Wu L, Kensiski A, Gavzy SJ, Lwin HW, Song Y, France MT, Lakhan R, Kong D, Li L, Saxena V, Piao W, Shirkey MW, Mas VR, Ma B, Bromberg JS. Rapamycin immunomodulation utilizes time-dependent alterations of lymph node architecture, leukocyte trafficking, and gut microbiome. JCI Insight. 2025;10(8); doi: 10.1172/jci.insight.186505 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40260917 

Williams A, Ravel J, Armstrong E, Huibner S, Rutt L, Kaul R, Holm JB. Temporal dynamics of the vaginal microbiome and host immune markers before, during, and after metronidazole treatment for bacterial vaginosis. mSystems. 2025;10(7):e0038025; doi: 10.1128/msystems.00380-25 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40607829 

Shardell MD, Chen C. Genetic geroscience and Alzheimer’s disease: The pleiotropy is the point! J Alzheimers Dis. 2025;104(4):1001-5; doi: 10.1177/13872877251321182 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40026006 

Saidi F, Graybill LA, Tang JH, Phanga T, Milala B, Banda G, Kamija M, Kasaro M, Mutale W, Price J, Chinula L, Stringer J, Hosseinipour MC, Chi BH, Ravel J, Holm JB. Effect of initiation of antiretroviral drugs for HIV prevention or treatment on the vaginal microbiome of pregnant women in Malawi. NPJ Biofilms Microbiomes. 2025;11(1):67; doi: 10.1038/s41522-025-00697-8 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40287413 

Roskes L, Chamzas A, Ma B, Medina AE, Gopalakrishnan M, Viscardi RM, Sundararajan S. Early human milk feeding: Relationship to intestinal barrier maturation and postnatal growth. Pediatr Res. 2025;97(6):2065-73; doi: 10.1038/s41390-024-03622-5 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/39397156 

Ravel J, Simmons S, Jaswa EG, Gottfried S, Greene M, Kellogg-Spadt S, Gevers D, Harper DM. Impact of a multi-strain L. crispatus-based vaginal synbiotic on the vaginal microbiome: a randomized placebo-controlled trial. NPJ Biofilms Microbiomes. 2025;11(1):158; doi: 10.1038/s41522-025-00788-6 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40783570 

Rathbun AM, Ryan AS, Shardell MD, Dong Y, Beamer BA, Luborsky M, Hochberg MC. Association Between Depressive Symptoms and Self-Reported Physical Activity in Persons With Knee Osteoarthritis. J Rheumatol. 2025;52(5):505-11; doi: 10.3899/jrheum.2024-0940 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/39955095 

Ozcam M, Lin DL, Gupta CL, Li A, Gomez JC, Wheatley LM, Baloh CH, Sanda S, Jones SM, Lynch SV. Gut microbial bile and amino acid metabolism associate with peanut oral immunotherapy failure. Nat Commun. 2025;16(1):6330; doi: 10.1038/s41467-025-61161-x https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40634275 

Mehta R, Falvey JR, Chen C, Dong Y, Shardell MD, Yamashita T, Orwig DL. Association Between Prehip Fracture Antidepressant Use and Posthip Fracture Length of Hospital Stay in Medicare Beneficiaries and Assessing Sex Differences. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2025;33(6):654-63; doi: 10.1016/j.jagp.2024.11.001 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/39609242 

Kullin BR, Gitome S, Happel AU, Pidwell T, Lefevre M, Madikida A, Wekesa P, Mahlangu K, Ochieng J, Awili L, Agolla W, Otieno R, Mutharimi A, Ganief Y, Daniels R, Chicken A, Welp K, Livingstone H, Swanepoel C, Claassen-Weitz S, Kanyoka P, Ravel J, Humphrys M, Bilski L, Mulder N, Bekker LG, Gill K, Jaspan H, Bukusi EA, Passmore JS. Vaginal Microbiome Research Consortium for Africa: study protocol of a multicentre prospective clinical study to evaluate temporal vaginal microbial composition associated with maintenance of reproductive health in women in South Africa and Kenya. BMJ Open. 2025;15(2):e090938; doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-090938 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/39987010 

Kensiski A, Gavzy SJ, Wu L, Mas V, Ma B, Bromberg JS. Immunosuppressant imprecision: multidirectional effects on metabolism and microbiome. Clin Microbiol Rev. 2025;38(2):e0017824; doi: 10.1128/cmr.00178-24 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40042298 

Joos R, Boucher K, Lavelle A, Arumugam M, Blaser MJ, Claesson MJ, Clarke G, Cotter PD, De Sordi L, Dominguez-Bello MG, Dutilh BE, Ehrlich SD, Ghosh TS, Hill C, Junot C, Lahti L, Lawley TD, Licht TR, Maguin E, Makhalanyane TP, Marchesi JR, Matthijnssens J, Raes J, Ravel J, Salonen A, Scanlan PD, Shkoporov A, Stanton C, Thiele I, Tolstoy I, Walter J, Yang B, Yutin N, Zhernakova A, Zwart H, Human Microbiome Action C, Dore J, Ross RP. Author Correction: Examining the healthy human microbiome concept. Nat Rev Microbiol. 2025;23(3):206; doi: 10.1038/s41579-024-01145-8 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/39681696 

Joos R, Boucher K, Lavelle A, Arumugam M, Blaser MJ, Claesson MJ, Clarke G, Cotter PD, De Sordi L, Dominguez-Bello MG, Dutilh BE, Ehrlich SD, Ghosh TS, Hill C, Junot C, Lahti L, Lawley TD, Licht TR, Maguin E, Makhalanyane TP, Marchesi JR, Matthijnssens J, Raes J, Ravel J, Salonen A, Scanlan PD, Shkoporov A, Stanton C, Thiele I, Tolstoy I, Walter J, Yang B, Yutin N, Zhernakova A, Zwart H, Human Microbiome Action C, Dore J, Ross RP. Examining the healthy human microbiome concept. Nat Rev Microbiol. 2025;23(3):192-205; doi: 10.1038/s41579-024-01107-0 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/39443812 

Holm JB, Paragkamian S, Humphreys M, Chatterjee A, Yarwood S, Gaimaro J, Stavroulaki M, Tsaparis D, Plaitis M, Kasapidis P, Darivianakis S, Kotoulas G, Magoulas A, Oulas A, Kyrpiotakis Z, Pavlidis P, Ten Hoopen P, Cochrane G, Kooistra H, Schriml JR, Schriml BE, Lagkouvardos I, Gkorezis P, Davies N, Laney C, Stanish L, Sutton G, Tighe S, Mizrachi IK, Parks D, Yilmaz P, Carey C, Buttigieg P, Goldstein P, Pafilis E, Schriml LM. First island-wide, single-day soil collection study on Crete reveals environmental drivers of microbial diversity. Environ Microbiome. 2025;20(1):94; doi: 10.1186/s40793-025-00752-z https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40708004 

Hasegawa Y, Swain O, Rajpal U, France MT, Ncube L, Yu H, Mogno I, Horowitz A, Ravel J, Elovitz MA. Mobiluncus mulieris alters the transcriptomic profile of cervicovaginal epithelial cells, shedding light on molecular drivers of adverse reproductive outcomes. NPJ Biofilms Microbiomes. 2025;11(1):154; doi: 10.1038/s41522-025-00784-w https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40775239 

