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Employment (2)

UTHSC-Houston: Houston, TX, US

2008-12 to present | Research Associate (Microbiology and Molecular Genetics)
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Melissa Cruz

Glori Oil, Inc.: Houston, TX, US

2007-08 to 2008-12 | Associate Scientist
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Melissa Cruz

Education and qualifications (6)

New Hope Housing: Houston, TX, US

2019-08 to 2019-12 | Independent Learning Experience
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Melissa Cruz

Healthcare for the Homeless Houston: Houston, TX, US

2019-05 to 2019-08 | Master's Practicum
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Melissa Cruz

Harris County Public Health: Houston, TX, US

2019-01 to 2019-06 | Student Intern (Epidemiology)
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Melissa Cruz

Harris County Public Health : Houston, TX, US

2018-09 to 2019-03 | Student Intern (Mosquito and Vector Control)
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Melissa Cruz

University of Houston-Downtown: Houston, TX, US

2006-08 to 2008-12 (Post-Baccalaureate in Microbiology)
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Melissa Cruz

Texas A&M University: College Station, TX, US

1996-06 to 2000-12 | B.S. Wildlife Biology
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Professional activities (12)

Healthcare for the Homeless Houston: Houston, TX, US

2021-06 to present | Outreach Chair (Steering Committee)
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Melissa Cruz

Healthcare for the Homeless Houston: Houston, TX, US

2021-03 to present | Member (Young Professionals Committee)
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Melissa Cruz

Project Management Institute: Newtown Grant, Pennsylvania, US

2020-06 to present | member
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Melissa Cruz

Infectious Disease Society of America: Arlington, Virginia, US

2020-01 to present | member
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Melissa Cruz

American Public Health Association: Washington, DC, US

2018-08 to present | member
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Texas Public Health Association: Longview, TX, US

2017-08 to present | member
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Houston Coalition for the Homeless: Houston, TX, US

2017-01 to present | volunteer (Point-In-Time Homeless Count and Survey)
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Melissa Cruz

Manna Chess Club: Houston, TX, US

2012-04 to present | Co-director
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Healthcare for the Homeless Houston: Houston, TX, US

2011-01 to present | volunteer clinic assistant
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Manna Sunday: Houston, TX, US

2009-01 to present | Leadership Team Member
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UTHSC-Houston: Houston, TX, US

2015-04 | Promotion to Research Associate (Microbiology and Molecular Genetics)
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Melissa Cruz

UTHSC-Houston: Houston, TX, US

2011-12 | Promotion to Senior Research Associate (Microbiology and Molecular Genetics)
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Works (20)

Optimization of the antifungal properties of the bacterial peptide EntV by variant analysis

mBio
2024-05-08 | Journal article
Contributors: Shantanu Guha; Shane A. Cristy; Giuseppe Buda De Cesare; Melissa R. Cruz; Michael C. Lorenz; Danielle A. Garsin; Judith Berman
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Structural and functional analysis of EntV reveals a 12 amino acid fragment protective against fungal infections

Nature Communications
2022-10-13 | Journal article
Contributors: Melissa R. Cruz; Shane Cristy; Shantanu Guha; Giuseppe Buda De Cesare; Elena Evdokimova; Hiram Sanchez; Dominika Borek; Pedro Miramón; Junko Yano; Paul L. Fidel, Jr et al.
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Ribonuclease J-Mediated mRNA Turnover Modulates Cell Shape, Metabolism and Virulence in <i>Corynebacterium diphtheriae</i>.

Microorganisms
2021-02-14 | Journal article
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Melissa Cruz

Cardiac Microlesions Form During Severe Bacteremic Enterococcus faecalis Infection.

The Journal of infectious diseases
2021-02-01 | Journal article
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Melissa Cruz

Transcriptome analysis of Caenorhabditis elegans lacking heme peroxidase SKPO-1 reveals an altered response to Enterococcus faecalis.

G3 (Bethesda, Md.)
2021-02-01 | Journal article
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Melissa Cruz

Antimicrobial sensing coupled with cell membrane remodeling mediates antibiotic resistance and virulence in <i>Enterococcus faecalis</i>.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
2019-12-09 | Journal article
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Melissa Cruz

Amplex Red Assay for Measuring Hydrogen Peroxide Production from <i>Caenorhabditis elegans</i>.

Bio-protocol
2019-11-01 | Journal article
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Melissa Cruz

Antifungal Activity of the Enterococcus faecalis Peptide EntV Requires Protease Cleavage and Disulfide Bond Formation.

mBio
2019-07-02 | Journal article
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Melissa Cruz

Disrupting Membrane Adaptation Restores In Vivo Efficacy of Antibiotics Against Multidrug-Resistant Enterococci and Potentiates Killing by Human Neutrophils.

The Journal of infectious diseases
2019-07-01 | Journal article
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Melissa Cruz

Ethanolamine Utilization and Bacterial Microcompartment Formation Are Subject to Carbon Catabolite Repression.

Journal of bacteriology
2019-04-24 | Journal article
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Melissa Cruz

Loss of Ethanolamine Utilization in Enterococcus faecalis Increases Gastrointestinal Tract Colonization.

mBio
2018-05-08 | Journal article
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Melissa Cruz

<i>Enterococcus faecalis</i> bacteriocin EntV inhibits hyphal morphogenesis, biofilm formation, and virulence of <i>Candida albicans</i>.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
2017-04-10 | Journal article
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Melissa Cruz

Indomethacin injury to the rat small intestine is dependent upon biliary secretion and is associated with overgrowth of enterococci.

Physiological reports
2016-03-31 | Journal article
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Melissa Cruz

Localization of the Dual Oxidase BLI-3 and Characterization of Its NADPH Oxidase Domain during Infection of Caenorhabditis elegans.

PloS one
2015-04-24 | Journal article
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Melissa Cruz

Enterococcus faecalis pCF10-encoded surface proteins PrgA, PrgB (aggregation substance) and PrgC contribute to plasmid transfer, biofilm formation and virulence.

Molecular microbiology
2014-12-30 | Journal article
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Melissa Cruz

A liaR deletion restores susceptibility to daptomycin and antimicrobial peptides in multidrug-resistant Enterococcus faecalis.

The Journal of infectious diseases
2014-10-31 | Journal article
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Melissa Cruz

Riboswitches. A riboswitch-containing sRNA controls gene expression by sequestration of a response regulator.

Science (New York, N.Y.)
2014-08-01 | Journal article
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Melissa Cruz

Library screen identifies Enterococcus faecalis CcpA, the catabolite control protein A, as an effector of Ace, a collagen adhesion protein linked to virulence.

Journal of bacteriology
2013-08-23 | Journal article
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Melissa Cruz

Enterococcus faecalis inhibits hyphal morphogenesis and virulence of Candida albicans.

Infection and immunity
2012-10-31 | Journal article
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Melissa Cruz

Ce-Duox1/BLI-3 generated reactive oxygen species trigger protective SKN-1 activity via p38 MAPK signaling during infection in C. elegans.

PLoS pathogens
2011-12-22 | Journal article
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Melissa Cruz