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Puerto Rico, United States, United Kingdom

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Employment (2)

University of Michigan: Ann Arbor, MI, US

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University of Michigan

University of Birmingham School of Biosciences: Edgbaston, Birmingham, GB

2022-07 to present | Postdoctoral Research Fellow
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Education and qualifications (5)

University of Michigan: Ann Arbor, MI, US

2016-08-15 to 2022-05 | Graduate student (Microbiology and Immunology)
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Marine Biological Laboratory: Woods Hole, Massachusetts, US

2018-06-10 to 2018-09-04 | Student (Biology of Parasitism: Modern Approaches)
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University of Michigan: Ann Arbor, MI, US

2015-07-15 to 2016-06-15 | NIH PREP scholar (Microbiology and Immunology)
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University of Puerto Rico System: San Juan, Rio Piedras, PR

2012-08 to 2015-05 | Bachelor's Degree (Molecular Cell Biology)
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University of Puerto Rico at Utuado: Utuado, Puerto Rico, US

2010-08-15 to 2012-05-30 | Associate Degree (Ciencias Naturales)
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Professional activities (9)

Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science: Santa Cruz, California, US

2019 to 2022 | Student
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National Institutes of Health : Bethesda, Maryland, US

2020-11-01 | NIH NIAID F31, Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Predoctoral Fellowship to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research (NIAID)
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Marine Biological Laboratory: Woods Hole, Massachusetts, US

2019-07-22 to 2019-08-03 | Research Facilitator (Biology of Parasitism: Modern Approaches)
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American Society for Cell Biology: Bethesda, Maryland, US

2018 to 2019 | Student
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National Institutes of Health: Bethesda, Maryland, US

2017-06-15 | NIH NIAID T32, Molecular Mechanism in Microbial Pathogenesis (MMMP) Training Program
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University of Michigan Rackham Graduate School: Ann Arbor, MI, US

2016-08-15 | Rackham Merit Fellowship (RMF)
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American Society for Microbiology: Washington, DC, US

2014 to 2016 | Student
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National Institutes of Health: Bethesda, Maryland, US

2015-07-15 | Biomedical Research Fellow for Post-baccalaureate Research Education Program (PREP)
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University of Puerto Rico at Río Piedras: San Juan, Puerto Rico, US

2014-08-15 | Undergraduate Biomedical Research Fellow for the Research Initiative for Scientific Enhancement (RISE)
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Funding (1)

ESCRTing material to the invader: Mechanisms underlying Toxoplasma gondii endocytosis of host cytosolic protein

2020-12-01 to 2021-02-28 | Grant
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (Bethesda, US)
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Works (9)

Stable endocytic structures navigate the complex pellicle of apicomplexan parasites

Nature Communications
2023-04-15 | Journal article
Contributors: Ludek Koreny; Brandon N. Mercado-Saavedra; Christen M. Klinger; Konstantin Barylyuk; Simon Butterworth; Jennifer Hirst; Yolanda Rivera-Cuevas; Nathan R. Zaccai; Victoria J. C. Holzer; Andreas Klingl et al.
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Toxoplasma gondii scavenges mammalian host organelles through the usurpation of host ESCRT-III and Vps4A

Journal of Cell Science
2023-02-15 | Journal article
Contributors: Julia D. Romano; Joshua Mayoral; Rebekah B. Guevara; Yolanda Rivera-Cuevas; Vern B. Carruthers; Louis M. Weiss; Isabelle Coppens
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Dense Granule Protein GRA64 Interacts with Host Cell ESCRT Proteins during Toxoplasma gondii Infection

mBio
2022-08-30 | Journal article
Contributors: Joshua Mayoral; Rebekah B. Guevara; Yolanda Rivera-Cuevas; Vincent Tu; Tadakimi Tomita; Julia D. Romano; Leslie Gunther-Cummins; Simone Sidoli; Isabelle Coppens; Vernon B. Carruthers et al.
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Stable and ancient endocytic structures navigate the complex pellicle of apicomplexan parasites

2022-06-02 | Preprint
Contributors: Ludek Koreny; Brandon N. Mercado-Saavedra; Christen M. Klinger; Konstantin Barylyuk; Simon Butterworth; Jennifer Hirst; Yolanda Rivera-Cuevas; Nathan R. Zaccai; Victoria J. C. Holzer; Andreas Klingl et al.
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Toxoplasma scavenges mammalian host organelles through usurpation of host ESCRT-III and Vps4

2022-04-11 | Preprint
Contributors: Julia D. Romano; Joshua Mayoral; Rebekah B. Guevara; Yolanda Rivera-Cuevas; Vern B. Carruthers; Louis M. Weiss; Isabelle Coppens
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Dense granule protein, GRA64 interacts with host cell ESCRT proteins during Toxoplasma gondii infection

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Yolanda Rivera-Cuevas

Toxoplasma gondii subverts the host ESCRT machinery for parasite uptake of host cytosolic proteins

2021-07-21 | Other
Contributors: Yolanda Rivera-Cuevas; Joshua Mayoral; Manlio Di Cristina; Anna-Lisa E. Lawrence; Einar B. Olafsson; Dishari Thornhill; Benjamin S. Waldman; Akira Ono; Jonathan Sexton; Sebastian Lourido et al.
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Emerging Mechanisms of Endocytosis in <i>Toxoplasma gondii</i>.

Life (Basel, Switzerland)
2021-01-25 | Journal article
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Yolanda Rivera-Cuevas

Intersection of endocytic and exocytic systems inToxoplasma gondii

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2018-05 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1398-9219
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