Jorge E. Vidal, PhD
Associate Professor
Department:
SOM-Cell and Molecular Biology
Email:
jvidal@umc.edu
Work Phone:
(601) 984-1500
Biography
Dr. Jorge Vidal studied Medical Laboratory Science (Honors) at the University of Puebla, Mexico, and then obtained a Master Degree (Honors) in Microbiology (2001, “Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biologicas”) and a PhD in Cellular Microbiology (2006, Center for Research and Advanced Studies) both from the National Polytechnic Institute (IPN) in Mexico city after which he moved to the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine were he conducted post-doctoral research in bacterial genetics (2006-2009) in the Laboratory of Professor Bruce A. McClane. Dr. Vidal was recruited as an Assistant Professor at the Emory University Rollins School of Public Health in September 2009 by Professor Keith P. Klugman, and promoted to Associate Professor while in Emory. Dr. Vidal was recruited in 2019 to the Department of Microbiology and Immunology (later merged with the Department of Cell and Molecular Biology) at the University Of Mississippi Medical Center where he currently has his research laboratory. His research programs and academic activities have been generously funded through grants from the NIH, BMGF, Pfizer, Cempra pharmaceuticals, Melinta Pharmaceuticals, Nabriva Pharmaceuticals, NIH-sponsored ACTSI, and others.
Education
| University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Pitt, Post-Doctoral Fellow, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics | 2009 |
| Department of Cell Biology, Center for Research and Advanced Studies (Cinvest, PhD, Cellular Microbiology | 2006 |
| Department of Microbiology National School of Biological Sciences (ENCB-IPN), Mexico City, Mexico., MS, Microbiology | 2001 |
| Autonomous University of Puebla (BUAP), Puebla, Mexico., BS, Chemistry, Pharmacology and Biology | 1999 |
Specialty Certification Licensure
| Certification, Certified as Mentor, Atlanta Society of Mentors (ASM) | 12/2016 - Present |
Current Positions
| Associate Professor, School of Medicine, Department of Microbiology | 09/2019 - Present |
| Faculty Member, School of Graduate School in the Health Sciences | 09/2019 - Present |
| Adjunct Faculty Member, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University | 08/2019 - Present |
| Adjunct Faculty Member, Graduate Division of Biological and Biomedical Sciences (GDBBS), Emory University | 08/2019 - Present |
| Adjunct Faculty Member, University of Georgia | 06/2017 - Present |
| Adjunct Faculty Member, University of Sinaloa School of Medicine | 2013 - Present |
| The University of Mississippi Medical Center Jackson, Mississippi 39216 | |
Academic Appointments or Other Previous Appointments
| Associate Professor, Emory University | 09/2018 - 08/2019 |
| Faculty Member, Graduate Program in Microbiology and Molecular Genetics (MMG), Graduate Division of Biological and Biomedical Sciences (GDBBS), Emory University | 06/2016 - 08/2019 |
| Training Faculty, The Emory Antibiotic Resistance Center, Emory University | 2015 - 08/2019 |
| Faculty Member, Center for Childhood Infections and Vaccines (CCIV), Emory+Children's Pediatric Research Center, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta | 2014 - 08/2019 |
| Faculty Member, Graduate Program in Population Biology Ecology and Evolution (PBEE), Graduate Division of Biological and Biomedical Sciences (GDBBS), Emory University | 2012 - 08/2019 |
| Assistant Professor, Emory University | 09/2009 - 08/2018 |
| Visiting Researcher, Division of Bacterial Diseases (DBD), National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (NCIRD), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) | 09/2009 - 08/2015 |
Sponsored Program Funding
| Extramural, Molecular Mechanism by which Streptococcus Pneumoniae Inhibits Cellular Respiration, National Institutes of Health | 04/2025 - 03/2027 |
| Extramural, Studies on the molecular pathogenesis of vaccine-escape Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 3 strains in the lung, 2024 Robert Austrian Research Award. International Society of Pneumonia and Pneumococcal Disease (ISPPD) | 09/2024 - 08/2025 |
| Extramural, The oxidation of heme-carrying proteins in the pathophysiology of pneumococcal disease, National Institutes of Health | 11/2023 - 11/2028 |
| Extramural, Molecular characterization of heme-carrying proteins targeted by S. pneumoniae-produced hydrogen peroxide to induce cell death., National Institutes of Health | 01/2023 - 12/2027 |
| Extramural, Molecular Assessment of Thoracic Empyema in Asian children and adolescents (MATE-Asia) – a prospective observational study for improving diagnosis of pneumonia and determining the burden of vaccine-preventable pneumococcal empyema, Murdoch Research Institute | 12/2022 - 11/2026 |
| Extramural, Mechanistic studies of broadly reactive human antibodies for the treatment and prevention of pneumococcal infection, National Institutes of Health | 12/2022 - 11/2027 |
| Extramural, An observational study to determine the serotype epidemiology of complicated pneumococcal pneumonia in children, Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp (MSD) | 01/2021 - 01/2023 |
| Extramural, Novel Therapies Targeting Mitochondrial Pathways in Lung Epithelial Response to S. Pneumoniae Infection, Veterans Health Administration (VA) | 10/2020 - 10/2025 |
| Extramural, Hemoglobin-induced virulence in Streptococcus pneumoniae, National Institutes of Health | 03/2020 - 02/2023 |
| Extramural, Genetic Evolution of Pneumococci Following Uptake of PCV Vaccination in South India, Pfizer, Inc | 01/2020 - 12/2021 |
| Extramural, Dissemination of macrolide resistance elements in Streptococcus pneumoniae, National Institutes of Health | 04/2019 - 03/2022 |
| Extramural, FDA-validation studies for qPCR lytA data generated within the Nabriva phase III clinical trials., Nabriva Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 10/2018 - 12/2018 |
| Extramural, Nutritional immunoregulation protection against pneumococcal pneumonia., Woodruff Health Sciences Center, Emory University | 10/2018 - 09/2019 |
| Extramural, Impact of PCV13 on Disease and Colonization among Native American Communities - Phase II., Center for American Indian Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. | 02/2018 - 09/2018 |
| Extramural, Dissemination of macrolide resistance among Streptococcus pneumoniae strains., Woodruff Health Sciences Center, Emory University | 10/2017 - 09/2018 |
| Extramural, Validation of a TaqMan array card for serotyping of Streptococcus pneumoniae and its use in cerebrospinal fluid from patients with meningitis., Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation | 05/2017 - 06/2019 |
| Extramural, Detection and quantification of S. pneumoniae strains within a phase III clinical trial of community-acquired pneumonia indication for delafloxacin., Melinta Pharmaceuticals | 05/2016 - 04/2019 |
| Extramural, Nabriva phase III clinical trial of the efficacy of Lefamulin to treat community-acquired pneumonia, Oral Formulation, Nabriva Pharmaceuticals Inc | 03/2016 - 02/2021 |
| Extramural, Nabriva phase III clinical trial of the efficacy of Lefamulin to treat community-acquired pneumonia, IV formulation, Nabriva Pharmaceuticals Inc | 03/2016 - 02/2021 |
| Extramural, Population Dynamics of Streptococcus pneumoniae Vaccine Serotypes on Human Pharyngeal Cells. | 09/2015 - 08/2018 |
| Extramural, Epidemiological evidences of the role of PspA in pneumococcal disease in Pakistan., International Research Support Initiative Program, Higher Education Commission of Pakistan. | 05/2015 - 04/2016 |
| Extramural, Population Genetics and Evolution of Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria. | 01/2015 - 12/2018 |
| Extramural, In vitro antibacterial assessment of extract PM 13-309 against Streptococcus pneumoniae., Bionorica Inc. | 10/2014 - 09/2016 |
| Intramural, Imaging Streptococcus pneumoniae biofilm consortia made by vaccine serotypes on human pharyngeal cells., Emory+Children’s Pediatric Research Center. | 04/2014 - 07/2015 |
| Extramural, Molecular detection and quantification of pneumococcal serotypes in the nasopharynx of children: worldwide evaluation of the pneumococcal vaccine efficacy., Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation | 01/2014 - 12/2016 |
| Extramural, Detection and quantification of S. pneumoniae strains in the nasopharynx of adults with community-acquired pneumonia treated with Solithromycin or placebo (CE01-301, IV formulation)., Cempra Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 11/2013 - 12/2016 |
| Extramural, Pneumococcal Nasal Colonization and Wood Smoke Exposure: A Human Exposure Study., Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation | 07/2013 - 12/2014 |
| Extramural, Detection and quantification of S. pneumoniae strains in the nasopharynx of adults with community-acquired pneumonia treated with Solithromycin or placebo (CE01-300, Oral formulation)., Cempra Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 05/2012 - 12/2015 |
| Extramural, Impact of PCV 7 on Nasopharyngeal Carriage of Vaccine Type Pneumococci in Peru., Pfizer Inc. | 01/2012 - 07/2013 |
| Extramural, Understanding pneumococcal evolution to evade vaccination in developing countries through whole genome sequence analysis., Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation | 10/2011 - 12/2017 |
| Extramural, Expression of S. pneumoniae virulence genes during human disease., Atlanta Clinical Translational Science Institute (ACTSI). | 05/2011 - 04/2012 |
| Extramural, Gold standard for molecular detection and quantification of pneumococcal serotypes: Development of quantitative assays for pneumococcal serotypes., Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation | 01/2011 - 05/2014 |
