Xiomarie Alejandro Navarreto

Accomplished researcher with extensive experience at the University of Illinois Chicago, excelling in experimental design and project management. Proven track record in mentoring students and publishing in peer-reviewed journals. Adept at troubleshooting instrumentation and crafting compelling grant proposals, driving innovative research in molecular biology.

Career Development Grants for Postdoctoral Women in 2025 (by application) American Society of Microbiology (ASM)

UIC IRACDA (Institutional Research and Academic Award) Fellowship

American Society of Microbiology (ASM) Minority Travel Award Atlanta, GA, USA

Fall 2022 Travel Scholarship to attend the 2022 National Diversity in San Juan, PR STEM (NDiSTEM)

American Society of Microbiology (ASM) Future Leader Mentoring Fellowship (FLMF) (selected by application)

Travel award to attend 2019 Midwest Microbial Pathogenesis Conference (MMPC) (selected by abstract)

UIC CCTS Pre-doctoral Education for Clinical and Translational Scientists (PECTS) Fellowship (grant)

Travel award to attend 2019 Scientist Symposium

Travel award to attend the International Conferences on Gram-positive Pathogens (ICG+P)

Fellowship/Travel award to attend 2018 Midwest Microbial

Pathogenesis Conference (MMPC) (selected by abstract)

Fall 2018 AAA/Sciences Program for Excellent in Sciences fellowship (Nominated by the Head of the Department)

• Research Mentor Training for Postdoc based on the Entering Mentoring Curriculum
• Research Security and Integrity (Basic)
• Building a Diverse Professional Network
• Leadership Skills of the Future
• Time Management Fundamentals

• Title: Characterization of the Listeria monocytogenes PieRS regulon distinguishes thefunction the critical secretion chaperone PrsA2 from other regulon members

Authors: Xiomarie Alejandro-Navarreto1, Laty A. Cahoon2, and Nancy E. Freitag 1,3 Department

of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA. 2

Department of Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburg, Pittsburgh, PA, USA. 3

Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, IL, USA.

Infection and Immunity, Molecular Pathogenesis.

• Title: Revisiting old friends: the updated roles of two component signaling systems in Listeria monocytogenes survival and pathogenesis

Authors: Xiomarie Alejandro-Navarreto1 and Nancy E. Freitag1,2 1Department of Microbiology

and Immunology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA. 2Department of

Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, IL, USA.

Infection and Immunity, Envirotmental Microbiology,

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1128/iai.00345-23

• Title: Listeria monocytogenes two component system PieRS regulates secretion chaperones PrsA1 and PrsA2 and enhances bacterial translocation across the intestine

Authors: Laty A. Cahoon, Xiomarie Alejandro Navarreto, Avinash N. Gururaja, Samuel H.

Light, Francis Alonzo III, Wayne, F. Anderson, and Nancy E. Freitag, University of

Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL USA

Molecular Microbiology Journal, PMID: 35943959; PMCID: PMC9545042.

• Title: Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium chitinases promote small intestinal invasion through interactions with the intestinal glycome

Authors: Jason R Devlin1, William Santus1, Jorge Mendez1, Wenjing Peng2, Aiying Yu2, Junyao

Wang2, Xiomarie Alejandro-Navarreto1, Kaitlyn Kiernan1, Manmeet Singh3, Peilin

Jiang2, Yehia Mechref 2, and Judith Behnsen, 1

University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL USA, and other collaborators

PLOS Pathogen Journal, PIMID: 35482787

• Title: Regulation of the Erytrobacter litoralis DSM8509 general stress response by visual light

Authors: Aretha Fiebig, Lydia Varesio, Xiomarie Alejandro Navarreto, and Sean

Crosson University of Chicago, Chicago, IL USA.

Molecular Microbiology Journal, PIMID: 31125464