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Victor J. Torres

Victor J. Torres, PhD

Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology

Keywords
immunology, microbiology

Phone

212-263-9232

Academic office

430 East 29th Street

3rd Floor, 311

New York, NY 10016

Lab Website
Torres Lab
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Positions

Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology

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 Leukocidins Target Endothelial DARC to Cause Lethality in Mice

Lubkin, Ashira; Lee, Warren L; Alonzo, Francis; Wang, Changsen; Aligo, Jason; Keller, Matthew; Girgis, Natasha M; Reyes-Robles, Tamara; Chan, Rita; O'Malley, Aidan; Buckley, Peter; Vozhilla, Nikollaq; Vasquez, Marilyn T; Su, Johnny; Sugiyama, Michael; Yeung, Stephen T; Coffre, Maryaline; Bajwa, Sofia; Chen, Eric; Martin, Patricia; Kim, Sang Y; Loomis, Cynthia; Worthen, G Scott; Shopsin, Bo; Khanna, Kamal M; Weinstock, Daniel; Lynch, Anthony Simon; Koralov, Sergei B; Loke, P'ng; Cadwell, Ken; Torres, Victor J

Cell host & microbe. 2019 Mar 13; 25(3):463-470.e9

Manganese Detoxification by MntE Is Critical for Resistance to Oxidative Stress and Virulence of <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i>

Grunenwald, Caroline M; Choby, Jacob E; Juttukonda, Lillian J; Beavers, William N; Weiss, Andy; Torres, Victor J; Skaar, Eric P

MBio. 2019 02 26; 10(1):

Sequential evolution of virulence and resistance during clonal spread of community-acquired methicillin-resistant <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i>

Copin, Richard; Sause, William E; Fulmer, Yi; Balasubramanian, Divya; Dyzenhaus, Sophie; Ahmed, Jamil M; Kumar, Krishan; Lees, John; Stachel, Anna; Fisher, Jason C; Drlica, Karl; Phillips, Michael; Weiser, Jeffrey N; Planet, Paul J; Uhlemann, Anne-Catrin; Altman, Deena R; Sebra, Robert; van Bakel, Harm; Lighter, Jennifer; Torres, Victor J; Shopsin, Bo

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS). 2019 Jan 29; 116(5):1745-1754

Identification of biologic agents to neutralize the bicomponent leukocidins of <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i>

Chan, Rita; Buckley, Peter T; O'Malley, Aidan; Sause, William E; Alonzo, Francis; Lubkin, Ashira; Boguslawski, Kristina M; Payne, Angela; Fernandez, Jeffrey; Strohl, William R; Whitaker, Brian; Lynch, Anthony Simon; Torres, Victor J

Science translational medicine. 2019 Jan 16; 11(475):

<i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> Impairs the Function of and Kills Human Dendritic Cells via the LukAB Toxin

Berends, Evelien T M; Zheng, Xuhui; Zwack, Erin E; Ménager, Mickaël M; Cammer, Michael; Shopsin, Bo; Torres, Victor J

MBio. 2019 01 02; 10(1):

Genome plasticity of <i>agr</i>-defective <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> during clinical infection

Altman, Deena R; Sullivan, Mitchell J; Chacko, Kieran I; Balasubramanian, Divya; Pak, Theodore R; Sause, William E; Kumar, Krishan; Sebra, Robert; Deikus, Gintaras; Attie, Oliver; Rose, Hannah; Lewis, Martha; Fulmer, Yi; Bashir, Ali; Kasarskis, Andrew; Schadt, Eric E; Richardson, Anthony R; Torres, Victor J; Shopsin, Bo; van Bakel, Harm

Infection & immunity. 2018 Oct; 86(10):

Hierarchy of human IgG recognition within the Staphylococcus aureus immunome

Radke, Emily E; Brown, Stuart M; Pelzek, Adam J; Fulmer, Yi; Hernandez, David N; Torres, Victor J; Thomsen, Isaac P; Chiang, William K; Miller, Andy O; Shopsin, Bo; Silverman, Gregg J

Scientific reports. 2018 Sep 05; 8(1):13296

<i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> biofilms release leukocidins to elicit extracellular trap formation and evade neutrophil-mediated killing

Bhattacharya, Mohini; Berends, Evelien T M; Chan, Rita; Schwab, Elizabeth; Roy, Sashwati; Sen, Chandan K; Torres, Victor J; Wozniak, Daniel J

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS). 2018 07 10; 115(28):7416-7421

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