Luis E. N. Quadri

Education:

Postdoctoral Training, Harvard Medical School - 1999 (Biochemistry)

Ph.D., University of Alberta (Canada) - 1996 (Microbiology)

B.S.-Licenciature, University of Buenos Aires (Argentina) - 1990 (Biology)

Areas of Expertise:

To learn about the Quadri Lab's Research visit:
https://www.gc.cuny.edu/people/luis-quadri

Link to publications:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/myncbi/luis.quadri.1/bibliograpahy/41150093/public/?sort=date&direction=ascending

Books and Publications

Janisch, Levendosky, and Quadri. Comprehensive essentiality analysis of the Mycobacterium kansasii genome by saturation transposon mutagenesis and deep sequencing. mBio. Accepted. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2023

Janisch, Levendosky, Budell, and Quadri. "Genetic underpinnings of carotenogenesis and light-induced transcriptome remodeling in the opportunistic pathogen Mycobacterium kansasii". Pathogens 12(1), 86. https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0817/12/1/86 (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2023

Bythrow, Farhat, Levendosky, Mohandas, Germain, Yoo, and Quadri. "Mycobacterium abscessus mutants with a compromised functional link between the type VII ESX-3 system and an iron uptake mechanism reliant on an unusual mycobactin siderophore". Pathogens 11(9), 953. https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0817/11/9/953 (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2022

Budell, Germain, Janisch, McKie-Krisberg, Jayaprakash, Resnick, and Quadri. "Transposon mutagenesis in Mycobacterium kansasii links a small RNA gene to colony morphology and biofilm formation and identifies 9,885 intragenic insertions that do not compromise colony outgrowth". MicrobiologyOpen. 9(4):e988. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32083796 (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2020

Bythrow, Mohandas, Guney, Standke, Germain, Lu, Ji, Levendosky, Chavadi, Tan, and Quadri. "Kinetic analyses of the siderophore biosynthesis inhibitor salicyl-AMS and analogues as MbtA inhibitors and antimycobacterial agents". Biochemistry. 58: 833-847. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30582694 (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2019

Swarbrick, Bythrow, Aragao, Germain, Quadri, and Forwood. "Mycobacteria encode active and inactive classes of TesB fatty-acyl CoA thioesterases revealed through structural and functional analysis". Biochemistry. 56:1460-72. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28156101 (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2017

Davis, Mohandas, Chiriac, Bythrow, Quadri*, and Tan*. "Design, synthesis, and biological evaluation of α-hydroxyacyl-AMS inhibitors of amino acid adenylation enzymes". Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett. 26: 5340-45. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27692545 (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2016

Mohandas, Budell, Mueller, Au, Bythrow, and Quadri. "Pleiotropic consequences of gene knockouts in the phthiocerol dimycocerosate and phenolic glycolipid biosynthetic gene cluster of the opportunistic human pathogen Mycobacterium marinum". FEMS Microbiology Letters. 363 (5): fnw016. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26818253. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2016

Vergnolle, Chavadi, Edupuganti, Mohandas, Chan, Zeng, Kopylov, Angelo, Warren, Soll, and Quadri. "Biosynthesis of Cell Envelope-Associated Phenolic Glycolipids in Mycobacterium marinum". Journal of Bacteriology 197: 1040-50. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25561717. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2015

D'Erasmo, Smith, Munoz, Mohandas, Au, Marineau, Quadri, Bradner, and Murelli. "7,9-Diaryl-1,6,8-trioxaspiro[4.5]dec-3-en-2-ones: readily accessible and highly potent anticancer compounds." Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters 24: 4035-58. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25011911 (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2014

Quadri. "Biosynthesis of Mycobacterial Lipids by Polyketide Synthases and Beyond." Critical Reviews in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 49: 179-211. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24625105 (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2014

