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Joel Vega Badillo PhD

TitleInstructor
InstitutionUMass Chan Medical School
DepartmentRNA Therapeutics Institute
AddressUniversity of Massachusetts Medical School
55 Lake Ave North
Worcester MA 01605
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    InstitutionT.H. Chan School of Medicine
    DepartmentRNA Therapeutics Institute


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    National Polytechnic Institute, Mexico City, , MexicoBSBiotechnology Engineer
    Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico City, , MexicoMSBiochemistry
    University of Mexico, Mexico City, , MexicoPHDBiochemistry

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    1. Cecchini K, Zamani M, Ajaykumar N, Vega-Badillo J, Bagci A, Bailey S, Zamore PD, Gainetdinov I. Cleavage of mRNAs by a minority of pachytene piRNAs improves sperm fitness. Nature. 2026 04; 652(8109):508-516. PMID: 41639461.
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    2. Vega-Badillo J, Zamore PD, Jouravleva K. Biochemical principles of miRNA targeting in flies. Nat Commun. 2026 Jan 20; 17(1):1641. PMID: 41559052.
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    3. Vega-Badillo J, Zamore PD, Jouravleva K. Biochemical principles of miRNA targeting in flies. bioRxiv. 2024 Nov 16. PMID: 39605671.
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    4. Gainetdinov I, Vega-Badillo J, Cecchini K, Bagci A, Colpan C, De D, Bailey S, Arif A, Wu PH, MacRae IJ, Zamore PD. Relaxed targeting rules help PIWI proteins silence transposons. Nature. 2023 07; 619(7969):394-402. PMID: 37344600.
      Citations: 9     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    5. Vega-Badillo J, Zamore PD, Jouravleva K. Protocol to measure protein-RNA binding using double filter-binding assays followed by phosphorimaging or high-throughput sequencing. STAR Protoc. 2023 Jun 16; 4(2):102336. PMID: 37270783.
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    6. Iyer S, Mir A, Vega-Badillo J, Roscoe BP, Ibraheim R, Zhu LJ, Lee J, Liu P, Luk K, Mintzer E, Guo D, Soares de Brito J, Emerson CP, Zamore PD, Sontheimer EJ, Wolfe SA. Efficient Homology-Directed Repair with Circular Single-Stranded DNA Donors. CRISPR J. 2022 10; 5(5):685-701. PMID: 36070530.
      Citations: 7     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
    7. Jouravleva K, Vega-Badillo J, Zamore PD. Principles and pitfalls of high-throughput analysis of microRNA-binding thermodynamics and kinetics by RNA Bind-n-Seq. Cell Rep Methods. 2022 03 28; 2(3):100185. PMID: 35475222.
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    8. Gainetdinov I, Colpan C, Cecchini K, Arif A, Jouravleva K, Albosta P, Vega-Badillo J, Lee Y, Özata DM, Zamore PD. Terminal modification, sequence, length, and PIWI-protein identity determine piRNA stability. Mol Cell. 2021 12 02; 81(23):4826-4842.e8. PMID: 34626567.
      Citations: 12     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    9. López-Contreras BE, Morán-Ramos S, Villarruel-Vázquez R, Macías-Kauffer L, Villamil-Ramírez H, León-Mimila P, Vega-Badillo J, Sánchez-Muñoz F, Llanos-Moreno LE, Canizalez-Román A, Del Río-Navarro B, Ibarra-González I, Vela-Amieva M, Villarreal-Molina T, Ochoa-Leyva A, Aguilar-Salinas CA, Canizales-Quinteros S. Composition of gut microbiota in obese and normal-weight Mexican school-age children and its association with metabolic traits. Pediatr Obes. 2018 06; 13(6):381-388. PMID: 29388394.
