nitrous oxide reductase gene diversity and abundance in soils”. Sanford RA, Wagner DD, Wu Q, Chee-Sanford JC, Thomas SH, Cruz-García C, Rodríguez GP, Massol-Deyá A, Krishnani KK, Ritalahti KM, Nissen S, Konstantinidis KT, and Löffler FE. PNAS 2012 109: 19709-19714.
• “Transformation with oligonucleotides creating clustered changes in the yeast genome”. Rodriguez GP, Song JB, Crouse GF. PLoS ONE 2012 7(8): e42905.
• “Mismatch Repair Dependent Mutagenesis in Nondividing Cells”. Rodriguez GP, Romanova NV, Bao G, Rouf NC, Kow YW, and Crouse GF. PNAS 2012 109: 6153-6158.
• “Genomic insights into the convergence and pathogenicity factors of Campylobacterjejuni and Campylobacter coli species”. Caro-Quintero A, Rodriguez GP, KonstantinidisKT. J. Bacteriol. 2009 191(18): 5824-5831.
• “Sequence Diversity and Expression of Novel Bacterial Nitrous Oxide Reductase (nosZ) Genes in Tropical Environments”. Rodríguez GP. 2008. M. Sc. Dissertation, University of Puerto Rico, 2008.

Federico Rey, University of Wisconsin, Phone: +1 608 628 3810. Email: ferey@wisc.edu.
Gray F. Crouse, Professor Emeritus of Biology, Emory University. Phone: +1 404 522 4061. Email: gcrouse@emory.edu.
Alejandro Acosta-Gonzalez, La Sabana University. Phone: +57 310 343 0359. Email: alejandro.acosta1@unisabana.edu.co