Gabor CE, Chong CE, Lemme-Dumit JM, Hazen TH, Baker KS, Kotloff KL, Kasumba IN, Tennant SM, Badji H, Hossain MJ, Omore R, Ochieng B, Awuor AO, Ogwel B, Juma J, Barry EM, Rasko DA. Characterization of Shigella flexneri serotype 6 strains from geographically diverse low- and middle-income countries. mBio. 2025;16(1):e0221024; doi: 10.1128/mbio.02210-24 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/39655936 

Deming ME, Brown ER, McArthur MA, Schrag SJ, Arvay M, Humphrys M, Ravel J, Adelglass J, Essink B, Musante DB, Maguire R, Gorman R, Formentini E, Mason R, Robb ML, Neuzil KM, Rapaka RR, Wolff P, Kotloff KL, team Ss. Vaccine efficacy of NVX-CoV2373 against SARS-CoV-2 infection in adolescents in the USA: an ancillary study to a phase 3, observer-blinded, randomised, placebo-controlled trial. Lancet Microbe. 2025;6(4):100984; doi: 10.1016/j.lanmic.2024.100984 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/39884302 

Brown SE, He X, Magder L, Stennett CA, Robbins SJ, Johnston ED, Morgan D, Ghanem KG, Ravel J, Mark K, Brotman RM. Assessment of the vaginal microbiota before and after use of hyperosmolal lubricant during transvaginal ultrasound. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2025;233(1):42 e1- e27; doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2024.12.016 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/39694166 

Bindels LB, Watts JEM, Theis KR, Carrion VJ, Ossowicki A, Seifert J, Oh J, Shao Y, Hilty M, Kumar P, Hildebrand F, Lovejoy C, Wigley P, Yu K, Zhang M, Zhang T, Walter J, Desai MS, Huws SA, Schriml LM, Ravel J, Fricke WF, Eloe-Fadrosh EA, Lee CK, Clavel T. A blueprint for contemporary studies of microbiomes. Microbiome. 2025;13(1):95; doi: 10.1186/s40168-025-02091-0 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40200306 

Alizadeh M, Wong U, Siaton BC, France MT, Patil SA, George L, Hudhud D, Motwani K, Scott WH, Raufman JP, von Rosenvinge EC, Cross RK, Ravel J. The intestinal mucosa-associated microbiota in IBD-associated arthritis displays lower relative abundance of Roseburia intestinalis. Gut Microbes. 2025;17(1):2505114; doi: 10.1080/19490976.2025.2505114 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40382763 

Tuddenham S, Gajer P, Holm JB, Brown SE, Forney L, Ravel J, Ghanem KG, Brotman RM. Comparison of shipping versus immediate freezer storage of vaginal samples for vaginal microbiota assessment. Sex Transm Infect. 2024;100(6):368-70; doi: 10.1136/sextrans-2023-056100 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38960602 

Tamarelle J, Thiebaut ACM, de Barbeyrac B, Bebear C, Bourret A, Fauconnier A, Ravel J, Delarocque-Astagneau E, i-Predict study g. Vaginal microbiota stability over 18 months in young student women in France. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 2024;43(12):2277-92; doi: 10.1007/s10096-024-04943-3 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/39302529 

Shardell M, Rathbun AM, Gruber-Baldini A, Ryan AS, Guralnik J, Kapogiannis D, Simonsick EM. The inverse association between cancer history and incident cognitive impairment: Addressing attrition bias. Alzheimers Dement. 2024;20(11):7902-12; doi: 10.1002/alz.14268 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/39324538 

Schaefer A, Yang B, Schroeder HA, Harit D, Humphry MS, Zeitlin L, Whaley KJ, Ravel J, Fischer WA, Lai SK. ZMapp reduces diffusion of Ebola viral particles in fresh human cervicovaginal mucus. Emerg Microbes Infect. 2024;13(1):2352520; doi: 10.1080/22221751.2024.2352520 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38713593 

Robbins SJ, Brown SE, Stennett CA, Tuddenham S, Johnston ED, Wnorowski AM, Ravel J, He X, Mark KS, Brotman RM. Uterine fibroids and longitudinal profiles of the vaginal microbiota in a cohort presenting for transvaginal ultrasound. PLoS One. 2024;19(2):e0296346; doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0296346 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38315688 

Powell AM, Khan FZA, Ravel J, Elovitz MA. Untangling Associations of Microbiomes of Pregnancy and Preterm Birth. Clin Perinatol. 2024;51(2):425-39; doi: 10.1016/j.clp.2024.02.009 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38705650 

Potter AD, Edwards VL, D’Mello A, Gray MC, Shetty AC, Forehand AL, Westlake CS, Lamb ER, Zhao X, Ragland SA, Criss AK, Tettelin H. Dual species transcriptomics reveals conserved metabolic and immunologic processes in interactions between human neutrophils and Neisseria gonorrhoeae. PLoS Pathog. 2024;20(7):e1012369; doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1012369 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38976720 

Pelayo P, Hussain FA, Werlang CA, Wu CM, Woolston BM, Rutt L, France MT, Ravel J, Ribbeck K, Kwon DS, Balskus EP. Prevotella are major contributors of sialidases in the human vaginal microbiome. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2024;121(36):e2400341121; doi: 10.1073/pnas.2400341121 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/39186657 

Pan Y, Bi C, Kochunov P, Shardell M, Smith JC, McCoy RG, Ye Z, Yu J, Lu T, Yang Y, Lee H, Liu S, Gao S, Ma Y, Li Y, Chen C, Ma T, Wang Z, Nichols T, Hong LE, Chen S. Brain-wide functional connectome analysis of 40,000 individuals reveals brain networks that show aging effects in older adults. Imaging Neurosci (Camb). 2024;2; doi: 10.1162/imag_a_00394 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40800426 

Melendez JH, Edwards VL, Muniz Tirado A, Hardick J, Mehta A, Aluvathingal J, D’Mello A, Gaydos CA, Manabe YC, Tettelin H. Local emergence and global evolution of Neisseria gonorrhoeae with high-level resistance to azithromycin. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2024;68(12):e0092724; doi: 10.1128/aac.00927-24 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/39445818 

McCoy JA, Burris HH, Gerson KD, McCarthy C, Ravel J, Elovitz MA. Cervicovaginal Microbial-Immune State and Group B Streptococcus Colonization in Pregnancy. Am J Perinatol. 2024;41(S 01):e2539-e46; doi: 10.1055/s-0043-1772226 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37557898 

Mauck C, Thurman A, Jensen JT, Schreiber CA, Baker J, Hou MY, Chavoustie S, Dart C, Wu H, Ravel J, Gajer P, Herold BC, Jacot T, Zack N, Hatheway J, Friend D. Safety testing of Ovaprene: An investigational nonhormonal monthly vaginal contraceptive. Contraception. 2024;135:110440; doi: 10.1016/j.contraception.2024.110440 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38552818 

Klasner C, Macintyre AN, Brown SE, Bavoil P, Ghanem KG, Nylander E, Ravel J, Tuddenham S, Brotman RM. A Narrative Review on Spontaneous Clearance of Urogenital Chlamydia trachomatis: Host, Microbiome, and Pathogen-Related Factors. Sex Transm Dis. 2024;51(2):112-7; doi: 10.1097/OLQ.0000000000001905 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38290156 

