Joel Vega-Rodríguez

High-Resolution Proteomics Unveils Salivary Gland Disruption and Saliva-Hemolymph Protein Exchange in Plasmodium-Infected Mosquitoes

This study uses high-resolution proteomics to show that Plasmodium infection disrupts mosquito salivary glands, causing exchange of proteins between hemolymph and saliva.

Unlocking new understanding of Plasmodium sporozoite biology with expansion microscopy

This study uses expansion microscopy to investigate sporozoite biology in malaria parasites, revealing new insights into rhoptry function and identifying a key protein involved in invasion.

Mosquito Tissue Ultrastructure-Expansion Microscopy (MoTissU-ExM) enables ultrastructural and anatomical analysis of malaria parasites and their mosquito.

The paper introduces MoTissU-ExM, a method to expand mosquito tissues for visualizing malaria parasites, enabling ultrastructural analysis of both host and parasite structures.

Host-Pathogen Interactions in the Plasmodium-Infected Mouse Liver at Spatial and Single-Cell Resolution

This study uses spatial transcriptomics and snRNA-seq to analyze host-pathogen interactions in P. berghei-infected mouse liver tissues, revealing changes in lipid metabolism and inflammatory responses.