Ratner Laboratory
Departments of Pediatrics and Microbiology
New York University Grossman School of Medicine
Understanding infection. Promoting child health.
About Us
We study the pathogenesis of pediatric infectious diseases.
Working at every level from molecular genetics to population studies, we aim to understand and ultimately prevent morbidity and mortality from childhood infections.
People
Principal Investigator
Adam Ratner, MD, MPH
Professor of Pediatrics and Microbiology
Director, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases
NYU Grossman School of Medicine
Postdoctoral Scientists
Ifrah Shahi, PhD
Michelle Vaz, MD
Graduate Students
Molly Sharp
Laboratory Manager
Sophia Dongas
Research Coordinator
Megan Job
Recent News / Publications
Kuperwaser F, Avital G, Vaz MJ, Noble KN, Dammann AN, Randis TM, Aronoff DM, Ratner AJ, Yanai I. Host inflammatory dynamics reveal placental immune modulation by Group B Streptococcus during pregnancy. Mol Syst Biol. 2023 Mar 9;19(3):e11021. doi: 10.15252/msb.202211021. PMID: 36744393.
Dammann AN, Chamby AB, Gonzalez FJ, Sharp ME, Flores K, Shahi I, Dongas S, Hooven TA, Ratner AJ. Group B Streptococcus Capsular Serotype Alters Vaginal Colonization Fitness. J Infect Dis. 2022 Jun 1;225(11):1896-1904. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiab559.
Shahi I, Llaneras CN, Perelman SS, Torres VJ, Ratner AJ. Genome-Wide CRISPR-Cas9 Screen Does Not Identify Host Factors Modulating Streptococcus agalactiae β-Hemolysin/Cytolysin-Induced Cell Death. Microbiol Spectr. 2022;10(1):e0218621. doi: 10.1128/spectrum.02186-21. PMID: 35196804.
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