| Extramural, Evaluating the impact of maternal influenza vaccination for nasopharyngeal colonization of S. pneumoniae and S. aureus., Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation | 01/2011 - 12/2014 |
| Extramural, Post-Doctoral Fellowship, National Council of Science, Government of Mexico. | 07/2007 - 06/2009 |
| Extramural, Pre-doctoral fellowship, National Council of Science, Government of Mexico. | 07/2002 - 03/2006 |
| Extramural, Master of Science, Scholarship, National Council of Science, Government of Mexico. | 01/1999 - 12/2000 |
Publications
Journal Article | |
| Rosales-Reyes R, Rodríguez-Alvarado M, Lezana-Fernández JL, Sánchez-Lozano JY, Gayosso-Vázquez C, Jarillo-Quijada MD, Toledano-Tableros JE, Arredondo-Mercado MJ, Alcántar-Curiel MD, Lincopan N, Vidal JE, Lascurain R, Valvano MA, Santos-Preciado JI Pseudomonas aeruginosa Isolates From a Cohort of Mexican Children With Cystic Fibrosis Show Adaptation to a Chronic Phenotype Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2020 Oct;39(10):899-906. doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000002714. | 2020 |
| Akhter F, Womack E, Vidal JE, Le Breton Y, McIver KS, Pawar S, Eichenbaum Z. Hemoglobin stimulates vigorous growth of Streptococcus pneumoniae and shapes the pathogen's global transcriptome Sci Rep. 2020 Sep 16;10(1):15202. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-71910-1 | 2020 |
| Boelsen LK, Dunne EM, Gould KA, Ratu FT, Vidal JE, Russell FM, Mulholland EK, Hinds J, Satzke C. The Challenges of Using Oropharyngeal Samples To Measure Pneumococcal Carriage in Adults mSphere. 2020 Jul 29;5(4):e00478-20. doi: 10.1128/mSphere.00478-20. | 2020 |
| Bautista-Trujillo GU, Gutiérrez-Miceli FA, Mandujano-García L, Oliva-Llaven MA, Ibarra-Martínez C, Mendoza-Nazar P, Ruiz-Sesma B, Tejeda-Cruz C, Pérez-Vázquez LC, Pérez-Batrez JE, Vidal JE, Gutiérrez-Jiménez J. Captive Green Iguana Carries Diarrheagenic Escherichia coli Pathotypes Front Vet Sci. 2020 Feb 26;7:99. doi: 10.3389/fvets.2020.00099. eCollection 2020 | 2020 |
| Sutcliffe CG, Grant LR, Cloessner E, Klugman KP, Vidal JE, Reid R, Colelay J, Weatherholtz RC, Chochua S, Jacobs MR, Santosham M, O'Brien KL, Hammitt LL Association of Laboratory Methods, Colonization Density, and Age With Detection of Streptococcus pneumoniae in the Nasopharynx Am J Epidemiol. 2019 Dec 31;188(12):2110-2119. doi: 10.1093/aje/kwz191 | 2019 |
| Howard LM, Zhu Y, Griffin MR, Edwards KM, Williams JV, Gil AI, Vidal JE, Klugman KP, Lanata CF, Grijalva CG. Nasopharyngeal Pneumococcal Density during Asymptomatic Respiratory Virus Infection and Risk for Subsequent Acute Respiratory Illness Emerg Infect Dis. 2019 Nov;25(11):2040-2047. doi: 10.3201/eid2511.190157 | 2019 |
| Sutcliffe CG, Grant LR, Cloessner E, Klugman KP, Vidal JE, Reid R, Colelay J, Weatherholtz RC, Chochua S, Jacobs MR, Santosham M, O'Brien KL, Hammitt LL Lactoferrin Disaggregates Pneumococcal Biofilms and Inhibits Acquisition of Resistance Through Its DNase Activity Front Microbiol. 2019 Oct 18;10:2386. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.02386. eCollection 2019 | 2019 |
| Wu X, Gordon O, Jiang W, Antezana BS, Angulo-Zamudio UA, Del Rio C, Moller A, Brissac T, Tierney ARP, Warncke K, Orihuela CJ, Read TD, Vidal JE Interaction between Streptococcus pneumoniae and Staphylococcus aureus generates •OH radicals that rapidly kill Staphylococcus aureus strains. J Bacteriol. 2019 Oct 4;201(21):e00474-19. doi: 10.1128/JB.00474-19. Print 2019 Nov 1 | 2019 |
| Canizalez-Roman A, Velazquez-Roman J, Valdez-Flores MA, Flores-Villaseñor H, Vidal JE, Muro-Amador S, Guadrón-Llanos AM, Gonzalez-Nuñez E, Medina-Serrano J, Tapia-Pastrana G, León-Sicairos N. Detection of antimicrobial-resistance diarrheagenic Escherichia coli strains in surface water used to irrigate food products in the northwest of Mexico Int J Food Microbiol. 2019 Sep 2;304:1-10. doi: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2019.05.017. Epub 2019 May 22 | 2019 |
| Pundir P, Liu R, Vasavda C, Serhan N, Limjunyawong N, Yee R, Zhan Y, Dong X, Wu X, Zhang Y, Snyder SH, Gaudenzio N, Vidal JE, Dong X A Connective Tissue Mast-Cell-Specific Receptor Detects Bacterial Quorum-Sensing Molecules and Mediates Antibacterial Immunity Cell Host Microbe. 2019 Jul 10;26(1):114-122.e8. doi: 10.1016/j.chom.2019.06.003. Epub 2019 Jul 2 | 2019 |
| Cruz-Cruz C, López-Hernández D, Hernández-Shilón JA, Luna-Cazáres LM, Vidal JE, Gutiérrez-Jiménez J Stunting and intestinal parasites in school children from high marginalized localities at the Mexican southeast J Infect Dev Ctries. 2018 Nov 30;12(11):1026-1033. doi: 10.3855/jidc.10481. | 2018 |
| Erdem G, Singh AK, Brusnahan AJ, Moore AN, Barson WJ, Leber A, Vidal JE, Atici S, King SJ Pneumococcal colonization among tracheostomy tube dependent children PLoS One. 2018 Oct 19;13(10):e0206305. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0206305. eCollection 2018.PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6195293. | 2018 |
| Khan F, Vidal JE, Khan MA, Ahmed N, Khan MI, Bashir H, Tahir S, Zafar AU Correction to: Molecular Characterization of Pneumococcal Surface Protein A (PspA), Serotype Distribution and Antibiotic Susceptibility of Streptococcus pneumoniae Strains Isolated from Pakistan. Infect Dis Ther. 2018 Jun;7(2):291. doi: 10.1007/s40121-018-0199-9. | 2018 |
| Lattar SM, Wu X, Brophy J, Sakai F, Klugman KP, Vidal JE A Mechanism of Unidirectional Transformation, Leading to Antibiotic Resistance, Occurs within Nasopharyngeal Pneumococcal Biofilm Consortia mBio. 2018 May 15;9(3):e00561-18. doi: 10.1128/mBio.00561-18 | 2018 |
| Yadav MK, Vidal JE, Go YY, Kim SH, Chae SW, Song JJ The LuxS/AI-2 Quorum-Sensing System of Streptococcus pneumoniae Is Required to Cause Disease, and to Regulate Virulence- and Metabolism-Related Genes in a Rat Model of Middle Ear Infection Front Cell Infect Microbiol. 2018 May 4;8:138. doi: 10.3389/fcimb.2018.00138. eCollection 2018 | 2018 |
| Ostria-Hernandez ML, Juárez-de la Rosa KC, Arzate-Barbosa P, Lara-Hernández A, Sakai F, Ibarra JA, Castro-Escarpulli G, Vidal JE Nosocomial, Multidrug-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae Strains Isolated from Mexico City Produce Robust Biofilms on Abiotic Surfaces but Not on Human Lung Cells Microb Drug Resist. 2018 May;24(4):422-433. doi: 10.1089/mdr.2017.0073. Epub 2017 Sep 15 | 2018 |
| Bozio CH, Flanders WD, Finelli L, Bramley AM, Reed C, Gandhi NR, Vidal JE, Erdman D, Levine MZ, Lindstrom S, Ampofo K, Arnold SR, Self WH, Williams DJ, Grijalva CG, Anderson EJ, McCullers JA, Edwards KM, Pavia AT, Wunderink RG, Jain S Use of Multiple Imputation to Estimate the Proportion of Respiratory Virus Detections Among Patients Hospitalized With Community-Acquired Pneumonia Open Forum Infect Dis. 2018 Mar 16;5(4):ofy061. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofy061. eCollection 2018 Apr | 2018 |
| Gutiérrez-Jiménez J, Mendoza-Orozco MI, Vicente-Serrano A, Luna-Cazáres LM, Feliciano-Guzmán JM, Girón-Hernández JA, Vidal JE Virulence genes and resistance to antibiotics of beta-hemolytic streptococci isolated from children in Chiapas, Mexico J Infect Dev Ctries. 2018 Feb 28;12(2):80-88. doi: 10.3855/jidc.9679 | 2018 |
| Nelson KN, Grijalva CG, Chochua S, Hawkins PA, Gil AI, Lanata CF, Griffin MR, Edwards KM, Klugman KP, Vidal JE Dynamics of Colonization of Streptococcus pneumoniae Strains in Healthy Peruvian Children Open Forum Infect Dis. 2018 Feb 17;5(3):ofy039. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofy039. eCollection 2018 Mar | 2018 |
| Sakai F, Sonaty G, Watson D, Klugman KP, Vidal JE Development and characterization of a synthetic DNA, NUversa, to be used as a standard in quantitative polymerase chain reactions for molecular pneumococcal serotyping FEMS Microbiol Lett. 2017 Sep 15;364(17):fnx173. doi: 10.1093/femsle/fnx173 | 2017 |
| Howard LM, Fan R, Zhu Y, Griffin MR, Edwards KM, Hartinger S, Williams JV, Vidal JE, Klugman KP, Gil AI, Lanata CF, Grijalva CG Nasopharyngeal Pneumococcal Density Is Associated With Viral Activity but Not With Use of Improved Stoves Among Young Andean Children Open Forum Infect Dis. 2017 Aug 2;4(3):ofx161. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofx161. eCollection 2017 Summer | 2017 |
| Wu X, Jacobs NT, Bozio C, Palm P, Lattar SM, Hanke CR, Watson DM, Sakai F, Levin BR, Klugman KP, Vidal JE Competitive Dominance within Biofilm Consortia Regulates the Relative Distribution of Pneumococcal Nasopharyngeal Density Appl Environ Microbiol. 2017 Aug 1;83(16):e00953-17. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00953-17. Print 2017 Aug 15 | 2017 |
| Bai G, Vidal JE. Editorial: Molecular Pathogenesis of Pneumococcus Front Cell Infect Microbiol. 2017 Jul 11;7:310. doi: 10.3389/fcimb.2017.00310. eCollection 2017 | 2017 |
| Vidal JE Editorial: Research on the biology of the pneumococcus and pneumococcal diseases: the number one cause of death in children worldwide Horizonte Sanitario. 16(1):5-7. | 2017 |
| Chochua S, D'Acremont V, Hanke C, Alfa D, Shak J, Kilowoko M, Kyungu E, Kaiser L, Genton B, Klugman KP, Vidal JE Increased Nasopharyngeal Density and Concurrent Carriage of Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae, and Moraxella catarrhalis Are Associated with Pneumonia in Febrile Children PLoS One. 2016 Dec 1;11(12):e0167725. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0167725. eCollection 2016. | 2016 |
| Canizalez-Roman A, Flores-Villaseñor HM, Gonzalez-Nuñez E, Velazquez-Roman J, Vidal JE, Muro-Amador S, Alapizco-Castro G, Díaz-Quiñonez JA, León-Sicairos N Surveillance of Diarrheagenic Escherichia coli Strains Isolated from Diarrhea Cases from Children, Adults and Elderly at Northwest of Mexico Front Microbiol. 2016 Nov 30;7:1924. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.01924. eCollection 2016 | 2016 |
