School of Graduate Studies

jonothan colon

Name: Jonothan Rosario Colón

Year in Program: 5th Year

Department: MIP

Mentor: Hong Xin, MD/PhD

Hometown: Queens, NY

Education: B.S. Chemistry (Biochemistry Specialization) – Barry University, Miami Shores, FL

Past Research Experience:

Research Assistant – Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN

Project: Arrestin-dependent activation of JNK family kinases

Research Assistant – Barry University, Miami Shores, FL

Project: Investigation of motor neuron migration in zebrafish

Research Intern – Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Villeurbanne, France

Project: Total synthesis of attenol A

Research Intern – University of California, San Francisco

Project: Identification of potential drug targets for the treatment of human African trypanosomiasis

 

Current Research Interest: 

Thesis Project

I am currently investigating the efficacy of passive immunization with Candida cell surface-specific monoclonal antibodies as a novel immunotherapy against disseminated infections caused by the multidrug-resistant fungal pathogen, Candida auris.

Other Research Interests

My research interests include eukaryotic pathogens, neglected diseases, viruses, immunology, vaccine development, and monoclonal antibodies

Publications:

  1. Rosario-Colon J, Eberle K, Adams A, Courville E, Xin H. Candida Cell-Surface-Specific Monoclonal Antibodies Protect Mice against Candida auris Invasive Infection. Int J Mol Sci. 2021; 22(11):6162. doi:10.3390/ijms22116162

  2. Adams A, Eberle K, Rosario Colón J, Courville E, Xin H. Synthetic conjugate peptide Fba-Met6 (MP12) induces complement-mediated resistance against disseminated Candida albicans. Vaccine. 2021; 39(30):4099. doi:10.1016/j.vaccine.2021.06.001

  3. Razmara E, Salehi M, Aslani S, Bitaraf A, Yousefi H, Colón JR, Mahmoudi M. Graves' disease: introducing new genetic and epigenetic contributors. J Mol Endocrinol. 2021;66(2):R33-R55. doi:10.1530/JME-20-0078

Career Goal:

I am seeking a post-doctoral fellowship position working in a laboratory that specializes in vaccine development against viral pathogens.

Best Thing about the Program:

The diversity of research projects within the various labs! Speaking for the Microbiology, Immunology, and Parasitology (MIP) Department, we have labs that study diverse pathogens such as HPV, chlamydia, Rhizopus, and trypanosomes, as well as bioinformatics and the GI microbiome.

What makes you unique? 

I speak tres langues.