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    10. Moran-Ramos S, Ocampo-Medina E, Gutierrez-Aguilar R, Macías-Kauffer L, Villamil-Ramírez H, López-Contreras BE, León-Mimila P, Vega-Badillo J, Gutierrez-Vidal R, Villarruel-Vazquez R, Serrano-Carbajal E, Del-Río-Navarro BE, Huertas-Vázquez A, Villarreal-Molina T, Ibarra-Gonzalez I, Vela-Amieva M, Aguilar-Salinas CA, Canizales-Quinteros S. An Amino Acid Signature Associated with Obesity Predicts 2-Year Risk of Hypertriglyceridemia in School-Age Children. Sci Rep. 2017 07 17; 7(1):5607. PMID: 28717206.
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    11. Villamil-Ramírez H, León-Mimila P, Macias-Kauffer LR, Canizalez-Román A, Villalobos-Comparán M, León-Sicairos N, Vega-Badillo J, Sánchez-Muñoz F, López-Contreras B, Morán-Ramos S, Villarreal-Molina T, Zurita LC, Campos-Pérez F, Huertas-Vazquez A, Bojalil R, Romero-Hidalgo S, Aguilar-Salinas CA, Canizales-Quinteros S. A combined linkage and association strategy identifies a variant near the GSTP1 gene associated with BMI in the Mexican population. J Hum Genet. 2017 Mar; 62(3):413-418. PMID: 27881840.
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    12. Vega-Badillo J, Gutiérrez-Vidal R, Hernández-Pérez HA, Villamil-Ramírez H, León-Mimila P, Sánchez-Muñoz F, Morán-Ramos S, Larrieta-Carrasco E, Fernández-Silva I, Méndez-Sánchez N, Tovar AR, Campos-Pérez F, Villarreal-Molina T, Hernández-Pando R, Aguilar-Salinas CA, Canizales-Quinteros S. Hepatic miR-33a/miR-144 and their target gene ABCA1 are associated with steatohepatitis in morbidly obese subjects. Liver Int. 2016 09; 36(9):1383-91. PMID: 26945479.
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    13. Gutiérrez-Vidal R, Vega-Badillo J, Reyes-Fermín LM, Hernández-Pérez HA, Sánchez-Muñoz F, López-Álvarez GS, Larrieta-Carrasco E, Fernández-Silva I, Méndez-Sánchez N, Tovar AR, Villamil-Ramírez H, Mejía-Domínguez AM, Villarreal-Molina T, Hernández-Pando R, Campos-Pérez F, Aguilar-Salinas CA, Canizales-Quinteros S. SFRP5 hepatic expression is associated with non-alcoholic liver disease in morbidly obese women. Ann Hepatol. 2015 Sep-Oct; 14(5):666-74. PMID: 26256895.
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    14. León-Mimila P, Vega-Badillo J, Gutiérrez-Vidal R, Villamil-Ramírez H, Villareal-Molina T, Larrieta-Carrasco E, López-Contreras BE, Kauffer LR, Maldonado-Pintado DG, Méndez-Sánchez N, Tovar AR, Hernández-Pando R, Velázquez-Cruz R, Campos-Pérez F, Aguilar-Salinas CA, Canizales-Quinteros S. A genetic risk score is associated with hepatic triglyceride content and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis in Mexicans with morbid obesity. Exp Mol Pathol. 2015 Apr; 98(2):178-83. PMID: 25597287.
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    15. León-Mimila P, Villamil-Ramírez H, Villalobos-Comparán M, Villarreal-Molina T, Romero-Hidalgo S, López-Contreras B, Gutiérrez-Vidal R, Vega-Badillo J, Jacobo-Albavera L, Posadas-Romeros C, Canizalez-Román A, Río-Navarro BD, Campos-Pérez F, Acuña-Alonzo V, Aguilar-Salinas C, Canizales-Quinteros S. Contribution of common genetic variants to obesity and obesity-related traits in mexican children and adults. PLoS One. 2013; 8(8):e70640. PMID: 23950976.
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    16. Vázquez-Limón C, Vega-Badillo J, Martínez A, Espinosa-Molina G, Gosset G, Soberón X, López-Munguía A, Osuna J. Growth rate of a non-fermentative Escherichia coli strain is influenced by NAD+ regeneration. Biotechnol Lett. 2007 Dec; 29(12):1857-63. PMID: 17934696.
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