| Fan RR, Howard LM, Griffin MR, Edwards KM, Zhu Y, Williams JV, Vidal JE, Klugman KP, Gil AI, Lanata CF, Grijalva CG Nasopharyngeal Pneumococcal Density and Evolution of Acute Respiratory Illnesses in Young Children, Peru, 2009–2011 Emerg Infect Dis. 2016 Nov;22(11):1996-1999. doi: 10.3201/eid2211.160902 | 2016 |
| Khan F, Wu X, Matzkin GL, Khan MA, Sakai F, Vidal JE Streptococcus pneumoniae Eradicates Preformed Staphylococcus aureus Biofilms through a Mechanism Requiring Physical Contact Front Cell Infect Microbiol. 2016 Sep 27;6:104. doi: 10.3389/fcimb.2016.00104. eCollection 2016 | 2016 |
| Pholwat S, Sakai F, Turner P, Vidal JE, Houpt ER Development of a TaqMan Array Card for Pneumococcal Serotyping on Isolates and Nasopharyngeal Samples J Clin Microbiol. 2016 Jul;54(7):1842-1850. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00613-16. Epub 2016 May 11 | 2016 |
| Nava P, Vidal JE The CpAL system regulates changes of the trans-epithelial resistance of human enterocytes during Clostridium perfringens type C infection Anaerobe. 2016 Jun;39:143-9. doi: 10.1016/j.anaerobe.2016.04.002. Epub 2016 Apr 5 | 2016 |
| Keenan JD, Sahlu I, McGee L, Cevallos V, Vidal JE, Chochua S, Hawkins P, Gebre T, Tadesse Z, Emerson PM, Gaynor BD, Lietman TM, Klugman KP Nasopharyngeal Pneumococcal Serotypes Before and After Mass Azithromycin Distributions for Trachoma J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. 2016 Jun;5(2):222-6. doi: 10.1093/jpids/piu143. Epub 2015 Jan 30 | 2016 |
| Hanke CR, Grijalva CG, Chochua S, Pletz MW, Hornberg C, Edwards KM, Griffin MR, Verastegui H, Gil AI, Lanata CF, Klugman KP, Vidal JE Bacterial Density, Serotype Distribution and Antibiotic Resistance of Pneumococcal Strains from the Nasopharynx of Peruvian Children Before and After Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine 7 Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2016 Apr;35(4):432-9. doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000001030 | 2016 |
| Ruiz-Samayoa, J., Gutiérrez-Jiménez, J., Gómez-Hernández, C., Schlie-Guzmán, M., and Vidal JE Localized cutaneous Leishmaniasis in Chiapas. A case report J J Microbiol Pathol. 2015, 2(3): 021. | 2015 |
| Sakai F, Chochua S, Satzke C, Dunne EM, Mulholland K, Klugman KP, Vidal JE Single-plex quantitative assays for the detection and quantification of most pneumococcal serotypes PLoS One. 2015 Mar 23;10(3):e0121064. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0121064. eCollection 2015 | 2015 |
| Zhu L, Lin J, Kuang Z, Vidal JE, Lau GW Deletion analysis of Streptococcus pneumoniae late competence genes distinguishes virulence determinants that are dependent or independent of competence induction Mol Microbiol. 2015 Jul;97(1):151-65. doi: 10.1111/mmi.13016. Epub 2015 Apr 24 | 2015 |
| Vidal JE, Shak JR, Canizalez-Roman A The CpAL quorum sensing system regulates production of hemolysins CPA and PFO to build Clostridium perfringens biofilms Infect Immun. 2015 Jun;83(6):2430-42. doi: 10.1128/IAI.00240-15. Epub 2015 Mar 30 | 2015 |
| De Jesús Hernández-Díaz L, Leon-Sicairos N, Velazquez-Roman J, Flores-Villaseñor H, Guadron-Llanos AM, Martinez-Garcia JJ, Vidal JE, Canizalez-Roman A A pandemic Vibrio parahaemolyticus O3:K6 clone causing most associated diarrhea cases in the Pacific Northwest coast of Mexico Front Microbiol. 2015 Mar 24;6:221. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.00221. eCollection 2015 | 2015 |
| Keenan JD, Klugman KP, McGee L, Vidal JE, Chochua S, Hawkins P, Cevallos V, Gebre T, Tadesse Z, Emerson PM, Jorgensen JH, Gaynor BD, Lietman TM Evidence for clonal expansion after antibiotic selection pressure: pneumococcal multilocus sequence types before and after mass azithromycin treatments J Infect Dis. 2015 Mar 15;211(6):988-94. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiu552. Epub 2014 Oct 6 | 2015 |
| León-Sicairos N, Angulo-Zamudio UA, Vidal JE, López-Torres CA, Bolscher JG, Nazmi K, Reyes-Cortes R, Reyes-López M, de la Garza M, Canizalez-Román A Bactericidal effect of bovine lactoferrin and synthetic peptide lactoferrin chimera in Streptococcus pneumoniae and the decrease in luxS gene expression by lactoferrin Biometals. 2014 Oct;27(5):969-80. doi: 10.1007/s10534-014-9775-y. Epub 2014 Jul 23 | 2014 |
| Shak JR, Cremers AJ, Gritzfeld JF, de Jonge MI, Hermans PW, Vidal JE, Klugman KP, Gordon SB Impact of experimental human pneumococcal carriage on nasopharyngeal bacterial densities in healthy adults PLoS One. 2014 Jun 10;9(6):e98829. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0098829. eCollection 2014 | 2014 |
| Navarro-Garcia F, Serapio-Palacios A, Vidal JE, Salazar MI, Tapia-Pastrana G EspC promotes epithelial cell detachment by enteropathogenic Escherichia coli via sequential cleavages of a cytoskeletal protein and then focal adhesion proteins Infect Immun. 2014 Jun;82(6):2255-65. doi: 10.1128/IAI.01386-13. Epub 2014 Mar 18 | 2014 |
| Javier Gutiérrez-Jiménez, Flor Cassassuce, Liliana Martínez-de la Cruz, José Alexis De Aquino-López, Juan Antonio Hernández-Shilón, María Adelina Schlie-Guzmán, Vidal JE Evaluation of A Point-Of Use Water Purification System (Llaveoz) in a Rural Setting of Chiapas, Mexico Journal of Microbiology and Experimentation. 06/2014; 1(3):00015 | 2014 |
| Talekar SJ, Chochua S, Nelson K, Klugman KP, Quave CL, Vidal JE 220D-F2 from Rubus ulmifolius kills Streptococcus pneumoniae planktonic cells and pneumococcal biofilms PLoS One. 2014 May 13;9(5):e97314. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0097314. eCollection 2014 | 2014 |
| Grijalva CG, Griffin MR, Edwards KM, Williams JV, Gil AI, Verastegui H, Hartinger SM, Vidal JE, Klugman KP, Lanata CF The role of influenza and parainfluenza infections in nasopharyngeal pneumococcal acquisition among young children Clin Infect Dis. 2014 May;58(10):1369-76. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciu148. Epub 2014 Mar 12 | 2014 |
| Dong W, Chochua S, McGee L, Jackson D, Klugman KP, Vidal JE Mutations within the rplD Gene of Linezolid-Nonsusceptible Streptococcus pneumoniae Strains Isolated in the United States. Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy. 2014;58(4):2459-62. doi: 10.1128/AAC.02630-13. Epub 2014 Feb 3 | 2014 |
| Gutierrez-Jimenez J, Torres-Sanchez MG, Fajardo-Martinez LP, Schlie-Guzman MA, Luna-Cazares LM, Gonzalez-Esquinca AR, Guerrero-Fuentes S, Vidal JE Malnutrition and the presence of intestinal parasites in children from the poorest municipalities of Mexico J Infect Dev Ctries. 2013 Oct 15;7(10):741-7. doi: 10.3855/jidc.2990 | 2013 |
| Shak JR, Ludewick HP, Howery KE, Sakai F, Yi H, Harvey RM, Paton JC, Klugman KP, Vidal JE Novel role for the Streptococcus pneumoniae toxin pneumolysin in the assembly of biofilms mBio. 2013 Sep 10;4(5):e00655-13. doi: 10.1128/mBio.00655-13 | 2013 |
| Sakai F, Talekar SJ, Lanata CF, Grijalva CG, Klugman KP, Vidal JE. RESPIRA PERU Group; Investigators Group Expression of Streptococcus pneumoniae Virulence-Related Genes in the Nasopharynx of Healthy Children PLoS One. 2013 Jun 18;8(6):e67147. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0067147. Print 2013 | 2013 |
| Grijalva CG, Griffin MR, Edwards KM, Williams JV, Gil AI, Verastegui H, Hartinger SM, Vidal JE, Klugman KP, Lanata CF Cohort profile: The study of respiratory pathogens in Andean children Int J Epidemiol. 2014 Aug;43(4):1021-30. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyt065. Epub 2013 Jun 14 | 2013 |
| Canizalez-Roman A, Gonzalez-Nuñez E, Vidal JE, Flores-Villaseñor H, León-Sicairos N Prevalence and antibiotic resistance profiles of diarrheagenic Escherichia coli strains isolated from food items in northwestern Mexico Int J Food Microbiol. 2013 Jun 3;164(1):36-45. doi: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2013.03.020. Epub 2013 Mar 27 | 2013 |
| Vidal JE, Howery KE, Ludewick HP, Nava P, Klugman KP Quorum-sensing systems LuxS/autoinducer 2 and Com regulate Streptococcus pneumoniae biofilms in a bioreactor with living cultures of human respiratory cells Infect Immun. 2013 Apr;81(4):1341-53. doi: 10.1128/IAI.01096-12. Epub 2013 Feb 12 | 2013 |
| Shak JR, Vidal JE, Klugman KP Influence of bacterial interactions on pneumococcal colonization of the nasopharynx. Trends Microbiol. 2013 Mar;21(3):129-35. doi: 10.1016/j.tim.2012.11.005. Epub 2012 Dec 25 | 2013 |
| Lanata CF, Klugman KP. Chien YW, Vidal JE, Grijalva CG, Bozio C, Edwards KM, Williams JV, Griffin MR, Verastegui H, Hartinger SM, Gil AI Density interactions among Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae and Staphylococcus aureus in the nasopharynx of young Peruvian children Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2013 Jan;32(1):72-7. doi: 10.1097/INF.0b013e318270d850 | 2013 |
| Vidal JE, Ma M, Saputo J, Garcia J, Uzal FA, McClane BA Evidence that the Agr-like quorum sensing system regulates the toxin production, cytotoxicity and pathogenicity of Clostridium perfringens type C isolate CN3685 Mol Microbiol. 2012 Jan;83(1):179-94. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2011.07925.x. Epub 2011 Dec 7 | 2012 |
| Vidal JE, Ludewick HP, Kunkel RM, Zähner D, Klugman KP The LuxS-dependent quorum-sensing system regulates early biofilm formation by Streptococcus pneumoniae strain D39 Infect Immun. 2011 Oct;79(10):4050-60. doi: 10.1128/IAI.05186-11. Epub 2011 Aug 8 | 2011 |
| Li J, Chen J, Vidal JE, McClane BA The Agr-like quorum-sensing system regulates sporulation and production of enterotoxin and beta2 toxin by Clostridium perfringens type A non-food-borne human gastrointestinal disease strain F5603 Infect Immun. 2011 Jun;79(6):2451-9. doi: 10.1128/IAI.00169-11. Epub 2011 Apr 4. | 2011 |
| Worrell C, Xiao N, Vidal JE, Chen L, Zhong B, Remais J ield detection of Schistosoma japonicum cercariae in environmental water samples by quantitative PCR Appl Environ Microbiol. 2011 Mar;77(6):2192-5. doi: 10.1128/AEM.01561-10. Epub 2011 Jan 28 | 2011 |
