Victor J. Torres

Victor J. Torres, PhD

Adjunct Professor, Department of Microbiology

Keywords
immunology, microbiology, AMR, vaccines

Phone

212-263-9232

Academic office

430 East 29th Street

3, 311

New York, NY 10016

Lab Website
Torres Lab
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Positions

Adjunct Professor, Department of Microbiology at NYU Grossman School of Medicine

Graduate Education

PhD from Vanderbilt University

Residency And Fellowship Training

Fellowship, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Understanding the mechanisms of heme utilization by Staphylococcus aureus

Fellowship, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Characterization of the immunosuppressive activities of the Heficobacter pylori vacuolating cytotoxin.

Staphylococcus aureus exhibits spatiotemporal heterogeneity in Sae activity during kidney abscess development

Anil, Anjali; Braza, Rezia Era D; Liu, Bessie; Altouma, Valerie; Adedeji, Clement; Welling, Ananyaa; Ellison, Alysha L; Check, Megan H; Irnov, Irnov; Prescott, Rachel; Torres, Victor J; Davis, Kimberly M

mBio. 2025 Dec 10; 16(12):e0204325

Prophage-encoded methyltransferase drives adaptation of community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Ulrich, Robert J; Podkowik, Magdalena; Tierce, Rebecca; Irnov, Irnov; Putzel, Gregory; Samhadaneh, Nora M; Lacey, Keenan A; Boff, Daiane; Morales, Sabrina M; Makita, Sohei; Karagounis, Theodora K; Zwack, Erin E; Zhou, Chunyi; Kim, Randie H; Drlica, Karl; Pironti, Alejandro; van Bakel, Harm; Torres, Victor J; Shopsin, Bo

Journal of clinical investigation. 2025 Sep 16; 135(18):

Cell targeting by the bi-component leukocidin subunit HlgB drives Staphylococcus aureus pathophysiology

Sproch, Julia; Prescott, Rachel; Kim, Hee Jin; Chaguza, Chrispin; Gonzalez, Sandra; Ilmain, Juliana K; Shopsin, Bo; Ratner, Adam J; Torres, Victor J

Journal of biological chemistry. 2025 Aug 12; 110592

Staphylococcus aureus LukMF' targets neutrophils to promote skin and soft tissue infection

Boff, Daiane; Chandrasekaran, Ravishankar; Putzel, Gregory; Kratofil, Rachel M; Zheng, Xuhui; Castellaw, Ashley; Mansfield, Kody; Sidhu, Ikjot; Dhabaria, Avantika; Lacey, Keenan A; Gonzalez, Sandra; Tadjibaeva, Filadelfia; Ueberheide, Beatrix; Loomis, Cynthia; Pironti, Alejandro; Holtfreter, Silva; Naik, Shruti; Torres, Victor J

Science advances. 2025 Jul 04; 11(27):eadr5240

Treatment of Staphylococcus aureus with environmentally relevant concentrations of triclosan activates SaeRS-dependent virulence factor expression

Boyd, Jeffrey M; Price, Erin E; Roman Rodriguez, Franklin; Burchat, Natalie; Norambuena, Javiera; DuMont, Ashley L; Torres, Victor J; Sampath, Harini

Antimicrobial agents & chemotherapy. 2025 Jun 18; e0172824

Heterozygosity for Crohn's disease risk allele of ATG16L1 promotes unique protein interactions and protects against bacterial infection

Yao, Xiaomin; Rudensky, Eugene; Martin, Patricia K; Miller, Brittany M; Vargas, Isabel; Zwack, Erin E; Lacey, Keenan A; He, Zhengxiang; Furtado, Glaucia C; Lira, Sérgio A; Torres, Victor J; Shopsin, Bo; Cadwell, Ken

Immunity. 2025 Jun 10; 58(6):1456-1468.e5

A SpA+LukAB vaccine targeting Staphylococcus aureus evasion factors restricts infection in two minipig infection models

Poolman, Jan T; Torres, Victor J; Missiakas, Dominique; Welten, Suzanne P M; Fernandez, Jeffrey; DuMont, Ashley L; O'Keeffe, Anna; Konstantinov, Sergey R; Morrow, Brian; Burghout, Peter; Grijpstra, Jan; van Beers, Miranda M C; Anish, Chakkumkal; Beurret, Michel; Geurtsen, Jeroen; Rood, Pauline M L; Koeberling, Oliver; Shi, Miaomiao; van den Dobbelsteen, Germie P J M

NPJ vaccines. 2025 Apr 20; 10(1):78

Sex-dependent gastrointestinal colonization resistance to MRSA is microbiota and Th17 dependent

Lejeune, Alannah; Zhou, Chunyi; Ercelen, Defne; Putzel, Gregory; Yao, Xiaomin; Guy, Alyson R; Pawline, Miranda; Podkowik, Magdalena; Pironti, Alejandro; Torres, Victor J; Shopsin, Bo; Cadwell, Ken

eLife. 2025 Apr 08; 13:

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