Joseph A, Anton L, Guan Y, Ferguson B, Mirro I, Meng N, France M, Ravel J, Elovitz MA. Extracellular vesicles from vaginal Gardnerella vaginalis and Mobiluncus mulieris contain distinct proteomic cargo and induce inflammatory pathways. NPJ Biofilms Microbiomes. 2024;10(1):28; doi: 10.1038/s41522-024-00502-y https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38514622 

Hoffmann DE, von Rosenvinge EC, Roghmann MC, Palumbo FB, McDonald D, Ravel J. The DTC microbiome testing industry needs more regulation. Science. 2024;383(6688):1176-9; doi: 10.1126/science.adk4271 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38484067 

Hall B, Levy S, Dufault-Thompson K, Arp G, Zhong A, Ndjite GM, Weiss A, Braccia D, Jenkins C, Grant MR, Abeysinghe S, Yang Y, Jermain MD, Wu CH, Ma B, Jiang X. BilR is a gut microbial enzyme that reduces bilirubin to urobilinogen. Nat Microbiol. 2024;9(1):173-84; doi: 10.1038/s41564-023-01549-x https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38172624 

Gavzy SJ, Kensiski A, Saxena V, Lakhan R, Hittle L, Wu L, Iyyathurai J, Dhakal H, Lee ZL, Li L, Lee YS, Zhang T, Lwin HW, Shirkey MW, Paluskievicz CM, Piao W, Mongodin EF, Ma B, Bromberg JS. Early Immunomodulatory Program Triggered by Protolerogenic Bifidobacterium pseudolongum Drives Cardiac Transplant Outcomes. Transplantation. 2024;108(7):e91-e105; doi: 10.1097/TP.0000000000004939 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38587506 

Dai Y, Edwards VL, Yu Q, Tettelin H, Stein DC, Song W. Neisseria gonorrhoeae induces local secretion of IL-10 at the human cervix to promote colonization. J Clin Invest. 2024;135(2); doi: 10.1172/JCI183331 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/39585777 

Contreras CA, Hazen TH, Guadarrama C, Cervantes-Rivera R, Ochoa TJ, Vinuesa P, Rasko DA, Puente JL. Phenotypic diversity of type III secretion system activity in enteropathogenic Escherichia coli clinical isolates. J Med Microbiol. 2024;73(10); doi: 10.1099/jmm.0.001907 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/39432330 

Chen C, Murphy TE, Speiser JL, Bandeen-Roche K, Allore H, Travison TG, Griswold M, Shardell M. Gerontologic Biostatistics and Data Science: Aging Research in the Era of Big Data. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2024;80(1); doi: 10.1093/gerona/glae269 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/39500720 

Carter KA, Tuddenham S, Brotman RM. Dequalinium Chloride—An Emerging Option in the Sparse Landscape of Bacterial Vaginosis Therapies. JAMA Netw Open. 2024;7(5):e248606; doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.8606 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38696175 

Carter KA, France MT, Rutt L, Bilski L, Martinez-Greiwe S, Regan M, Brotman RM, Ravel J. Sexual transmission of urogenital bacteria: whole metagenome sequencing evidence from a sexual network study. mSphere. 2024;9(3):e0003024; doi: 10.1128/msphere.00030-24 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38358269 

Burris HH, Yang N, Riis V, Valeri L, South EC, Ravel J, Elovitz MA. The role of neighborhood deprivation in the cervicovaginal microbiota. Am J Obstet Gynecol MFM. 2024;6(3):101291; doi: 10.1016/j.ajogmf.2024.101291 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38246324 

Alizadeh M, Wong U, Siaton BC, Patil SA, George L, Raufman JP, Scott WH, von Rosenvinge EC, Ravel J, Cross RK. Inflammatory Bowel Disease-Associated Arthritis Is Associated with Concomitant Autoimmune and Inflammatory Disorders. Dig Dis Sci. 2024;69(8):2961-9; doi: 10.1007/s10620-024-08478-7 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38902460 

Alizadeh M, Wong U, Siaton BC, Patil SA, George L, Raufman JP, Scott WH, von Rosenvinge EC, Ravel J, Cross RK. ExpLOring the role of the intestinal MiCrobiome in InflammATory bowel disease-AssocIated SpONdylarthritis (LOCATION-IBD). Heliyon. 2024;10(4):e26571; doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e26571 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38420375 

Alizadeh M, Sampaio Moura N, Schledwitz A, Patil SA, Ravel J, Raufman JP. Gastroenterology Fellowship and Postdoctoral Training in Omics and Statistics-Part II: How Can It Be Achieved? Dig Dis Sci. 2024;69(1):22-6; doi: 10.1007/s10620-023-08149-z https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37919515 

Alizadeh M, Sampaio Moura N, Schledwitz A, Patil SA, Ravel J, Raufman JP. Gastroenterology Fellowship and Postdoctoral Training in Omics and Statistics-Part I: Why Is It Needed? Dig Dis Sci. 2024;69(1):18-21; doi: 10.1007/s10620-023-08136-4 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37919514 

Alizadeh M, Sampaio Moura N, Schledwitz A, Patil SA, El-Serag H, Ravel J, Raufman JP. A Practical Guide to Evaluating and Using Big Data in Digestive Disease Research. Gastroenterology. 2024;166(2):240-7; doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2023.11.292 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38052336 

Alizadeh M, Motwani K, Siaton BC, Abutaleb A, Ravel J, Cross RK, Investigators S-I. Factors Associated With Extraintestinal Manifestations of Inflammatory Bowel Disease in SPARC-IBD. Inflamm Bowel Dis. 2024;30(11):2027-36; doi: 10.1093/ibd/izad280 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38102817 

Alfaifi AA, Holm JB, Wang TW, Lim J, Meiller TF, Rock P, Sultan AS, Jabra-Rizk MA. Oral Microbiota Alterations in Subjects with SARS-CoV-2 Displaying Prevalence of the Opportunistic Fungal Pathogen Candida albicans. Microorganisms. 2024;12(7); doi: 10.3390/microorganisms12071356 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/39065125 

Waetjen LE, Crawford SL, Gajer P, Brooks MM, Gold EB, Reed BD, Hess R, Ravel J. Relationships between the vaginal microbiota and genitourinary syndrome of menopause symptoms in postmenopausal women: the Study of Women’s Health Across the Nation. Menopause. 2023;30(11):1073-84; doi: 10.1097/GME.0000000000002263 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37788422 

Tuddenham S, Shafiq M, Mathad JS, Alexander M, Naik S, Kulkarni V, Deshpande P, Humphrys MS, Holm JB, Khan N, Yadana S, Cheedalla A, Bhosale R, Ghanem KG, Wang T, Wang S, Ma B, Ravel J, Gupta A, Shivakoti R. Association of Pregnancy and HIV Status With Molecular-Bacterial Vaginosis in Indian Women. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2023;93(5):422-30; doi: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000003215 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37155962 

Tuddenham S, Gajer P, Burke AE, Murphy C, Klein SL, Stennett CA, Wilgus B, Ravel J, Ghanem KG, Brotman RM. Lactobacillus-dominance and rapid stabilization of vaginal microbiota in combined oral contraceptive pill users examined through a longitudinal cohort study with frequent vaginal sampling over two years. EBioMedicine. 2023;87:104407; doi: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2022.104407 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36529102 