| Ma M, Vidal J, Saputo J, McClane BA, Uzal F The VirS/VirR two-component system regulates the anaerobic cytotoxicity, intestinal pathogenicity, and enterotoxemic lethality of Clostridium perfringens type C isolate CN3685 mBio. 2011 Jan 25;2(1):e00338-10. doi: 10.1128/mBio.00338-10 | 2011 |
| Uzal FA, Vidal JE, McClane BA, Gurjar AA Clostridium Perfringens Toxins Involved in Mammalian Veterinary Diseases Open Toxinology J. 2010;2:24-42 | 2010 |
| Uzal FA, Saputo J, Sayeed S, Vidal JE, Fisher DJ, Poon R, Adams V, Fernandez-Miyakawa ME, Rood JI, McClane BA Development and application of new mouse models to study the pathogenesis of Clostridium perfringens type C Enterotoxemias Infect Immun. 2009 Dec;77(12):5291-9. doi: 10.1128/IAI.00825-09. Epub 2009 Oct 5 | 2009 |
| Filho EJ, Carvalho AU, Assis RA, Lobato FF, Rachid MA, Carvalho AA, Ferreira PM, Nascimento RA, Fernandes AA, Vidal JE, Uzal FA Clinicopathologic features of experimental Clostridium perfringens type D enterotoxemia in cattle Vet Pathol. 2009 Nov;46(6):1213-20. doi: 10.1354/vp.08-VP-0304-U-FL. Epub 2009 Jul 15. PubMed | 2009 |
| Vidal JE, Ohtani K, Shimizu T, McClane BA Contact with enterocyte-like Caco-2 cells induces rapid upregulation of toxin production by Clostridium perfringens type C isolates Cell Microbiol. 2009 Sep;11(9):1306-28. doi: 10.1111/j.1462-5822.2009.01332.x. Epub 2009 Apr 30 | 2009 |
| Vidal JE, Chen J, Li J, McClane BA Use of an EZ-Tn5-based random mutagenesis system to identify a novel toxin regulatory locus in Clostridium perfringens strain 13 PLoS One. 2009 Jul 14;4(7):e6232. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0006232 | 2009 |
| Vidal JE, Enríquez-Rincón F, Giono-Cerezo S, Ribas-Aparicio RM, Figueroa-Arredondo P Culture supernatants from V. cholerae O1 El Tor strains isolated from different geographic areas induce cell vacuolation and cytotoxicity Salud Publica Mex. 2009 Jan-Feb;51(1):39-47. doi: 10.1590/s0036-36342009000100009 | 2009 |
| Vidal JE, Navarro-García F EspC translocation into epithelial cells by enteropathogenic Escherichia coli requires a concerted participation of type V and III secretion systems Cell Microbiol. 2008 Oct;10(10):1975-86. doi: 10.1111/j.1462-5822.2008.01181.x. Epub 2008 Jun 10 | 2008 |
| Vidal JE, McClane BA, Saputo J, Parker J, Uzal FA Effects of Clostridium perfringens beta-toxin on the rabbit small intestine and colon Infect Immun. 2008 Oct;76(10):4396-404. doi: 10.1128/IAI.00547-08. Epub 2008 Jul 14 | 2008 |
| Sayeed S, Uzal FA, Fisher DJ, Saputo J, Vidal JE, Chen Y, Gupta P, Rood JI, McClane BA Beta toxin is essential for the intestinal virulence of Clostridium perfringens type C disease isolate CN3685 in a rabbit ileal loop model Mol Microbiol. 2008 Jan;67(1):15-30. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2007.06007 | 2008 |
| Vidal JE, Canizález-Román A, Gutiérrez-Jiménez J, Navarro-García F Molecular pathogenesis, epidemiology and diagnosis of enteropathogenic Escherichia coli Salud Publica Mex. 2007 Sep-Oct;49(5):376-86. doi: 10.1590/s0036-36342007000500008 | 2007 |
| Navarro-García F, Canizalez-Roman A, Vidal JE, Salazar MI Intoxication of epithelial cells by plasmid-encoded toxin requires clathrin-mediated endocytosis. Microbiology (Reading). 2007 Sep;153(Pt 9):2828-2838. doi: 10.1099/mic.0.2007/007088-0 | 2007 |
| Navarro-García F, Canizalez-Roman A, Burlingame KE, Teter K, Vidal JE Pet, a non-AB toxin, is transported and translocated into epithelial cells by a retrograde trafficking pathway Infect Immun. 2007 May;75(5):2101-9. doi: 10.1128/IAI.01515-06. Epub 2007 Feb 12 | 2007 |
| Vidal JE, Navarro-García F Efficient translocation of EspC into epithelial cells depends on enteropathogenic Escherichia coli and host cell contact Infect Immun. 2006 Apr;74(4):2293-303. doi: 10.1128/IAI.74.4.2293-2303.2006 | 2006 |
| Gutiérrez-Jiménez J, Luna-Cázares LM, Cruz LM, De Aquino-López JA, Sandoval-Gómez D, León-Ortiz AT, Hernández-Shilón JA, Constantino-Jonapa LA, Matamoros WA, Vidal JE Children from a rural region in The Chiapas Highlands, Mexico, show an increased risk of stunting and intestinal parasitoses when compared with urban children Bol Med Hosp Infant Mex. 2019;76(1):18-26. doi: 10.24875/BMHIM.18000069 | |
Book Chapter | |
| Yadava MK, Song JJ,Singh BP,Vidal JE "New and Future Developments in Microbial Biotechnology and Bioengineering: Microbial Biofilms" Chapter 1 - Microbial biofilms and human disease: A concise review Elsevier, 2020, Pages 1-13 | 2020 |
| Yadava MK, Vidal JE, Song JJ "New and Future Developments in Microbial Biotechnology and Bioengineering: Microbial Biofilms" Chapter 2 Microbial biofilms on medical indwelling Elsevier,2020, Pages 15-28 | 2020 |
| García S, Vidal JE, Heredia N, Juneja VK Food Microbiology: Fundamentals And Frontiers, 5th Edition Chapter 19 Clostridium perfringens Clostridium perfringens Pages: 513-540 2019, ASM Press, Washington, DC | 2019 |
Presentations
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, The contribution of the oxidome to the encapsulation of pneumococci and lung toxicity, 90. Department of Microbial Infection and Immunity, Ohio State University, Columbus OH | 06/2024 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Insights into the role of the oxidome in the molecular mechanism of pathogenesis of pneumococcus, CICATA Unidad Morelos, Mexican National Polytechnique Institute, Morelos, Mexico | 05/2024 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Recent discoveries on the molecular pathogenesis of pneumococcal pneumonia, 89. Mexican Federation of Biochemical Engineering, Guadalajara, Mexico | 03/2024 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Pathogenesis, antibiotic resistance and molecular diagnostic of pneumococcal pneumonia, National Federation of Clinical Laboratories, Puebla, Mexico | 03/2024 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Oxidation of host proteins by the pneumococcus leads to lung toxicity: Early studies of the oxidome, Science Institute, Benemeritus Autonomous University of Puebla (BUAP), Puebla, Mexico | 03/2024 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, The role of intracellular protein oxidation in pneumococcal pneumonia, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA | 01/2024 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Molecular mechanism of the acquisition of macrolide resistance by Streptococcus pneumoniae, Center for Research and Advanced Studies (Cinvestav). Department of Cell Biology, Mexico City, Mexico | 12/2023 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Encapsulation of pneumococci in the lung parenchyma, Center for Research and Advanced Studies (Cinvestav). Department of Cell Biology, Mexico City, Mexico | 12/2023 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Molecular mechanism of encapsulation of pneumococci in the alveoli, Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biologicas (ENCB), Mexican National Polytechnique Institute (IPN), Department of Microbiology, Mexico City, Mexico | 12/2023 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Lung toxicity caused by pneumococcus involves the massive oxidation of cytoskeletal proteins, Louisiana State University, Health Shreveport, Department of Microbiology and Immunology | 11/2023 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Differentiation of pneumococci in the lungs and studies of their role in pathogenesis, The University of Alabama in Huntsville, Department of Biological Sciences, Huntsville, AL | 11/2023 |
| Platform Presentations, Scientists without borders, National University of Mexico (UNAM), Online/Radio broadcasting | 10/2023 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Fine tuning pathogenesis of pneumococcal pneumonia through oxidative reactions, Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas (ENCB), Mexican National Polytechnique Institute. Graduate program in Vaccine Technology and Biotherapeutics, On-line | 09/2023 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Physiopathology and molecular diagnosis of diseases caused by anaerobic Clostridium and Clostridiodes, Lurian Academic Events (a non-profit organization), selected lectures series for clinical laboratory professionals., On-line | 08/2023 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Invited Speaker “Molecular and mechanistic insights into the formation of Streptococcus pneumoniae biofilms-aggregates on biological substrates”. Jackson, MS. August 8, 2023., University of Mississippi Medical Center, School of Dentistry Department of Biomedical Materials Science | 08/2023 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Molecular mechanism, and fitness cost, of the acquisition of macrolide resistance-associated ICEs in Streptococcus pneumoniae, National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), On-line via zoom | 06/2023 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Patho-physio-chemistry: Phatophysiology and chemistry of pneumococcal disease, Benemeritus Autonomous University of Puebla, Puebla, Mexico | 05/2023 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Secondary bacterial pneumonia post-Covid 19, National Confederation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (CONQUILAB), Puebla Mexico | 05/2023 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Pursuing a career in science with training in clinical laboratory, National Confederation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (CONQUILAB), Pubela, Mexico | 05/2023 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, The oxidation of heme-carrying proteins in pneumococcal disease, U.S.-Japan Cooperative Medical Sciences Program (USJCMSP), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Manila, Philippines | 03/2023 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, United States (US) chair, Acute Respiratory Infections (ARI) Panel Meeting, U.S.