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Tasha M. Santiago-Rodriguez

Baylor College of Medicine

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Approach:experimental assay· 2 Assay:metagenomics· 2 Research Focus:benchmarking· 1 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Research Focus:differential expression· 1 Organism:Drosophila· 1 Organism:human· 1 Approach:statistical model· 1

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MicrobiologybioRxivPreprintOct 13, 2026

Microbial Dynamics Across Commercial Spaceflights of Varying Duration

Aparna Krishnavajhala, Marie‐Claude Gingras, Tasha M. Santiago-Rodriguez…·HarshaVardhan Doddapaneni

This study examines microbiome and immune changes in astronauts after short and long-duration spaceflights, finding stable gut and oral microbiomes but transient skin microbiome shifts and immune activation.

DOI 10.64898/2026.05.29.728784

humanmetagenomics

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MicrobiologyScientific ReportsPeer-reviewedJul 30, 2026

Optimizing Tissue Lysis and DNA Extraction Protocols to Enhance Bacterial Diversity Profiling in the Drosophila melanogaster Gut Microbiome

Carlos L. Quiñones-Sanchez, Jan L. Bilbao-Del Valle, Miguel A. Urdaneta-Colon…·Imilce A. Rodriguez‐Fernandez

The paper compares DNA extraction and lysis methods for Drosophila gut microbiome profiling, finding that pestle homogenization with the Qiagen kit best preserves bacterial diversity.

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