Tessandier N, Uysal IB, Elie B, Selinger C, Bernat C, Boue V, Grasset S, Groc S, Rahmoun M, Reyne B, Bender N, Bonneau M, Graf C, Tribout V, Foulongne V, Ravel J, Waterboer T, Hirtz C, Bravo IG, Reynes J, Segondy M, Murall CL, Boulle N, Kamiya T, Alizon S. Does exposure to different menstrual products affect the vaginal environment? Mol Ecol. 2023;32(10):2592-601; doi: 10.1111/mec.16678 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36057782 

Symul L, Jeganathan P, Costello EK, France M, Bloom SM, Kwon DS, Ravel J, Relman DA, Holmes S. Sub-communities of the vaginal microbiota in pregnant and non-pregnant women. Proc Biol Sci. 2023;290(2011):20231461; doi: 10.1098/rspb.2023.1461 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38018105 

Schaefer A, Yang B, Schroeder HA, Harit D, Humphry MS, Ravel J, Lai SK. Broadly neutralizing antibodies consistently trap HIV-1 in fresh cervicovaginal mucus from select individuals. Acta Biomater. 2023;169:387-97; doi: 10.1016/j.actbio.2023.07.031 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37499728 

Romero R, Theis KR, Gomez-Lopez N, Winters AD, Panzer JJ, Lin H, Galaz J, Greenberg JM, Shaffer Z, Kracht DJ, Chaiworapongsa T, Jung E, Gotsch F, Ravel J, Peddada SD, Tarca AL. The Vaginal Microbiota of Pregnant Women Varies with Gestational Age, Maternal Age, and Parity. Microbiol Spectr. 2023;11(4):e0342922; doi: 10.1128/spectrum.03429-22 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37486223 

Oyebode IH, Just AC, Ravel J, Elovitz MA, Burris HH. Impact of exposure to air pollution on cervicovaginal microbial communities. Environ Res. 2023;233:116492; doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2023.116492 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37354930 

Li L, Wu L, Kensiski A, Zhao J, Shirkey MW, Song Y, Piao W, Zhang T, Mei Z, Gavzy SJ, Ma B, Saxena V, Lee YS, Xiong Y, Li X, Fan X, Abdi R, Bromberg JS. FRC transplantation restores lymph node conduit defects in laminin alpha4-deficient mice. JCI Insight. 2023;8(8); doi: 10.1172/jci.insight.167816 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37092548 

Lee CY, Diegel J, France MT, Ravel J, Arnold KB. Evaluation of vaginal microbiome equilibrium states identifies microbial parameters linked to resilience after menses and antibiotic therapy. PLoS Comput Biol. 2023;19(8):e1011295; doi: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1011295 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37566641 

Lantz AM, Cottrell ML, Corbett AH, Chinula L, Kourtis AP, Nelson JAE, Tegha G, Hurst S, Gajer P, Ravel J, Haddad LB, Tang JH, Nicol MR. Vaginal microbiome, antiretroviral concentrations, and HIV genital shedding in the setting of hormonal contraception initiation in Malawi. AIDS. 2023;37(14):2185-90; doi: 10.1097/QAD.0000000000003686 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37877275 

Jenkins DJ, Woolston BM, Hood-Pishchany MI, Pelayo P, Konopaski AN, Quinn Peters M, France MT, Ravel J, Mitchell CM, Rakoff-Nahoum S, Whidbey C, Balskus EP. Bacterial amylases enable glycogen degradation by the vaginal microbiome. Nat Microbiol. 2023;8(9):1641-52; doi: 10.1038/s41564-023-01447-2 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37563289 

Holm JB, France MT, Gajer P, Ma B, Brotman RM, Shardell M, Forney L, Ravel J. Integrating compositional and functional content to describe vaginal microbiomes in health and disease. Microbiome. 2023;11(1):259; doi: 10.1186/s40168-023-01692-x https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38031142 

Holm JB, Carter KA, Ravel J, Brotman RM. Lactobacillus iners and genital health: molecular clues to an enigmatic vaginal species. Curr Infect Dis Rep. 2023;25(4):67-75; doi: 10.1007/s11908-023-00798-5 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37234911 

Hazen TH, Michalski JM, Tennant SM, Rasko DA. Genomic diversity of non-diarrheagenic fecal Escherichia coli from children in sub-Saharan Africa and south Asia and their relatedness to diarrheagenic E. coli. Nat Commun. 2023;14(1):1400; doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-36337-y https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36918537 

Hazen TH, Adediran T, Hitchcock S, O’Hara LM, Pineles L, Michalski JM, Johnson JK, Nguyen MH, Calfee DP, Miller LG, Harris AD, Rasko DA. Clinical and Bacterial Characteristics Associated with Glove and Gown Contamination by Carbapenem-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae in the Health Care Setting. Microbiol Spectr. 2023;11(4):e0177523; doi: 10.1128/spectrum.01775-23 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37289087 

Hallarn J, Bauer GR, Potter E, Wilcox H, Newfeld J, Krakowsky Y, Ravel J, Prodger JL. Gynecological concerns and vaginal practices and exposures among transfeminine individuals who have undergone vaginoplasty. J Sex Med. 2023;20(11):1344-52; doi: 10.1093/jsxmed/qdad109 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37700562 

Haddad LB, Tang JH, Davis NL, Kourtis AP, Chinula L, Msika A, Tegha G, Hosseinipour MC, Nelson JAE, Hobbs MM, Gajer P, Ravel J, De Paris K. Influence of Hormonal Contraceptive Use and HIV on Cervicovaginal Cytokines and Microbiota in Malawi. mSphere. 2023;8(1):e0058522; doi: 10.1128/msphere.00585-22 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36622252 

Gavzy SJ, Kensiski A, Lee ZL, Mongodin EF, Ma B, Bromberg JS. Bifidobacterium mechanisms of immune modulation and tolerance. Gut Microbes. 2023;15(2):2291164; doi: 10.1080/19490976.2023.2291164 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38055306 

Gabor CE, Hazen TH, Delaine-Elias BC, Rasko DA, Barry EM. Genomic, transcriptomic, and phenotypic differences among archetype Shigella flexneri strains of serotypes 2a, 3a, and 6. mSphere. 2023;8(6):e0040823; doi: 10.1128/msphere.00408-23 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37830809 

Estaki M, Langsetmo L, Shardell M, Mischel A, Jiang L, Zhong Y, Kaufmann C, Knight R, Stone K, Kado D. Association of Subjective and Objective Measures of Sleep With Gut Microbiota Composition and Diversity in Older Men: The Osteoporotic Fractures in Men Study. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2023;78(10):1925-32; doi: 10.1093/gerona/glad011 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36655399 

Elsasser TH, Ma B, Ravel J, Gajer P, Cross A. Short-term feeding of defatted bovine colostrum mitigates inflammation in the gut via changes in metabolites and microbiota in a chicken animal model. Anim Microbiome. 2023;5(1):6; doi: 10.1186/s42523-023-00225-z https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36703224 

