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Tuberculosis, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Alveolar lining fluid, Alveolar epithelial cells, Aging, Microbial Ecology, Biosafety Level 3 Trainer, Maintain IRB requirements, Biorepository manager (RedCap databases), In vitro and In vivo experiments with mouse model

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Biography

A dynamic scientist with years of experience conducting high-level scientific research, strong teaching experience, lab managing, and strategic approach to problem-solving. I have learned many skills in microbial ecology and biomedical research throughout my science career, being a proactive leader of numerous research initiatives in the following areas: Infectious diseases, Microbiology, Cellular Biology, Molecular Biology, Immunology, and Environmental Science.

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Employment (5)

Texas Biomedical Research Institute: San Antonio, TX, US

2017-10 to 2019-08 | Research Associate (Population Health Program)
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Angélica M. Olmo-Fontánez

Universidad Ana G Mendez: San Juan, San Juan, PR

2013-08 to 2015-05 | Microbiology Professor (Biology)
Employment
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Angélica M. Olmo-Fontánez

University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez: Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, US

2012-01 to 2013-05 | Research Assistant (Biology)
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Angélica M. Olmo-Fontánez

University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez: Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, US

2011-01 to 2012-12 | Teaching Assistant (Biology)
Employment
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U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (ERDC): Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, US

2011-05 to 2011-08 | Research Contrator (EDRC)
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Angélica M. Olmo-Fontánez

Education and qualifications (3)

The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio: San Antonio, TX, US

2019 to 2023 | Ph.D studies in Integrated Biomedical Sciences Program (Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences)
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University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez: Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, US

2011 to 2013 | Master of Science (Microbial Ecology) (Biology)
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Angélica M. Olmo-Fontánez

University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez: Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, US

2006 to 2010 | Bachelor of Science (Industrial Microbiology) (Biology)
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Angélica M. Olmo-Fontánez

Professional activities (10)

American Association of Immunologists: Md., Md., US

2021-01 to present | Graduate Student
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Texas Biomedical Research Institute: San Antonio, TX, US

2020-08 to present | Member of Diversity & Inclusion Committee
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Society for Mucosal Immunology : Milwaukee, Wisconsin, US

2020-08 to present | Graduate Student Member
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University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio: San Antonio, TX, US

2019-08 to present | Member of Initiative for Maximizing Student Development (IMSD) (Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences)
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Texas Biomedical Research Institute: San Antonio, TX, US

2019-08 to present | Member of Texas Biomed Association for Trainees (TBAT)
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American Society for Microbiology (Texas ASM Branch): Washington D.C., District of Columbia, US

2019 to present | Student Member
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Texas Biomedical Research Institute: San Antonio, TX, US

2018-08 to present | Community Outreach Member
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The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio: San Antonio, TX, US

2021 | 2021 Excellence in Research Junior IMDS Student of the Year (IMSD)
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Angélica M. Olmo-Fontánez

American Association of Immunologists: Md., Md., US

2021 | 2021 AAI Minority Scientist Award
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Angélica M. Olmo-Fontánez

Texas Biomedical Research Institute: San Antonio, TX, US

2020 | Douglass Graduate Student Fellowship
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Funding (2)

Douglass Graduate Student Fellowship

2019-07 to 2023-09 | Award
Douglass Family Award (San Antonio, Texas, US)
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F99/K00 Award

Grant
National Institute on Aging (Md., Md., US)
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Angélica M. Olmo-Fontánez

Works (18)

Impact of the elderly lung mucosa on Mycobacterium tuberculosis transcriptional adaptation during infection of alveolar epithelial cells

Microbiology Spectrum
2024-12-05 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.01790-24
Contributors: Angélica M. Olmo-Fontánez; Anna Allué-Guardia; Andreu Garcia-Vilanova; Jeremy Glenn; Shu-Hua Wang; Robert E. Merritt; Larry S. Schlesinger; Joanne Turner; Yufeng Wang; Jordi B. Torrelles et al.
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Impact of the elderly lung mucosa onMycobacterium tuberculosismetabolic adaptation during infection of alveolar epithelial cells

2024-05-06 | Preprint
DOI: 10.1101/2024.05.06.592753
Contributors: Angélica M. Olmo-Fontánez; Anna Allué-Guardia; Andreu Garcia-Vilanova; Jeremy Glenn; Shu-Hua Wang; Robert E. Merritt; Larry S. Schlesinger; Joanne Turner; Yufeng Wang; Jordi B. Torrelles
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Human alveolar lining fluid from the elderly promotes Mycobacterium tuberculosis intracellular growth and translocation into the cytosol of alveolar epithelial cells

Mucosal Immunology
2024-04 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.mucimm.2024.01.001
Contributors: Angélica M. Olmo-Fontánez; Julia M. Scordo; Alyssa Schami; Andreu Garcia-Vilanova; Paula A. Pino; Amberlee Hicks; Richa Mishra; Diego Jose Maselli; Jay I. Peters; Blanca I. Restrepo et al.
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Mitochondrial Transplantation promotes protective effector and memory CD4+T cell response duringMycobacterium tuberculosisinfection and diminishes exhaustion and senescence in elderly CD4+T cells

2024-01-27 | Preprint
DOI: 10.1101/2024.01.24.577036
Contributors: Colwyn A. Headley; Shalini Gautam; Angelica Olmo-Fontanez; Andreu Garcia-Vilanova; Varun Dwivedi; Alyssa Schami; Susan Weintraub; Philip S. Tsao; Jordi B. Torrelles; Joanne Turner
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Extracellular Delivery of Functional Mitochondria Rescues the Dysfunction of CD4<sup>+</sup> T Cells in Aging.

Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany)
2023-11-21 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/advs.202303664
PMID: 37990641
Contributors: Colwyn Headley; SHALINI GAUTAM; Olmo-Fontanez A; Garcia-Vilanova A; Dwivedi V; Akhter A; Schami A; Chiem K; Ault R; Zhang H et al.
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HIV Infection impairs the Host Response toMycobacterium tuberculosisInfection by altering Surfactant Protein D function in the Human Lung Alveolar Mucosa

2023-10-01 | Preprint
DOI: 10.1101/2023.10.01.560171
Contributors: Anwari Akhter; Juan I. Moliva; Abul K. Azad; Angélica Olmo-Fontánez; Andreu Garcia-Vilanova; Julia M. Scordo; Mikhail A. Gavrilin; Phillip T. Diaz; Janice J. Endsley; Susan T. Weintraub et al.
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Exposure ofMycobacterium tuberculosisto human alveolar lining fluid shows temporal and strain-specific adaptation to the lung environment

2023-09-28 | Preprint
DOI: 10.1101/2023.09.27.559381
Contributors: Anna Allué-Guardia; Andreu Garcia-Vilanova; Alyssa M. Schami; Angélica M. Olmo-Fontánez; Amberlee Hicks; Jay Peters; Diego J. Maselli; Mark D. Wewers; Yufeng Wang; Jordi B. Torrelles
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Recall responses in the lung environment are impacted by age in a pilot study of Mycobacterium bovis-BCG vaccinated rhesus macaques

Experimental Gerontology
2022-10 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2022.111904
Part of ISSN: 0531-5565
Contributors: Angélica M. Olmo-Fontánez
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Tuberculosis in an Aging World

Pathogens
2022-09-26 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3390/pathogens11101101
Contributors: Angélica M. Olmo-Fontánez; Joanne Turner
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Alveolar Epithelial Cells

Advances in Host-Directed Therapies Against Tuberculosis
2021 | Book chapter
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-56905-1_16
Part of ISBN: 9783030569044
Part of ISBN: 9783030569051
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The aging lung mucosa: A proteomics study

2021-09-20 | Other
DOI: 10.1101/2021.09.14.460375
Contributors: Andreu Garcia-Vilanova; Angélica M. Olmo-Fontánez; Juan I. Moliva; Anna Allué-Guardia; Harjinder Singh; Robert E. Merrit; Diego M. Caceres; Jay Peters; Yufeng Wang; Larry S. Schlesinger et al.
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Host- and age-dependent transcriptional changes in Mycobacterium tuberculosis cell envelope biosynthesis genes after exposure to human alveolar lining fluid

2021-09-08 | Other
DOI: 10.1101/2021.09.08.459334
Contributors: Anna Allué-Guardia; Andreu Garcia-Vilanova; Angélica M. Olmo-Fontánez; Jay Peters; Diego J. Maselli; Yufeng Wang; Joanne Turner; Larry S. Schlesinger; Jordi B. Torrelles
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Human alveolar lining fluid from the elderly promotes Mycobacterium tuberculosis growth in alveolar epithelial cells and bacterial translocation into the cytosol

2021-05-14 | Other
DOI: 10.1101/2021.05.12.443884
Contributors: Angélica M. Olmo-Fontánez; Julia M. Scordo; Andreu Garcia-Vilanova; Diego Jose Maselli; Jay I. Peters; Blanca I. Restrepo; Daniel L. Clemens; Joanne Turner; Larry S. Schlesinger; Jordi B. Torrelles
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Extracellular Delivery of Functional Mitochondria Rescues the Dysfunction of CD4+T Cells in Aging

2021-02-21 | Preprint
DOI: 10.1101/2021.02.21.432151
Contributors: Colwyn A. Headley; Shalini Gautam; Angelica Olmo-Fontanez; Andreu Garcia-Vilanova; Varun Dwivedi; Anwari Akhter; Alyssa Schami; Kevin Chiem; Russell Ault; Hao Zhang et al.
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Responses to acute infection with SARS-CoV-2 in the lungs of rhesus macaques, baboons and marmosets

Nature Microbiology
2021-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41564-020-00841-4
Part of ISSN: 2058-5276
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Angélica M. Olmo-Fontánez

Lethality of SARS-CoV-2 infection in K18 human angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 transgenic mice

Nature Communications
2020-11-30 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-19891-7
Part of ISSN: 2041-1723
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Angélica M. Olmo-Fontánez

The lung mucosa environment in the elderly increases host susceptibility to Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection.

The Journal of infectious diseases
2019-03-29 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiz138
PMID: 30923818
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Angélica M. Olmo-Fontánez

The human lung mucosa drives differential Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection outcome in the alveolar epithelium.

Mucosal immunology
2019-03-07 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41385-019-0156-2
PMID: 30846830
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Angélica M. Olmo-Fontánez
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