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Pawel Gajer

University of Maryland, Baltimore

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Microbiology· 2 Bioinformatics· 1 Genomics· 1 Systems Biology· 1

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Organism:human· 4 Assay:metagenomics· 4 Approach:statistical model· 4 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 3 Research Focus:benchmarking· 2 Research Focus:database / resource· 2 Research Focus:differential expression· 1 Approach:machine learning (classical)· 1

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The Neovaginal Microbiota, Symptoms, and Local Immune Correlates in Transfeminine Individuals with Penile Inversion Vaginoplasty

Jorge Rojas-Vargas, Hannah Wilcox, Bern Monari, Pawel Gajer, David Zuanazzi, Ainslie C. Shouldice, Reeya Parmar, Priscilla Haywood, Vera Tai, Yonah Krakowsky, Emery Potter, Jacques Ravel, Jessica L. Prodger

The paper characterizes the neovaginal microbiota and cytokine profiles in transfeminine individuals post-vaginoplasty, identifying bacterial clusters linked to immune responses and symptoms.

Cell Reports · Dec 1, 2025Peer-reviewedMicrobiology

The vaginal microbiota, symptoms, and local immune correlates in transmasculine individuals using sustained testosterone therapy

Bern Monari, Hannah Wilcox, Priscilla Haywood, Pawel Gajer, Jorge Rojas-Vargas, David Zuanazzi, Lindsay Rutt, Ainslie C. Shouldice, Reeya Parmar, L. Elaine Waetjen, Yonah Krakowsky, Emery Potter, Jessica L. Prodger, Jacques Ravel

The paper examines vaginal microbiota, symptoms, and immune markers in transmasculine individuals on testosterone therapy, finding Lactobacillus dominance linked to adverse symptoms and inflammation.

Cell Reports · Dec 1, 2025Peer-reviewedMicrobiology

SpeciateIT and vSpeciateDB: Novel, fast and accurate per sequence 16S rRNA gene taxonomic classification of vaginal microbiota

Johanna B. Holm, Pawel Gajer, Jacques Ravel

The paper introduces speciateIT, a fast and accurate tool for taxonomic classification of 16S rRNA gene sequences, and vSpeciateDB, a specialized reference database for vaginal microbiota.

BMC Bioinformatics · Sep 27, 2024Peer-reviewedBioinformatics

High-resolution functional description of vaginal microbiomes in health and disease

Johanna B. Holm, Michael France, Pawel Gajer, Bing Ma, Rebecca M. Brotman, Michelle D Shardell, Larry J. Forney, Jacques Ravel

The paper develops metagenomic community state types (mgCSTs) to describe vaginal microbiomes by integrating composition and function, identifying associations with health outcomes and functional capabilities.

bioRxiv · Mar 24, 2023 · PreprintGenomics

Preterm birth is associated with xenobiotics and predicted by the vaginal metabolome

William F. Kindschuh, Federico Baldini, Martin C. Liu, Kristin D. Gerson, Jingqiu Liao, Harry H. Lee, Lauren Anton, Pawel Gajer, Jacques Ravel, Maayan Levy, Michal A. Elovitz, Tal Korem

This study identifies vaginal metabolites associated with spontaneous preterm birth and shows they can predict risk with high accuracy using machine learning.

Nature Microbiology · Jan 12, 2023Peer-reviewedSystems Biology