Lun, Guo, Adamson, Cisar, Davis, Chavadi, Warren, Quadri*, Tan*, and Bishai*. "Pharmacokinetic and in vivo Efficacy Studies of the Mycobactin Biosynthesis Inhibitor Salicyl-AMS in Mice." Antimicrob Agents Chemother 57: 5138-40. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23856770 (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2013

Chavadi, Onwueme, Edupuganti, Jerome, Chatterjee, Soll, and Quadri. "The Mycobacterial Acyltransferase PapA5 Is Required for Biosynthesis of Cell Wall-associated Phenolic Glycolipids." Microbiology 158: 1379-87. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22361940 (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2012

Tatham, Chavadi, Mohandas, Edupuganti, Angala, Chatterjee, and Quadri. "Production of Mycobacterial Cell Wall Glycopeptidolipids Requires a Member of the MbtH-like Protein Family." BMC Microbiology 12:118. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22726990 (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2012

Chavadi, Edupuganti, Vergnolle, Fatima, Singh, Soll, and Quadri. "Inactivation of tesA Reduces Cell-Wall Lipid Production and Increases Drug Susceptibility in Mycobacteria." Journal of Biological Chemistry 286: 24616-25. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=21592957 (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2011

Chavadi, Stirrett, Edupuganti, Vergnolle, Sadhanandan, Marchiano, Martin, Qiu, Soll, and Quadri. "Mutational and Phylogenetic Analyses of the Mycobacterial mbt gene cluster." Journal of Bacteriology 193: 5905-13. http://jb.asm.org/cgi/content/abstract/JB.05811-11v1. (Books and Publications: Forthcoming Publications) 2011

Ferreras, Gupta, Amin, Basu, Sinha, Worgall, Jayaprakash, and Quadri. "Chemical Scaffolds With Structural Similarities to Siderophores of Nonribosomal Peptide-polyketide Origin as Novel Antimicrobials Against Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Yersinia pestis." Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters 21: 6533-37. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960894X11011474. (Books and Publications: Forthcoming Publications) 2011

He, W., C.E. Soll, S.S. Chavadi, G. Zhang, J.D. Warren and L.E. Quadri. "Cooperation Between a Coenzyme A-Independent Stand-Alone Initiation Module and an Iterative Type I Polyketide Synthase During Synthesis of Mycobacterial Phenolic Glycolipids." Journal of the American Chemical Society 131: 16744-50. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=19799378. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2009

Xu, Y., C. Tertilt, A. Krause, L.E. Quadri, R.G. Crystal and S. Worgall. "Influence of the Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator on Expression of Lipid Metabolism-related Genes in Dendritic Cells." Respiratory Research 10: 26. (Flagged as "Highly Accessed" by Respiratory Research.) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=19344509. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2009

"Iron Uptake by Mycobacterium tuberculosis." Handbook of Tuberculosis: Molecular Biology and Biochemistry. Eds. Stefan Kaufmann and Eric Rubin. Weinheim, Germany: Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KgaA. 91-110. (Books and Publications: Book Chapter) 2008

"Iron Uptake in Mycobacteria." The Mycobacterial Cell Envelope. Eds: Mamadou Daffé and Jean-Marc Reyrat. Washington, D.C.: ASM Press. 167-84. (Books and Publications: Book Chapter) 2008

Crick, Quadri and Brennan. "Biochemistry of the Cell Envelope of Mycobacterium tuberculosis." Handbook of Tuberculosis: Molecular Biology and Biochemistry. Eds. Kaufmann and Rubin. Weinheim, Germany: Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KgaA. 1-20. (Books and Publications: Book Chapter) 2008

Ferreras, J.A., K.L. Stirrett, X. Lu, J.S. Ryu, C.E. Soll, D.S. Tan and L.E. Quadri. "Mycobacterial Phenolic Glycolipid Virulence Factor Biosynthesis: Mechanism and Small-molecule Inhibition of Polyketide Chain Initiation."Chemistry & Biology 15: 51-61. (Highlighted in Start-Up Magazine, January.) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=18158259. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2008