-Japan Cooperative Medical Sciences Program (USJCMSP), Organized by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED), Manila, Philippines | 03/2023 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, The oxidation of hemoproteins in the pathophysiology of pneumococcal disease, Autonomous University of Chiapas (UNACH), Online | 02/2023 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, The new role of hemoglobin and oxidative reactions, in pneumococcal pneumonia, III Meeting of the National Laboratory Network. National Institutes of Public Health (Mexico), Villahermosa Tabasco, Mexico. | 12/2022 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Ask an expert session: scientific research by BUAP alumni, Benemeritus Autonomous University of Puebla (BUAP), Online | 11/2022 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, The world crisis of antibiotic resistance of pneumococcal strains, International Meeting of Diagnostic Methods and Pharmaceutical Development, organized by the University of the State of Mexico, Toluca, Mexico | 11/2022 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Hemoglobin and pneumococcal disease: advances in basic research and clinical research, International Meeting of Clinical Diagnosis, organized by the Society of Clinical Diagnosis of Mexico., Online:Mexico | 10/2022 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, The contribution of the oxidation of hemeproteins to the pathophysiology of pneumococcal pneumonia, American Society for Microbiology (ASM) South Central Branch Meeting., Shreveport Alabama | 10/2022 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, All we need to know about Staphylococcus aureus and its antibiotic resistance, Northwestern Native American Research Center for Health (NW NARCH), Online | 09/2022 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, The molecular mechanism of resistance bacteria and the resistance crisis, Northwestern Native American Research Center for Health (NW NARCH), Online | 09/2022 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, The fitness cost of the oxidation of hemoglobin in pneumococcal disease, VII International Meeting in Health Sciences Research, University of Tabasco School of Medicine, Mexico, Tabasco, Mexico | 09/2022 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, The crisis of antibiotic resistance, VII International Meeting in Health Sciences Research, University of Tabasco School of Medicine, Mexico, Tabasco, Mexico | 09/2022 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Microbiology and cell biology: studies of pneumococcal transformation and pathogenesis, Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, University of Mississippi Medical Center., Jackson, MS. | 08/2022 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Pathophysiological consequences, and fitness cost, of the oxidation of hemoproteins by pneumococcus, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Mississippi Medical Center., Jackson, Mississippi | 07/2022 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, The fitness cost of the oxidation of hemoglobin by Streptococcus pneumoniae, Microbe Meeting American Society for Microbiology (ASM)., Washington DC. | 06/2022 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Symposium “Vaccines driving Evolution of Streptococcus pneumoniae”, talk: The evolution of macrolide resistance in pneumococcus, Microbe Meeting American Society for Microbiology (ASM)., Washington DC. | 06/2022 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Scientific rigor in graduate research, Future Leaders Fellowship Symposium, American Society for Microbiology, Washington DC. | 06/2022 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, New Discoveries in pathophysiology of pneumococcal pneumonia, International Meeting of Science and Technology, CECyTEO, Online | 03/2022 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Advances in the mechanism of macrolide resistance and pathogenesis of Streptococcus pneumoniae, National Institutes of Health (Mexico), Annual Meeting of the National Association of Researcher of the National Institute of Health., Online | 11/2021 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Epidemiology, clinical aspects and etiology of bacterial pneumonia, International Meeting of Clinical Diagnosis, organized by the Society of Clinical Diagnosis of Mexico., Onlie:Mexico | 10/2021 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Deciphering molecular events leading to acquisition of macrolide resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae and research priorities, Conference: Evolution, impact, current and future perspectives of antibiotic resistance organized by the Guatemala’s National network for surveillance of antibiotic resistance., Online:Guatemala | 10/2021 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, The oxidation of hemoglobin by Streptococcus pneumoniae and its potential biological implications, Mississippi State University (MSU) Department of Biological Sciences., Starkville, MS. | 10/2021 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Deciphering molecular events leading to acquisition of macrolide resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae, Conference: Perspectives in antimicrobial resistance organized by the Iberoamerican Association of Schools of Pharmacy., Online: Organizers in Guatemala, Mexico and Costa Rica. | 09/2021 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, In-depth symposium focusing on The End of the Pathway: Why Are There No 'Qualified Candidates' for Tenure-Track Jobs? Title: A decade of scientific and academic achievements but not enough for the tenure-track: why?, ASM Microbe 2021, Anaheim, CA | 06/2021 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Mechanism of acquisition of resistance to antibiotics of pneumococcus in the nasopharynx, National Congress of Biochemical Sciences, University of Sonora Campus Caborca, Sonora, Mexico | 11/2020 |
| Webinar, Molecular Biology of Organelles, University of Sinaloa, School of Medicine Cell and Molecular Biology Course, University of Sinaloa School of Medicine. Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico | 09/2020 |
| Webinar, Molecular events during pneumococcal colonization of the human nasopharynx: New insight about the acquisition of resistance and hydroxyl radical-mediated interspecies interaction, The Virtual Streptococcal Seminar Series | 08/2020 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Streptococcus pneumoniae biofilms and transference of resistance within biofilms, International Webinar on Emerging Trends in Biotechnology.Department of Biotechnology, Pachhunga University College (PUC), and Mizoram University (MZU), Aizawl, India | 06/2020 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Asymmetric transformation in the nasopharynx: mechanism of acquisition of resistance by S. pneumoniae strains, University of Sinaloa School of Medicine, Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico | 03/2020 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Development of a High-throughput platform for serotyping Streptococcus pneumoniae, Microbiology and Immunology Seminar Series at the University of Mississippi medical center (UMMC), Jackson, MS | 02/2020 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, The battle to colonize the upper airways: Streptococcus pneumoniae eradicates Staphylococcus aureus by generating hydroxyl radicals, XIII Anniversary of the High Specialty Hospital, Oaxaca, Mexico | 12/2019 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, S. pneumoniae generates hydroxyl radicals to rapidly kill S. aureus strains, 2nd International Meeting on Applied and Basic Microbiology., Puebla, Mexico | 09/2019 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Pneumococcal transformation asymmetry in the human nasopharynx, 33rd Annual Meeting of The Southern Section of the AOAC International, Atlanta, GA | 04/2019 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, United States (US) chair, Acute Respiratory Infections (ARI) Panel Meeting, U.S.-Japan Cooperative Medical Sciences Program (USJCMSP), National Institutes of Health (NIH) and Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED), Hanoi, Vietnam | 03/2019 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Molecular studies of pneumococcal transformation asymmetry in the human nasopharynx, epartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Mississippi medical Center (UMMC), Jackson, MS | 02/2019 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Development of molecular assays to identify Streptococcus pneumoniae and in vitro models for carriage and disease, VMRD Global Therapeutics Research Unit at Zoetis pharmaceuticals, Kalamazoo MI | 12/2018 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Pneumococcal nasopharyngeal colonization: Biofilms, interaction with other bacterial species, and recombination, Department of Biological Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA | 12/2018 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Pneumococcal colonization of the upper airways: “dynamics of carriage and the acquisition of resistance by transformation asymmetry, Symposium Sanct Gallen 2018, St. Gallen, Switzerland | 11/2018 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Nasopharyngeal colonization, antibiotic resistance, and recombination of S. pneumoniae in the era of pneumococcal vaccines, Center for Vaccines and Immunology, University of Georgia (UGA), Athens, GA | 11/2018 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Pneumococcal colonization of the upper airways: dynamics of carriage and the acquisition of resistance by transformation asymmetry within nasopharyngeal biofilm, The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Royal Campus., Atlanta, GA | 11/2018 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Pneumococcal disease: epidemiology, diagnosis, and pathogenesis, Mexican National Meeting of Clinical Laboratory Diagnostics (CONAQUIC), Tabasco, Mexico | 09/2018 |