Chandler CE, Hofstaedter CE, Hazen TH, Rasko DA, Ernst RK. Genomic and Functional Characterization of Longitudinal Pseudomonas aeruginosa Isolates from Young Patients with Cystic Fibrosis. Microbiol Spectr. 2023;11(4):e0155623; doi: 10.1128/spectrum.01556-23 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37358436 

Brown SE, Tuddenham S, Shardell MD, Klebanoff MA, Ghanem KG, Brotman RM. Bacterial Vaginosis and Spontaneous Clearance of Chlamydia trachomatis in the Longitudinal Study of Vaginal Flora. J Infect Dis. 2023;228(6):783-91; doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiad142 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37158693 

Brown SE, He X, Shardell MD, Ravel J, Ghanem KG, Zenilman JM, Brotman RM. Douching cessation and molecular bacterial vaginosis: a reanalysis of archived specimens. Sex Transm Infect. 2023;99(3):156-61; doi: 10.1136/sextrans-2022-055459 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35636931 

Brown SE, Brotman RM. Letter to the Editor on “A randomized trial on the effectiveness and safety of 5 water-based personal lubricants”. J Sex Med. 2023;20(10):1257; doi: 10.1093/jsxmed/qdad077 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37553097 

Borgogna JC, Grace SG, Holm JB, Aviles Zuniga T, Kadriu H, He X, McCoski SR, Ravel J, Brotman RM, Yeoman CJ. Investigating the impact of condomless vaginal intercourse and lubricant use on the vaginal metabolome: a pre-post observational study. Sex Transm Infect. 2023;99(7):489-96; doi: 10.1136/sextrans-2022-055667 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37258272 

Armstrong E, Hemmerling A, Joag V, Huibner S, Kulikova M, Crawford E, Castaneda GR, Anzala O, Obila O, Shahabi K, Ravel J, Coburn B, Cohen CR, Kaul R. Treatment Success Following Standard Antibiotic Treatment for Bacterial Vaginosis Is Not Associated With Pretreatment Genital Immune or Microbial Parameters. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2023;10(1):ofad007; doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofad007 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36726539 

Alizadeh M, Sampaio Moura N, Schledwitz A, Patil SA, Ravel J, Raufman JP. Big Data in Gastroenterology Research. Int J Mol Sci. 2023;24(3); doi: 10.3390/ijms24032458 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36768780 

Zhao J, Jung S, Li X, Li L, Kasinath V, Zhang H, Movahedi SN, Mardini A, Sabiu G, Hwang Y, Saxena V, Song Y, Ma B, Acton SE, Kim P, Madsen JC, Sage PT, Tullius SG, Tsokos GC, Bromberg JS, Abdi R. Delivery of costimulatory blockade to lymph nodes promotes transplant acceptance in mice. J Clin Invest. 2022;132(24); doi: 10.1172/JCI159672 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36519543. 

Uysal IB, Boue V, Murall CL, Graf C, Selinger C, Hirtz C, Bernat C, Ravel J, Reynes J, Bonneau M, Rahmoun M, Segondy M, Boulle N, Grasset S, Groc S, Waterboer T, Tribout V, Bravo IG, Burrel S, Foulongne V, Alizon S, Tessandier N. Concomitant and productive genital infections by HSV-2 and HPV in two young women: A case report. IDCases. 2022;30:e01604; doi: 10.1016/j.idcr.2022.e01604 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36119756. 

Tyssen D, Hearps AC, Guntur K, Masson L, Cook S, Moulton SE, Ravel J, Bradshaw CS, Ayehunie S, Tachedjian G. The Impact of Over-The-Counter Lactic Acid Containing Vaginal Gels on the Integrity and Inflammatory State of the Vaginal Epithelium in vitro. Front Reprod Health. 2022;4:915948; doi: 10.3389/frph.2022.915948 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36303665. 

Thurman AR, Ravel J, Gajer P, Marzinke MA, Ouattara LA, Jacot T, Peet MM, Clark MR, Doncel GF. Vaginal Microbiota and Mucosal Pharmacokinetics of Tenofovir in Healthy Women Using a 90-Day Tenofovir/Levonorgestrel Vaginal Ring. Front Cell Infect Microbiol. 2022;12:799501; doi: 10.3389/fcimb.2022.799501 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35350436. 

Sikorski MJ, Ma J, Hazen TH, Desai SN, Tupua S, Nimarota-Brown S, Sialeipata M, Rambocus S, Ballard SA, Valcanis M, Thomsen RE, Robins-Browne RM, Howden BP, Naseri TK, Levine MM, Rasko DA. Spatial-temporal and phylogenetic analyses of epidemiologic data to help understand the modes of transmission of endemic typhoid fever in Samoa. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2022;16(10):e0010348; doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0010348 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36251704. 

Sikorski MJ, Hazen TH, Desai SN, Nimarota-Brown S, Tupua S, Sialeipata M, Rambocus S, Ingle DJ, Duchene S, Ballard SA, Valcanis M, Zufan S, Ma J, Sahl JW, Maes M, Dougan G, Thomsen RE, Robins-Browne RM, Howden BP, Naseri TK, Levine MM, Rasko DA. Persistence of Rare Salmonella Typhi Genotypes Susceptible to First-Line Antibiotics in the Remote Islands of Samoa. mBio. 2022;13(5):e0192022; doi: 10.1128/mbio.01920-22 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36094088. 

Shardell MD, Speiser JL. Waste Not, Want Not: Proper Design, Analysis, and Interpretation Are Essential to Advancing Aging Research Across the Translational Science Spectrum. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2022;77(11):2165-7; doi: 10.1093/gerona/glac036 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35588371. 

Price JT, Vwalika B, France M, Ravel J, Ma B, Mwape H, Rittenhouse KJ, De Paris K, Hobbs M, Nelson JA, Kasaro MP, Stringer EM, Stringer JSA. HIV-associated vaginal microbiome and inflammation predict spontaneous preterm birth in Zambia. Sci Rep. 2022;12(1):8573; doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-12424-w https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35595739. 

Novak J, Ravel J, Ma B, Ferreira CST, Tristao ADR, Silva MG, Marconi C. Characteristics associated with Lactobacillus iners-dominated vaginal microbiota. Sex Transm Infect. 2022;98(5):353-9; doi: 10.1136/sextrans-2020-054824 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34497114. 

Ndungo E, Holm JB, Gama S, Buchwald AG, Tennant SM, Laufer MK, Pasetti MF, Rasko DA. Dynamics of the Gut Microbiome in Shigella-Infected Children during the First Two Years of Life. mSystems. 2022;7(5):e0044222; doi: 10.1128/msystems.00442-22 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36121169. 

Mahajan G, Doherty E, To T, Sutherland A, Grant J, Junaid A, Gulati A, LoGrande N, Izadifar Z, Timilsina SS, Horvath V, Plebani R, France M, Hood-Pishchany I, Rakoff-Nahoum S, Kwon DS, Goyal G, Prantil-Baun R, Ravel J, Ingber DE. Vaginal microbiome-host interactions modeled in a human vagina-on-a-chip. Microbiome. 2022;10(1):201; doi: 10.1186/s40168-022-01400-1 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36434666. 