Stirrett, K.L., J.A. Ferreras, S.M. Rossi, R.L. Moy, F.V. Fonseca and L.E. Quadri. "A Multicopy Suppressor Screening Approach as a Means to Identify Antibiotic Resistance Determinant Candidates in Yersinia pestis." BMC Microbiology 8: 122. (Flagged as "Highly Accessed" by BMC Microbiology.) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=18644132. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2008

Stirrett, K.L., J.A. Ferreras, V. Jayaprakash, B.N. Sinha, T. Ren and L.E. Quadri. "Small Molecules With Structural Similarities to Siderophores as Novel Antimicrobials Against Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Yersinia pestis." Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters 18: 2662-68. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=18394884. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2008

"Strategic Paradigm Shifts in the Antimicrobial Drug Discovery Process of the 21st Century." Infectious Disorders - Drug Targets 7: 230-37. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=17897059. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2007

Cisar, J.S., J.A. Ferreras, R.K. Soni, L.E. Quadri and D.S. Tan. "Exploiting Ligand Conformation in the Selective Inhibition of Nonribosomal Peptide Synthetase Amino Acid Adenylation With Designed Macrocyclic Small Molecules." Journal of the American Chemical Society 129: 7752-53. (Highlighted in Faculty of 1000 by Ross Weatherman and Dennis Hall: www.f1000biology.com/article/id/1087363) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=17542590. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2007

Rohde, B.H. and L.E. Quadri. "Functional Characterization of a Three-component Regulatory System Involved in Quorum Sensing-based Regulation of Peptide Antibiotic Production in Carnobacterium maltaromaticum." BMC Microbiology 6: 93. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=17054797. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2006

Ferreras, J.A., J.S. Ryu, F. Di Lello, D.S. Tan and L.E. Quadri. "Small Molecule Inhibition of Siderophore Biosynthesis in Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Yersinia pestis." Nature Chemical Biology 1: 29-32. (Highlighted in the "Research Highlights" section of Nature 435: 389, and in the "News of the Week" section of Chemical & Engineering News 83: 13.) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=16407990. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2005

Onwueme, K.C., C.J. Vos, J. Zurita, C.E. Soll and L.E. Quadri. "Identification of Phthiodiolone Ketoreductase, an Enzyme Required for Production of Mycobacterial Diacyl Phthiocerol Virulence Factors." Journal of Bacteriology 187: 4760-66. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15995190. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2005

Onwueme, K.C., C.J. Vos, J. Zurita, J.A. Ferreras and L.E. Quadri. "The Dimycocerosate Ester Polyketide Virulence Factors of Mycobacteria." Progress in Lipid Research 44: 259-302. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16115688. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2005

Palma, M., J. Zurita, J.A. Ferreras, S. Worgall, D.H. Larone, L. Shi, F. Campagne and L.E. Quadri. "Pseudomonas Aeruginosa SoxR Does Not Conform to the Archetypal Paradigm for SoxR-dependent Regulation of the Bacterial Oxidative Stress Adaptive Response." Infection and Immunity 73: 2958-66. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15845502. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2005

Quadri and Ratledge. "Iron Metabolism in the Tubercle Bacillus and Other Mycobacteria." Tuberculosis and the Tubercle Bacillus. Eds: Cole, Eisenach, McMurray and Jacobs Jr. Washington, D.C.: ASM Press. 341-57. (Books and Publications: Book Chapter) 2005

Worgall, S., A. Heguy, K. Luettich, T.P. O'Connor, B.G. Harvey, L.E. Quadri and R.G. Crystal. "Similarity of Patterns in Gene Expression of Human Alveolar Macrophages Evoked by Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Burkholderia cepacia." Infection and Immunity 73: 5262-68. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16041053. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2005