| Poster preview talk, Unidirectional Recombination within Pneumococcal Nasopharyngeal Biofilm Consortia, Gordon Research Conference on Bacterial Adhesion and Signal Transduction.Salve Regina University, Newport RI | 07/2017 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Quorum Sensing Control of Clostridium perfringens virulence., Centers for Food Safety (CSF), University of Georgia (UGA), Athens, GA | 06/2017 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Persistence of the Pneumococcus in the Nasopharynx: Epidemiology, Competition for the niche, and Biofilms, Department of Microbiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), Birmingham, AL | 11/2016 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Nasopharyngeal carriage of Streptococcus pneumoniae: Molecular mechanisms and potential diagnostic value in adults with CABP., National School of Biological Sciences (ENCB), National Polytechnique Institute (IPN), Mexico City, Mexico | 02/2016 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Nasopharyngeal carriage of Streptococcus pneumoniae: Molecular mechanisms and potential diagnostic value in adults with CABP., Center for Microbial Pathogenesis of The Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, OH | 2016 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Nasopharyngeal carriage of the pneumococcus: epidemiology, the pneumobiome and molecular mechanism(s) of persistence, School of Biological Sciences, Autonomous University of Sinaloa, Sinaloa, Mexico | 03/2015 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, The nasopharyngeal pneumobiome in the age of pneumococcal vaccines, 39th Mexican Meeting of Microbiology, Queretaro, Mexico | 03/2015 |
| Talk, Pneumococcal nasopharyngeal colonization and molecular approaches to study the pneumobiome, Infectious Disease Division, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA | 01/2015 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Population biology, mechanism of biofilm formation, and molecular interactions, of Streptococcus pneumoniae vaccine types on human respiratory cells, Center for Immunology & Microbial Disease, Albany Medical College, Albany, NY | 12/2014 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Global carriage of the pneumococcus and new molecular tools to study the pneumobiome, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA | 12/2014 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Pneumococcal carriage and disease, Cempra Pharmaceuticals, Chapel Hill, NC | 08/2014 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Population dynamics of Streptococcus pneumoniae vaccine serotypes on human pharyngeal cells, 9th International symposium of pneumococci and pneumococcal diseases (ISPPD-9), Hyderabad, India | 03/2014 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Nasopharyngeal carriage of the pneumococcus: Methods of detection and new molecular approaches, Investigators meeting Cempra pharmaceutical, Barcelona, Spain | 04/2013 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Development of a qPCR array to identify and quantify S. pneumoniae serotypes in human samples, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle, WA | 02/2013 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Seminar Production and Regulation of S. pneumoniae biofilms in human respiratory cells, Department of Biology, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA | 09/2012 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Quorum sensing mechanism activated during intestinal infection by C. perfringens and pneumonia by S. pneumoniae, University of Sinaloa School of Medicine, Sinaloa, Mexico | 06/2012 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Activation of bacterial communication systems in the presence of human cells: the case of C. perfringens and S. pneumoniae, Department of Cell Biology, Center for Research and Advanced Studies (Cinvestav), Mexico City, Mexico | 06/2012 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Early Biofilms produced by Streptococcus pneumoniae strain D39 are regulated by the LuxS/AI-2 quorum sensing system, International symposium of pneumococci and pneumococcal diseases (ISPPD-8), Iguazu Falls, Brazil | 03/2012 |
| Poster Presentation, Animal Models to Study Clostridium perfringens Diseases, ClosPath, International Meetings on the Molecular Biology and Pathogenesis of Clostridia, Iowa | 10/2011 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, A bacterial signaling system (Agr-like) controlling virulence of C. perfringens, Graduate program in Population Biology Ecology and Evolution, Emory University, Atlanta, GA | 09/2011 |
| Poster Presentation, The luxS-Dependent Quorum Sensing System Controls Streptococcus pneumoniae Biofilm Formation, ASM 111th General Meeting, New Orleans, LA | 05/2011 |
| Poster Presentation, Agr Quorum-Sensing System Regulates the Cytotoxicity and Pathogenicity of Clostridium perfringens Type C Isolate CN3685, ASM 111th General Meeting, New Orleans, LA | 05/2011 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Toxin production and regulatory molecules during C. perfringens type C disease, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA | 10/2010 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Part I. Virulence regulation of C. perfringens strains and Part II. Streptococcus pneumoniae molecular detection and virulence gene expression in humans, MicroRIP (Research in Progress) seminar series. Department of Microbiology Emory University, Atlanta, GA | 06/2010 |
| Poster Presentation, The Two-Component Regulatory System VirS/VirR Controls Clostridium perfringens Type C Virulence in Animal Models of Infection, ASM 110th General Meeting, San Diego, CA | 05/2010 |
| Poster Presentation, Contact with Enterocytes Causes virS/virR-mediated Upregulation of Beta Toxin Production by C. perfringens Type C Isolates, ClosPath, International Meetings on the Molecular Biology and Pathogenesis of Clostridia, Rome, Italy | 10/2009 |
| Poster Presentation, Mouse Models for Studying Clostridium perfringens Type C Infections, ClosPath, International Meetings on the Molecular Biology and Pathogenesis of Clostridia, Rome, Italy | 10/2009 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, The main role of beta toxin in C. perfringens type C induced disease, Hubert Department of Global Health, Rolling School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA | 07/2009 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, The role of beta toxin and regulatory molecules in the pathogenesis of C. perfringens type C isolates, University of Pittsburgh Post-Doctoral Association (UPPDA), Pittsburgh, PA | 07/2009 |
| Poster Presentation, Contact with Enterocyte-like Caco-2 cells Induces Rapid Upregulation of Toxin Production by Clostridium perfringens Type C Isolates, ASM 109th General Meeting, Philadelphia, PA | 05/2009 |
| Poster Presentation, Lethality of Clostridium perfringens Type C Isolate CN3685 and Isogenic Toxin Mutants in the Mouse Intraduodenal Enterotoxemia Model, ASM 109th General Meeting, Philadelphia, PA | 05/2009 |
| Poster Presentation, Enteropathogenic (EPEC) and Enteroaggregative (EAEC) Escherichia coli are the Most Prevalent Pathotype among E. coli Strains in Food Items at Northwest of Mexico, ASM 109th General Meeting, Philadelphia, PA | 05/2009 |
| Poster Presentation, Enterocytes induce Rapid Upregulation of Toxin Production by Clostridium perfringens Type C Isolates, Pittsburgh Bacterial Meeting, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA | 03/2009 |
| Poster Presentation, Beta toxin is Essential for the Virulence of Clostridium perfringens Type C Isolate in Experimental Caprine Enterotoxemia, Anaerobe Meeting 2008, Long Beach, CA | 06/2008 |
| Poster Presentation, Pathologic Effects of Clostridium perfringens Beta Toxin (CPB) in Rabbit Intestinal Loops, ASM 108th General Meeting, Boston, MA | 06/2008 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Up-regulation of Transcription and Secretion of C. perfringens Type C Toxins in the Presence of Caco-2 cells, Pittsburgh Bacterial Meeting, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA | 03/2008 |
| Poster Presentation, "Construction of an Intron-Based Toxin Genes Knockout Mutants in Clostridium perfringens Type C Isolates", ASM 107th General Meeting, Toronto, Canada | 05/2007 |
| Poster Presentation, "Up-regulation of Transcription and Secretion of C. perfringens Type C Toxins in the Presence of CaCo-2 cells", ASM 107th General Meeting, Toronto, Canada | 05/2007 |
| Poster Presentation, "Up-regulation of C. perfringens Beta Toxin (CPB) Transcription and Secretion in the Presence of CaCo-2 Cells", Pittsburgh Bacterial Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA | 03/2007 |
| Poster Presentation, "Type III and Type V Secretion Systems Cooperation for Cytosolic Translocation of EspC from Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli", 6th international symposium on Shiga toxin (Verotoxin) producing E. coli infection, Melbourne, Australia | 10/2006 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, EspC an autotransporter toxin secreted by EPEC requires the TTSS to get entry into infected cells, Department of Microbiology, Molecular Genetics and Biochemistry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA | 05/2006 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Translocation of the EspC autotransporter toxin from EPEC requires the type three secretion system, Department of Cellular Microbiology, Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology, Berlin, Germany | 04/2006 |
