Isabel Angelica Jimenez

Reverse gingival venipuncture: a refined technique for serial blood collection in small rodents

This paper evaluates a new blood collection technique, reverse gingival venipuncture, across multiple rodent species, finding it safe, effective, and repeatable with minimal complications.

Strain-specific thermotolerance, UV-C tolerance, and biofilm formation on clinically relevant plastic substrates in the emerging opportunistic pathogen Rhodotorula mucilaginosa

This study compares thermotolerance, UV-C tolerance, and biofilm formation in R. mucilaginosa strains from different origins on medical plastics.

A role for aquaporin (Aqp1) in the control of Cryptococcus neoformans cell morphology

This study investigates the role of Aqp1 in Cryptococcus neoformans cell morphology, finding that its loss leads to smaller cells while overexpression causes enlarged titan-like cells linked to redox physiology and oxidative stress.

The buoyancy of cryptococcal cells and its implications for transport and persistence of Cryptococcus in aqueous environments

This paper investigates how salinity and polysaccharide rafts affect the buoyancy and persistence of Cryptococcus cells in water, with implications for their transport and pathogenic potential.