Ma B, Sundararajan S, Nadimpalli G, France M, McComb E, Rutt L, Lemme-Dumit JM, Janofsky E, Roskes LS, Gajer P, Fu L, Yang H, Humphrys M, Tallon LJ, Sadzewicz L, Pasetti MF, Ravel J, Viscardi RM. Highly Specialized Carbohydrate Metabolism Capability in Bifidobacterium Strains Associated with Intestinal Barrier Maturation in Early Preterm Infants. mBio. 2022;13(3):e0129922; doi: 10.1128/mbio.01299-22 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35695455. 

Li L, Shirkey MW, Zhang T, Piao W, Li X, Zhao J, Mei Z, Guo Y, Saxena V, Kensiski A, Gavzy SJ, Song Y, Ma B, Wu J, Xiong Y, Wu L, Fan X, Roussey H, Li M, Krupnick AS, Abdi R, Bromberg JS. Lymph node fibroblastic reticular cells preserve a tolerogenic niche in allograft transplantation through laminin alpha4. J Clin Invest. 2022;132(13); doi: 10.1172/JCI156994 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35775481. 

Lemme-Dumit JM, Song Y, Lwin HW, Hernandez-Chavez C, Sundararajan S, Viscardi RM, Ravel J, Ma B. Altered Gut Microbiome and Fecal Immune Phenotype in Early Preterm Infants With Leaky Gut. Front Immunol. 2022;13:815046; doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.815046 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35280991. 

Kuo PL, Schrack JA, Levine ME, Shardell MD, Simonsick EM, Chia CW, Moore AZ, Tanaka T, An Y, Karikkineth A, AlGhatrif M, Elango P, Zukley LM, Egan JM, de Cabo R, Resnick SM, Ferrucci L. Longitudinal phenotypic aging metrics in the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging. Nat Aging. 2022;2(7):635-43; doi: 10.1038/s43587-022-00243-7 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36910594. 

Goedert JJ, Wu Z, Yonehara CH, Frankland TB, Sinha R, Jones GS, Wan Y, Ravel J, Zhao N, Honda SA. Reusing a prepaid health plan’s fecal immunochemical tests for microbiome associations with colorectal adenoma. Sci Rep. 2022;12(1):14801; doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-18870-w https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36045142. 

Gerson KD, Yang N, Anton L, Levy M, Ravel J, Elovitz MA, Burris HH. Second trimester short cervix is associated with decreased abundance of cervicovaginal lipid metabolites. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2022;227(2):273 e1- e18; doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2022.04.031 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35469813. 

Gerson KD, Anton L, Ferguson B, Ravel J, Burris HH, Elovitz MA. Gardnerella vaginalis induces matrix metalloproteinases in the cervicovaginal epithelium through TLR-2 activation. J Reprod Immunol. 2022;152:103648; doi: 10.1016/j.jri.2022.103648 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35679790. 

Fricke WF, Ravel J. More data needed on neonatal microbiome seeding. Microbiome. 2022;10(1):88; doi: 10.1186/s40168-022-01282-3 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35689294. 

France MT, Fu L, Rutt L, Yang H, Humphrys MS, Narina S, Gajer P, Ma B, Forney LJ, Ravel J. Insight into the ecology of vaginal bacteria through integrative analyses of metagenomic and metatranscriptomic data. Genome Biol. 2022;23(1):66; doi: 10.1186/s13059-022-02635-9 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35232471. 

France MT, Clifford J, Narina S, Rutt L, Ravel J. Complete Genome Sequences of Ezakiella coagulans C0061C1 and Fenollaria massiliensis C0061C2. Microbiol Resour Announc. 2022;11(7):e0044422; doi: 10.1128/mra.00444-22 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35861554. 

France MT, Brown SE, Rompalo AM, Brotman RM, Ravel J. Identification of shared bacterial strains in the vaginal microbiota of related and unrelated reproductive-age mothers and daughters using genome-resolved metagenomics. PLoS One. 2022;17(10):e0275908; doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0275908 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36288274. 

France M, Ma B, Ravel J. Persistence and In Vivo Evolution of Vaginal Bacterial Strains over a Multiyear Time Period. mSystems. 2022;7(6):e0089322; doi: 10.1128/msystems.00893-22 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36413016. 

France M, Alizadeh M, Brown S, Ma B, Ravel J. Towards a deeper understanding of the vaginal microbiota. Nat Microbiol. 2022;7(3):367-78; doi: 10.1038/s41564-022-01083-2 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35246662. 

Edwards VL, McComb E, Gleghorn JP, Forney L, Bavoil PM, Ravel J. Three-dimensional models of the cervicovaginal epithelia to study host-microbiome interactions and sexually transmitted infections. Pathog Dis. 2022;80(1); doi: 10.1093/femspd/ftac026 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35927516. 

Durski M, Ravel J, Spautz A, Carvalho NS, Silva MG, Marconi C. Comparison of two microscopic interpretations of vaginal microbiota with molecular profiling. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2022;104(1):115728; doi: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2022.115728 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35780749. 

Delgado-Diaz DJ, Jesaveluk B, Hayward JA, Tyssen D, Alisoltani A, Potgieter M, Bell L, Ross E, Iranzadeh A, Allali I, Dabee S, Barnabas S, Gamieldien H, Blackburn JM, Mulder N, Smith SB, Edwards VL, Burgener AD, Bekker LG, Ravel J, Passmore JS, Masson L, Hearps AC, Tachedjian G. Lactic acid from vaginal microbiota enhances cervicovaginal epithelial barrier integrity by promoting tight junction protein expression. Microbiome. 2022;10(1):141; doi: 10.1186/s40168-022-01337-5 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36045402. 

Adedrian T, Hitchcock S, O’Hara LM, Michalski JM, Johnson JK, Calfee DP, Miller LG, Hazen TH, Harris AD, Rasko DA. Comparative Genomics Identifies Features Associated with Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Transmission in Hospital Settings. mSphere. 2022;7(3):e0011622; doi: 10.1128/msphere.00116-22 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35578992. 

Watson VE, Hazen TH, Rasko DA, Jacob ME, Elfenbein JR, Stauffer SH, Gookin JL. Comparative Genomics of Atypical Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli from Kittens and Children Identifies Bacterial Factors Associated with Virulence in Kittens. Infect Immun. 2021;89(3); doi: 10.1128/IAI.00619-20 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33257534. 

Villette R, Autaa G, Hind S, Holm JB, Moreno-Sabater A, Larsen M. Refinement of 16S rRNA gene analysis for low biomass biospecimens. Sci Rep. 2021;11(1):10741; doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-90226-2 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34031485. 

Turpin R, Tuddenham S, He X, Klebanoff MA, Ghanem KG, Brotman RM. Bacterial Vaginosis and Behavioral Factors Associated With Incident Pelvic Inflammatory Disease in the Longitudinal Study of Vaginal Flora. J Infect Dis.2021;224(12 Suppl 2):S137-S44; doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiab103 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34396403. 

Tuddenham S, Stennett CA, Cone RA, Ravel J, Macintyre AN, Ghanem KG, He X, Brotman RM. Vaginal cytokine profile and microbiota before and after lubricant use compared with condomless vaginal sex: a preliminary observational study. BMC Infect Dis. 2021;21(1):973; doi: 10.1186/s12879-021-06512-x https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34537015. 

Tuddenham S, Ravel J, Marrazzo JM. Protection and Risk: Male and Female Genital Microbiota and Sexually Transmitted Infections. J Infect Dis. 2021;223(12 Suppl 2):S222-S35; doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiaa762 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33576776. 