| Poster Presentation, “Type III Secretion System (TTSS) Helps to Translocate EspC Autotransporter Protein from Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) to the Eukaryotic Cell”, ASM, 45th ICAAC, Washington, DC | 12/2005 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, How pathogenic bacteria cause diarrhea, University of Queretaro, Queretaro, Mexico | 10/2005 |
| Poster Presentation, “Efficient Internalization of EspC into Epithelial Cells Depends on EPEC-host Cell Contact", ASM 105th General Meeting, Atlanta, GA | 06/2005 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Role of EspC an autotransporter toxin in EPEC virulence, National University Autonomous of Mexico (UNAM), Mexico City, Mexico | 11/2003 |
| Poster Presentation, “Vacuolating Activity of hlyA Genes from Different Ribotypes of Vibrio cholerae”, ASM 102nd General Meeting;, Salt Lake City, UT | 05/2002 |
| Poster Presentation, “Efecto Vacuolizante del Gen hlyA en Cepas de Diferente Ribotipo de V. cholerae O1”, Latinamerican Association of Microbiology, Merida, Yucatan, Mexico | 04/2000 |
Honors, Awards, and Recognition
| Editor mBio, American Society for Microbiology | 2024 |
| Distinguished Alumni Speaker, Department of Cell Biology, Center for Research and Advanced Studies (CINVESTV) | 2023 |
| Gold Level for the Excellence in Research Award, University of Mississippi Medical Center | 2023 |
| Alumni Life-Time Scientific Achievement Award, Benemerita Universidad Autonoma de Puebla, Mexico | 2023 |
| Silver Level for the Excellence in Research Award, University of Mississippi Medical Center | 2021 |
| Fullbright Visiting Scholars Program awarded to Dr. Alibayov Babak to train in the Vidal Laboratory. Project Title: Virulence evolution of Clostridium perfringens and Escherichia coli associated with foodborne and waterborne diseases in Azerbaijan and United States. Mentor: Dr. Jorge Vidal at University of Mississippi., U.S. Department of State and the Power of International Education | 2020 |
| Bronze Level for the Excellence in Research Award, University of Mississippi Medical Center | 2020 |
| Selected research article “Interaction between Streptococcus pneumoniae and Staphylococcus aureus Generates ·OH Radicals That Rapidly Kill Staphylococcus aureus Strains” for the spotlight section of the November 2019 issue, Journal of Bacteriology | 2019 |
| US Chair of the Acute Respiratory Infections Panel during the (NIH-sponsored) US-Japan Cooperative Medical Science Program (CMSP) on Emergent Infectious Diseases (EID) conference in Hanoi, Vietnam | 2019 |
| Member of the Committee on Minority Education of the American Society for Microbiology, American Society for Microbiology | 2018 |
| Associate Editor for the special sections of Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology (1) Clinical Microbiology, (2) Host Cells and Bacteria, and (3) Molecular Bacterial Pathogenesis, Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology | 2018 |
| Invited to serve within the American Society for Microbiology’s Committee on Microbiological Issues Impacting Minorities (CMIIM), American Society for Microbiology | 2017 |
| Awarded with a Carl Storm Underrepresented Minority (CSURM) Fellowship to attend and present at the Gordon Conference “Microbial Adhesion and Signal Transduction”, Gordon Conference | 2017 |
| Associate Editor, Journal Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, Journal Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology | 2016 |
| Invited Editor, mBio, American Society of Microbiology, American Society for Microbiology | 2016 |
| Scientific artwork (confocal micrograph of pneumococci killing S. aureus bacteria) was chosen for the cover of the eBook published by Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology: Molecular Pathogenesis of the pneumococcus, Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology | 2016 |
| Member of the editorial board of EC Microbiology, EC Microbiology | 2015 |
| Associate Guess Editor, Journal Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology; Invited by June 2015. Especial issue on “Molecular pathogenesis of pneumococcus”. Ten papers were included from groups around the world, the special issue (eBook) is available online. https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/3931/molecular-pathogenesis-of-pneumococus, Journal Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology | 2015 |
| Associate Editor, Journal of Microbiology and Experimentation, Journal of Microbiology and Experimentation | 2014 |
| Scientific artwork (electron micrograph of pneumococcal biofilms grown on a bioreactor) was chosen for the cover of the April issue 2013 of Infection and Immunity, American Society for Microbiology. http://iai.asm.org/content/81/4.toc, American Society for Microbiology | 2013 |
| Scientific artwork (electron micrograph of biofilms grown on lung cells) was chosen for the March 2013 issue, Trends in Microbiology. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/0966842X/21/3, Trends in Microbiology | 2013 |
| Awarded with an ASM General Meeting Post-Doctoral Minority Travel Grant to attend the ASM 109th General Meeting, May 17-21, 2009 Philadelphia, PA, USA, American Society for Microbiology | 2009 |
| Awarded with an ASM General Meeting Post-Doctoral Minority Travel Grant to attend the ASM 108th General Meeting, Jun 1-5, 2008 Boston, MA, USA, American Society for Microbiology | 2008 |
| Awarded with an ASM General Meeting Post-Doctoral Minority Travel Grant to attend the ASM 107th General Meeting, May 21-25, 2007 Toronto, Canada., American Society for Microbiology | 2007 |
| National Investigator (Level-2), National System of Researchers (SNI), National Council of Science (CONACyT), Mexico. 2007-Present, National Council of Science (CONACyT) | 2007 |
| Awarded with a Corporate Activities Student Travel Grant to attend the ASM 45th ICAAC. Dec 16-19, 2005, Washington DC, USA., American Society for Microbiology | 2005 |
| Awarded with a Corporate Activities Student Travel Grant to assist to the ASM 105th General Meeting. Jun 5-9, 2005, Atlanta Georgia, USA, American Society for Microbiology | 2005 |
| Award for excellence in bacterial pathogenesis research. Meeting of the Biological Science, CINVESTAV. Mexico City, Mexico. Jan, 21, 2005, CINVESTAV | 2005 |
| Member of the Tabasco State System of Researcher (SEI), Council of Science and Technology (CCYTET), Tabasco, Mexico. 2005-Present, Council of Science and Technology (CCYTET) | 2005 |
| Honorific mention for research in bacterial pathogenesis. 34th Mexican Meeting of Microbiology, Cancún, Mexico, Aug 27-29, 2004, Mexican Meeting of Microbiology | 2004 |
| Recognized for outstanding mentoring service by the ASM Minority Mentoring Program during 2008, 2009 and 2010, American Society for Microbiology | |
| Appointed as the Rollins School of Public Health representative at the Emory University Research Health and Safety Committee (RHSC), Emory University | |
| Appointed as the Rollins School of Public Health representative at the Emory University Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC), Emory University | |
| Member of the editorial board of Infection and Immunity, inducted by Professor Ferric C. Fang (Editor in Chief) for three-year terms, January 2015-2017. Reappointed 2018-2020., Infection and Immunity |
Professional Membership and Service
| National Institutes of Health (NIH), Anti-Infective Resistance and Targets (AIRT) study section, Nominated as a permanent member of the study section (2024-2028) by SRO Dr. Jui Pandhare | 2024 - Present |
| National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bacterial Virulence ZRG1 IIDA-V Study section, ZRG1 IIDA-V Review Meeting | 2024 |
| National Institutes of Health (NIH), Anti-Infective Resistance and Targets (AIRT) study section., Ad hoc Reviewer | 2023 - Present |
| National Institutes of Health (NIH), Small Business: Anti-Infective Therapeutics DCAI (12) study section, Ad hoc Reviewer | 2023 - Present |
| National Institutes of Health (NIH), NIAID. R15 ZRG1 AIDC (80), Ad hoc Reviewer | 2022 - Present |
| National Institutes of Health (NIH), R15 ZRG1 IDM S (83), Ad hoc Reviewer | 2019 - Present |
| Atlanta Society of Mentors, Emory Chapter, Member | 2017 - 2019 |
| National Institutes of Health (NIH), NIAID R01 HIBP study section, Ad Hoc reviewer | 2016 - Present |
| Medical Research Council (MRC) from the United Kingdom (the equivalent to the NIH in the US), Infection and Immunity Board (IIB), Ad hoc Reviewer | 2015 - Present |
| Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), Member | 2009 - 2019 |
| American Society for Microbiology (ASM), Member | 2001 - Present |
| Mexican Society for Microbiology (AMM), Member | 1999 - Present |
Committee Service
| Qualifying Exam Committee, Microbiology and Immunology Graduate Program, Member | 2021 - Present |
| SCHOOL OF MEDICINE-ADMISSIONS, Member | 2021 - Present |
| SCHOOL OF MEDICINE-ADMISSIONS FILE REVIEW SUBCOMMITTEE, Member | 2020 - 2021 |
| American Society for Microbiology, Sub-Committee on Minority Education, Member | 2018 - Present |
| American Society for Microbiology, Sub-Committee on Microbiological Issues Impacting minorities, Member | 2017 - 2022 |
| Emory University Research Health and Safety Committee (RHSC), Member | 2017 - 2019 |
| Emory University Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC), Member | 2017 - 2019 |
Community Service
| Volunteer (14 seasons=7 years) at Tucker Youth Soccer Association (TYSA), Soccer Coach | 08/2011 - 05/2018 |
Other Service
| Pilot Grants Program of the Cardiorenal and Metabolic Diseases Research (CMDRC)-COBRE | 09/2023 - Present |