Trent M, Perin J, Rowell J, Shah M, Anders J, Matson P, Brotman RM, Ravel J, Sharps P, Rothman R, Yusuf HE, Gaydos CA. Using Innovation to Address Adolescent and Young Adult Health Disparities in Pelvic Inflammatory Disease: Design of the Technology Enhanced Community Health Precision Nursing (TECH-PN) Trial. J Infect Dis.2021;224(12 Suppl 2):S145-S51; doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiab157 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34396402. 

Sikorski MJ, Hazen TH, Vyas G, Michalski JM, Rasko DA. Draft Genome Sequences of Two Enteroinvasive Escherichia coli Strains Representative of Major Enteroinvasive E. coli Clades. Microbiol Resour Announc.2021;10(23):e0031921; doi: 10.1128/MRA.00319-21 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34110238. 

Shardell MD, Gravitt PE, Burke AE, Ravel J, Brotman RM. Association of Vaginal Microbiota With Signs and Symptoms of the Genitourinary Syndrome of Menopause Across Reproductive Stages. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci.2021;76(9):1542-50; doi: 10.1093/gerona/glab120 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33903897. 

Shardell MD, Cappola AR, Guralnik JM, Hicks GE, Kritchevsky SB, Simonsick EM, Ferrucci L, Semba RD, Shaffer NC, Harris T, Eiriksdottir G, Gudnason V, Cotch MF, Orwoll E, Ensrud KE, Cawthon PM. Sex-specific 25-hydroxyvitamin D threshold concentrations for functional outcomes in older adults: PRoject on Optimal VItamin D in Older adults (PROVIDO). Am J Clin Nutr. 2021;114(1):16-28; doi: 10.1093/ajcn/nqab025 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33826696. 

Roghmann MC, Lydecker AD, Shardell MD, DeBoy RT, Johnson JK, Zhao L, Hittle LL, Mongodin EF. Effect of mupirocin for Staphylococcus aureus decolonization on the microbiome of the nose and throat in community and nursing home dwelling adults. PLoS One. 2021;16(6):e0252004; doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0252004 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34101737. 

Ravel J, Moreno I, Simon C. Bacterial vaginosis and its association with infertility, endometritis, and pelvic inflammatory disease. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2021;224(3):251-7; doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2020.10.019 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33091407. 

O’Hanlon DE, Brown SE, He X, Stennett CA, Robbins SJ, Johnston ED, Wnorowski AM, Mark K, Ravel J, Cone RA, Brotman RM. Observational cohort study of the effect of a single lubricant exposure during transvaginal ultrasound on cell-shedding from the vaginal epithelium. PLoS One. 2021;16(5):e0250153; doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0250153 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33939727. 

Mongodin EF, Saxena V, Iyyathurai J, Lakhan R, Ma B, Silverman E, Lee ZL, Bromberg JS. Chronic rejection as a persisting phantom menace in organ transplantation: a new hope in the microbiota? Curr Opin Organ Transplant.2021;26(6):567-81; doi: 10.1097/MOT.0000000000000929 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34714788. 

Miller J, France MT, Ma B, Kurtz N, Holm JB, Swaims-Kohlmeier A, Kmush BL, Cu-Uvin S, Ziegler C, Fadrosh D, Srinivasan U, Edwards VL, Mayer KH, Ravel J, Gajer P, Brotman RM. Cervicovaginal microbiota in a randomized trial of depot medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA), copper intrauterine device (Cu-IUD), and levonorgestrel implant (LNG). NPJ Biofilms Microbiomes. 2021;7(1):28; doi: 10.1038/s41522-021-00205-7 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33941876. 

Massacci FR, Clark TA, Hazen TH, Bhatt AS, Drake SK, Kirwan DE, Mathers AJ, Sifri CD, Rasko DA. Draft Genome Sequences of 38 Carbapenem-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae Isolates From University of Virginia Hospital Surveillance Studies. Microbiol Resour Announc. 2021;10(8):e01433-20; doi: 10.1128/MRA.01433-20 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33622781. 

Mallon D, Ver Eecke T, Guckes KR, Breland EJ, Vonck R, Waidyarachchi SL, Boyd KA, Sivalingam P, Fetrow J, Ottesen A, Hazen TH, Fraser CM, Chen A, Hendrickson EL, Whaley RA, Papin JA, Nolan R, Lee JS, Marx CJ, Bokinsky G, Papoutsakis ET, Breuer RJ, Papin JF, Fiebig A. Metaproteomic Characterization of Human Gut Microbiota: Enzymatic Activities in Microbiome Samples from Healthy Individuals and Crohn’s Disease Patients. Front Microbiol.2021;12:651698; doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.651698 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34177836. 

Vargas-Robles D, Morales N, Rodriguez I, Nieves T, Godoy-Vitorino F, Alcaraz LD, Perez ME, Ravel J, Forney LJ, Dominguez-Bello MG. Changes in the vaginal microbiota across a gradient of urbanization. Sci Rep. 2020;10(1):12487; doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-69111-x https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32719372. 

Thoma ME, Brotman RM, Gray RH, Sewankambo NK, Wawer MJ. Risk and protective factors associated with BV chronicity among women in Rakai, Uganda. Sex Transm Infect. 2020;96(5):380-6; doi: 10.1136/sextrans-2019-054145 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31601641. 

Tamarelle J, Ma B, Gajer P, Humphrys MS, Terplan M, Mark KS, Thiebaut ACM, Forney LJ, Brotman RM, Delarocque-Astagneau E, Bavoil PM, Ravel J. Nonoptimal Vaginal Microbiota After Azithromycin Treatment for Chlamydia trachomatis Infection. J Infect Dis. 2020;221(4):627-35; doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiz499 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31573603. 

Stennett CA, Dyer TV, He X, Robinson CK, Ravel J, Ghanem KG, Brotman RM. A cross-sectional pilot study of birth mode and vaginal microbiota in reproductive-age women. PLoS One. 2020;15(4):e0228574; doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0228574 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32236123. 

Sikorski MJ, Hazen TH, Vyas G, Michalski JM, Rasko DA. Genome Sequences of Four Shigella boydii Strains Representative of the Major S. boydii Clades. Microbiol Resour Announc. 2020;9(41); doi: 10.1128/MRA.00881-20 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33033129. 

Shardell M, Parimi N, Langsetmo L, Tanaka T, Jiang L, Orwoll E, Shikany JM, Kado DM, Cawthon PM. Comparing Analytical Methods for the Gut Microbiome and Aging: Gut Microbial Communities and Body Weight in the Osteoporotic Fractures in Men (MrOS) Study. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2020;75(7):1267-75; doi: 10.1093/gerona/glaa034 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32025711. 

Shardell M, Drew DA, Semba RD, Harris TB, Cawthon PM, Simonsick EM, Kalyani RR, Schwartz AV, Kritchevsky SB, Newman AB. Plasma Soluble alphaKlotho, Serum Fibroblast Growth Factor 23, and Mobility Disability in Community-Dwelling Older Adults. J Endocr Soc. 2020;4(5):bvz032; doi: 10.1210/jendso/bvz032 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32405607. 