| Science Advances | 08/2023 - Present |
| Cell Reports, Cell Press, Reviewer | 2021 - Present |
| The Journal of Infection, Elsevier Inc, Reviewer | 2020 - Present |
| Virulence, Landes Biosciences, Massachusetts, USA, Reviewer | 2019 - Present |
| Associate Editor for the special sections of Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology: Molecular Bacterial Pathogenesis | 05/2018 - Present |
| Associate Editor for the special sections of Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology: Host Cells and Bacteria | 05/2018 - Present |
| Associate Editor for the special sections of Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology Clinical Microbiology | 05/2018 - Present |
| Thorax, BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and British Thoracic Society, Reviewer | 2018 - Present |
| Current Microbiology. Springer publishing, Reviewer | 2018 - Present |
| Scientific Reports, Springer Nature Publisher, Reviewer | 2017 - Present |
| Infection, Genetics and Evolution, Elsevier Inc, Reviewer | 2017 - Present |
| Molecular Immunology, Reviewer | 2016 - Present |
| Microbial Drug Resistance. Thomson Reuters, Reviewer | 2016 - Present |
| PLoS Pathogens, Public Library of Science (PLOS), Reviewer | 2015 - Present |
| Microbes and Infection, Elsevier Inc, Reviewer | 2015 - Present |
| Clinical and Vaccine Immunology (CVI), American Society for Microbiology (ASM), Reviewer | 2015 - Present |
| Infection and Immunity, Editorial Board | 2015 - Present |
| mBio, American Society for Microbiology (ASM), Reviewer | 2014 - Present |
| Journal of Medical Microbiology, Microbiology Society, Reviewer | 2014 - Present |
| Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, Reviewer | 2014 - Present |
| BMC Research Notes, Reviewer | 2013 - Present |
| Applied and Environmental Microbiology (AEM), Reviewer | 2013 - Present |
| Journal of Clinical Microbiology (JCM), American Society for Microbiology (ASM), Reviewer | 2012 - Present |
| Frontiers in Microbiology, Reviewer | 2012 - Present |
| Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (AAC), Reviewer | 2012 - Present |
| Infection and Immunity (IAI), American Society for Microbiology (ASM), Reviewer | 2011 - Present |
| Canadian Journal of Microbiology, NRC Research Press, Canadian Science Publishing, Reviewer | 2011 - Present |
| PLoS ONE, Public Library of Science (PLOS), Reviewer | 2010 - Present |
| Journal of Bacteriology, Reviewer | 2010 - Present |
Teaching Experience
| MICRO 741, Graduate, Lecture, Lecturer, Fundamental Microbiology and Immunology | Spring 2024 |
| SOM 612, Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Musculoskeletal and Integumentary Systems | Spring 2024 |
| MICRO 611, Medicine, Small Group, Facilitator, Microbiology and Immunology | Fall 2023 |
| MICRO 741, Graduate, Lecture, Lecturer, Fundamental Microbiology and Immunology | Spring 2023 |
| MICRO 745, Graduate, Lecture, Lecturer, Bacterial Structure and Function | Spring 2023 |
| MICRO 741, Graduate, Lecture, Lecturer, Fundamental Microbiology and Immunology | Spring 2022 |
| MICRO 611, Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Microbiology and Immunology | Fall 2022 |
| DENT 641, Dentistry, Lecture, Lecturer, Microbiology and Immunology | Fall 2022 |
| MICRO 611, Medicine, Small Group, Facilitator, Microbiology and Immunology | Fall 2022 |
| MICRO 745, Graduate, Lecture, Lecturer, Bacterial Structure and Function | Spring 2021 |
| MICRO 611, Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Microbiology and Immunology | Fall 2021 |
| DENT 641, Dentistry, Lecture, Lecturer, Microbiology and Immunology | Fall 2021 |
| MICRO 741, Graduate, Lecture, Lecturer, Fundamental Microbiology and Immunology | Spring 2021 |
| MICRO 611, Medicine, Small Group, Facilitator, Microbiology and Immunology | Fall 2021 |
| MICRO 611, Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Microbiology and Immunology | Fall 2020 |
| DENT 641, Dentistry, Lecture, Lecturer, Microbiology and Immunology | Fall 2020 |
| MICRO 611, Medicine, Small Group, Facilitator, Microbiology and Immunology | Fall 2020 |
Directed Student Learning
| Research Advisor, Advised: Debduti Bhattacharjee | 2024 - 2024 |
| Supervised Research, Advised: Brayan Gonzales | 2024 - 2024 |
| Supervised Research, Advised: Lola Perriann Smith | 2022 - 2022 |
| Dissertation Committee Member, “Necroptosis Regulation by Human Cytomegalovirus” Advised: Christian Yu | 2021 - Present |
| Dissertation Committee Chair, TBD Advised: Austin A. Medders | 2021 - Present |
| Supervised Research, Advised: Aidan Creel | 2021 - 2022 |
| Research Advisor, Advised: Meagan Francis | 2021 - Present |
| Supervised Research, Advised: Carolina Ivonne Viteri Davila | 2021 - 2022 |
| Dissertation Defense Committee Member, "Nonencapsulated Streptococcus pneumoniae Oligopeptide Transporters Regulate Transcriptional Pathways and Alter Pneumococcal Virulence” Advised: Courtney Daley-Thompson | 2020 - 2023 |
| Dissertation Committee Chair, “The Pathogenic Role of Oxidative Reactions Catalyzed by Streptococcus pneumoniae Produced Hydrogen Peroxide” Advised: Anna E. Scasny | 2020 - 2024 |
| Supervised Research, Advised: Neha Singh Dhaliwal | 2020 - 2020 |
| Supervised Research, Advised: Chibuike Uwakwe | 2020 - 2020 |
| Research Advisor, Advised: Meagan Weir | 2020 - 2020 |
| Research Advisor, Advised: Alexander O. Johnson | 2020 - 2020 |
| Research Advisor, Advised: Erin McDewitt | 2020 - 2020 |
| Dissertation Committee Member, “Genomic evolution of Streptococcus pneumoniae in South India" Advised: Iftekhar Rafiqullah | 2019 - Present |
| Internship Advisor, Advised: Landon Murin | 2019 - Present |
| Dissertation Defense Committee Member, TBD Advised: Edroyal Womack III | 2019 - 2023 |
| Internship Advisor, Advised: Emilio Rodriguez | 2019 - 2019 |
| Supervised Research, Advised: Hui Qi Loo | 2019 - 2019 |
| Research Advisor, Advised: Eric Evans | 2019 - 2019 |
| Dissertation Committee Chair, Advised: Brenda Stephanie Antezana | 2018 - 2023 |
| Research Advisor, Advised: Ekwomadu Uchechukwu Kingsley | 2018 - 2019 |
| Research Advisor, Advised: Blen Alemayehu | 2017 - 2018 |
| Research Advisor, Advised: Amy Whitesell | 2017 - 2018 |
| Undergraduate Honors Thesis, Advised: Matthew Mendelsohn | 2017 - 2018 |
| Undergraduate Honors Thesis, "Inhibition of multidrug-resistant bacteria by Civil War plant medicines" Advised: Micah Dettweiler | 2017 - 2018 |
| Research Advisor, Advised: Anusha Chaturvedi | 2017 - 2018 |
| Research Advisor, Advised: Karen Ellis | 2017 - 2018 |
| Supervised Research, Advised: Julie Fowler | 2017 - 2017 |
| Undergraduate Honors Thesis, "Hemoglobin induces invasion of Streptococcus pneumoniae into Human Lung Epithelial Cells" Advised: Shambavi Jay Rao | 2016 - 2017 |
| Research Advisor, Advised: Griffin Sonati | 2015 - 2017 |
| Research Advisor, Advised: David Watson | 2015 - 2016 |
| Supervised Research, Advised: Shareen Igbal | 2015 - 2015 |
| Undergraduate Honors Thesis, "Population dynamics of pneumococcal types" Advised: Jennifer Brophy | 2015 - 2016 |
| Research Advisor, Advised: Brittany Young | 2014 - 2015 |
| Research Advisor, Advised: Maneesha Chitanvis | 2014 - 2016 |
| Research Advisor, Advised: Christiane Hanke | 2014 - 2014 |
| Supervised Research, Advised: Prestom Palm | 2014 - 2014 |
| Supervised Research, Advised: Caroline Stephanie Telford | 2014 - 2014 |
| Supervised Research, Advised: Uriel Angulo | 2013 - 2013 |
| Supervised Research, Advised: Cynthia Lopez-Torres | 2013 - 2013 |
| Research Advisor, Advised: Kayoko Shioda | 2013 - 2013 |
| Research Advisor, Advised: Paula Diane Strassle | 2012 - 2013 |
| Research Advisor, Advised: Gideon Matzkin | 2012 - 2014 |
| Research Advisor, Advised: Grant A Walter | 2012 - 2012 |
| Research Advisor, Advised: Kyu-Han Lee | 2012 - 2013 |
| Supervised Research, Advised: Megan Light | 2012 - 2013 |
| Research Advisor, Advised: Daiichi Morii | 2011 - 2013 |
| Research Advisor, Advised: Wei Castino Dong | 2011 - 2013 |
| Supervised Research, Advised: Shazaib Jiwani | 2011 - 2011 |
| Research Advisor, Advised: Tyler Landrith | 2010 - 2012 |
| Research Advisor, Advised: Danielle Schaeffner | 2010 - 2011 |
| Supervised Research, Advised: Sareena Gillani | 2010 - 2011 |
| Research Advisor, Advised: Stacey-Ann Miller | 2010 - 2010 |
| Research Advisor, Advised: Grishma A. Kharod | 2009 - 2009 |
Fellows supervised
| University of Mississippi Medical Center, Post-Doc Advisor, 1 fellows supervised | 07/2024 - Present |
| University of Mississippi Medical Center, Post-Doc Advisor, 1 fellows supervised | 05/2024 - Present |
| University of Mississippi Medical Center, Post-Doc Advisor, 1 fellows supervised | 10/2023 - Present |
| University of Mississippi Medical Center, Post-Doc Advisor, 1 fellows supervised | 10/2023 - Present |
| University of Mississippi Medical Center, Post-Doc Advisor, 1 fellows supervised | 01/2021 - 06/2024 |
| University of Mississippi Medical Center, Post-Doc Advisor, 1 fellows supervised | 03/2020 - 03/2021 |
| Emory University School of Public Health, Post-Doc Advisor, 1 fellows supervised | 05/2017 - 04/2018 |
| Emory University School of Public Health, Post-Doc Advisor, 1 fellows supervised | 01/2016 - 06/2018 |
| Emory University School of Public Health, Post-Doc Advisor, 1 fellows supervised | 12/2015 - 04/2017 |
| Emory University School of Public Health, Post-Doc Advisor, 1 fellows supervised | 07/2012 - 03/2015 |
| Emory University School of Public Health, Post-Doc Advisor, 1 fellows supervised | 03/2012 - 01/2015 |
| Emory University School of Public Health, Post-Doc Advisor, 1 fellows supervised | 10/2011 - 01/2019 |
| Emory University School of Public Health, Post-Doc Advisor, 1 fellows supervised | 08/2011 - 09/2011 |
| Emory University School of Public Health, Post-Doc Advisor, 1 fellows supervised | 03/2010 - 07/2012 |