Risteen RG, Hazen TH, Michalski JM, Poly F, Tennant SM, Rasko DA. Examination of 189 Campylobacter Species Isolates from the Global Enteric Multicenter Study. Microbiol Resour Announc. 2020;9(30); doi: 10.1128/MRA.00646-20 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32703838. 

O’Hanlon DE, Gajer P, Brotman RM, Ravel J. Asymptomatic Bacterial Vaginosis Is Associated With Depletion of Mature Superficial Cells Shed From the Vaginal Epithelium. Front Cell Infect Microbiol. 2020;10:106; doi: 10.3389/fcimb.2020.00106 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32211347. 

Moreno-Sabater A, Autaa G, Sterlin D, Jerbi A, Villette R, Holm JB, Parizot C, Selim S, Senghor Y, Ghillani-Dalbin P, Bachmeyer C, Hennequin C, Gorochov G, Larsen M. Systemic anti-commensal response to fungi analyzed by flow cytometry is related to gut mycobiome ecology. Microbiome. 2020;8(1):159; doi: 10.1186/s40168-020-00924-8 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33190643. 

Ma B, France MT, Crabtree J, Holm JB, Humphrys MS, Brotman RM, Ravel J. A comprehensive non-redundant gene catalog reveals extensive within-community intraspecies diversity in the human vagina. Nat Commun. 2020;11(1):940; doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-14677-3 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32103005. 

Ma B, France M, Ravel J. Meta-Pangenome: At the Crossroad of Pangenomics and Metagenomics. In: Tettelin H, Medini D, editors. The Pangenome: Diversity, Dynamics and Evolution of Genomes. Cham (CH); 2020. p. 205-18. 

Lee VT, Ghodssi R, El-Sayed NM, Malik RD, Goloubeva OG, Hazen TH, Rasko DA. Draft Genome Sequence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Strain PA14-UM. Microbiol Resour Announc. 2020;9(46); doi: 10.1128/MRA.00978-20 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33184157. 

Lee CY, Cheu RK, Lemke MM, Gustin AT, France MT, Hampel B, Thurman AR, Doncel GF, Ravel J, Klatt NR, Arnold KB. Quantitative modeling predicts mechanistic links between pre-treatment microbiome composition and metronidazole efficacy in bacterial vaginosis. Nat Commun. 2020;11(1):6147; doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-19880-w https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33262350. 

Holm JB, France MT, Ma B, McComb E, Robinson CK, Mehta A, Tallon LJ, Brotman RM, Ravel J. Comparative Metagenome-Assembled Genome Analysis of “Candidatus Lachnocurva vaginae“, Formerly Known as Bacterial Vaginosis-Associated Bacterium-1 (BVAB1). Front Cell Infect Microbiol. 2020;10:117; doi: 10.3389/fcimb.2020.00117 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32296647. 

Hernandes RT, Hazen TH, Dos Santos LF, Richter TKS, Michalski JM, Rasko DA. Comparative genomic analysis provides insight into the phylogeny and virulence of atypical enteropathogenic Escherichia coli strains from Brazil. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2020;14(6):e0008373; doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0008373 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32479541. 

Hazen TH, Poonawala H, Saharia KK, Donnenberg MS, Rasko DA. Draft Genome Sequence of Escherichia coli Strain UMD142. Microbiol Resour Announc. 2020;9(45); doi: 10.1128/MRA.01009-20 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33154008. 

Hazen TH, Johnson JK, Harris AD, Rasko DA. Genome Sequencing of Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniaeIsolates That Harbor the FOX-5 beta-Lactamase Gene. Microbiol Resour Announc. 2020;9(45); doi: 10.1128/MRA.01116-20 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33154016. 

Hazen TH, Hitchcock S, O’Hara LM, Michalski JM, Johnson JK, Calfee DP, Miller LG, Harris AD, Rasko DA. Draft Genome Sequences of Five Diverse Klebsiella Species Isolates from Intensive Care Unit Patients. Microbiol Resour Announc. 2020;9(47); doi: 10.1128/MRA.01131-20 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33214307. 

Gerson KD, McCarthy C, Elovitz MA, Ravel J, Sammel MD, Burris HH. Cervicovaginal microbial communities deficient in Lactobacillus species are associated with second trimester short cervix. Am J Obstet Gynecol.2020;222(5):491 e1- e8; doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2019.11.1283 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31816307. 

France MT, Rutt L, Narina S, Arbaugh S, McComb E, Humphrys MS, Ma B, Hayward MR, Costello EK, Relman DA, Kwon DS, Ravel J. Complete Genome Sequences of Six Lactobacillus iners Strains Isolated from the Human Vagina. Microbiol Resour Announc. 2020;9(20); doi: 10.1128/MRA.00234-20 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32409537. 

France MT, Ma B, Gajer P, Brown S, Humphrys MS, Holm JB, Waetjen LE, Brotman RM, Ravel J. VALENCIA: a nearest centroid classification method for vaginal microbial communities based on composition. Microbiome.2020;8(1):166; doi: 10.1186/s40168-020-00934-6 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33228810. 

Dias JP, Joseph JJ, Kluwe B, Zhao S, Shardell M, Seeman T, Needham BL, Wand GS, Kline D, Brock G, Castro-Diehl C, Golden SH. The longitudinal association of changes in diurnal cortisol features with fasting glucose: MESA. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2020;119:104698; doi: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2020.104698 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32674946. 

Dareng EO, Ma B, Adebamowo SN, Famooto A, Ravel J, Pharoah PP, Adebamowo CA. Vaginal microbiota diversity and paucity of Lactobacillus species are associated with persistent hrHPV infection in HIV negative but not in HIV positive women. Sci Rep. 2020;10(1):19095; doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-76003-7 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33154533. 

Borgogna JC, Shardell MD, Yeoman CJ, Ghanem KG, Kadriu H, Ulanov AV, Gaydos CA, Hardick J, Robinson CK, Bavoil PM, Ravel J, Brotman RM, Tuddenham S. The association of Chlamydia trachomatis and Mycoplasma genitalium infection with the vaginal metabolome. Sci Rep. 2020;10(1):3420; doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-60179-z https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32098988. 

Borgogna JC, Shardell MD, Santori EK, Nelson TM, Rath JM, Glover ED, Ravel J, Gravitt PE, Yeoman CJ, Brotman RM. The vaginal metabolome and microbiota of cervical HPV-positive and HPV-negative women: a cross-sectional analysis. BJOG. 2020;127(2):182-92; doi: 10.1111/1471-0528.15981 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31749298. 

Borgogna JC, Shardell MD, Santori EK, Nelson TM, Rath JM, Glover ED, Ravel J, Gravitt P, Yeoman CJ, Brotman RM. Authors’ reply re: The vaginal metabolome and microbiota of cervical HPV-positive and HPV-negative women: a cross-sectional analysis. BJOG. 2020;127(6):773-4; doi: 10.1111/1471-0528.16148 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32154972. 

Adedrian T, Hitchcock S, O’Hara LM, Michalski JM, Johnson JK, Calfee DP, Miller LG, Hazen TH, Harris AD, Rasko DA. Examination of Staphylococcus aureus Isolates from the Gloves and Gowns of Intensive Care Unit Health Care Workers. Microbiol Resour Announc. 2020;9(32); doi: 10.1128/MRA.00691-20 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32763936.