Buglino, J., K.C. Onwueme, J.A. Ferreras, L.E. Quadri and C.D. Lima. "Crystal Structure of PapA5, a Phthiocerol Dimycocerosyl Transferase From Mycobacterium tuberculosis." Journal of Biological Chemistry 279: 30634-42. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15123643. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2004

Onwueme, K.C., J.A. Ferreras, J. Buglino, C.D. Lima and L.E. Quadri. "Mycobacterial Polyketide Associated Proteins Are Acyltransferases: Proof of Principle With Mycobacterium tuberculosis PapA5." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 101: 4608-13. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15070765. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2004

Palma, M., D. DeLuca, S. Worgall and L.E. Quadri. "Transcriptome Analysis of the Response of Pseudomonas aeruginosa to Hydrogen Peroxide." Journal of Bacteriology 186: 248-52. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14679246. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2004

"Regulation of Class II Bacteriocin Production by Cell-cell Signaling." Journal of Microbiology 41: 175-82. http://www.msk.or.kr/jsp/recent_paper.jsp. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2003

Palma, M., S. Worgall and L.E. Quadri. "Transcriptome Aanalysis of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa Response to Iron." Archives of Microbiology 180: 374-79. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14513207. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2003

"Regulation of Antimicrobial Peptide Production by Autoinducer-mediated Quorum Sensing in Lactic Acid Bacteria." Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 82: 133-45. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12369185. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2002

Kleerebezem, M. and L.E. Quadri. "Peptide Pheromone-dependent Regulation of Antimicrobial Peptide Production in Gram-positive Bacteria: A Case of Multicellular Behavior." Peptides 22: 1579-96. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11587786. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2001

Kleerebezem, M., O.P. Kuipers, W.M. de Vos, M.E. Stiles and L.E. Quadri. "A Two-component Signal-transduction Cascade in Carnobacterium piscicola LV17B: Two Signaling Peptides and One Sensor-transmitter." Peptides 22: 1597-601. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11587787. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2001

"Assembly of Aryl-capped Siderophores by Modular Peptide Synthetases and Polyketide Synthases." Molecular Microbiology 37: 1-12. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10931301. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2000

Franz, C.M., R.W. Worobo, L.E. Quadri, U. Schillinger, W.H. Holzapfel, J.C. Vederas and M.E. Stiles. "Atypical Genetic Locus for Enterocin B Production in Enterococcus faecium BFE 900." Applied and Environmental Microbiology 65: 2170-78. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10224016. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 1999

Quadri, L.E., T.A. Keating, H.M. Patel and C.T. Walsh. "Assembly of the Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Nonribosomal Peptide Siderophore Pyochelin: In vitro Reconstitution of aryl-4,2-bisthiazoline synthetase Activity From PchD, PchE and PchF." Biochemistry 38: 14941-54. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10555976. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 1999

Quadri, L.E., J. Sello, T.A. Keating, P.H. Weinreb and C.T. Walsh. "Identification of a Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Gene Cluster Encoding the Biosynthetic Enzymes for Assembly of the Virulence-conferring Siderophore Mycobactin." Chemistry & Biology 5: 631-45. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9831524. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 1998

Quadri, L.E., P.H. Weinreb, M. Lei, M.M. Nakano, P. Zuber and C.T. Walsh. "Characterization of Sfp, a Bacillus subtilis Phosphopantetheinyl Transferase for Peptidyl Carrier Protein Domains in Peptide Synthetases." Biochemistry 37: 1585-95. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9484229. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 1998

Weinreb, P.H., L.E. Quadri, C.T. Walsh and P. Zuber. "Stoichiometry and Specificity of in vitro Phosphopantetheinylation and Aminoacylation of the Valine-activating Module of Surfactin Synthetase." Biochemistry 37: 1575-84. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9484228. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 1998

Kleerebezem, M., L.E. Quadri, O.P. Kuipers and W.M. de Vos. "Quorum Sensing by Peptide Pheromones and Two-component Signal-transduction Systems in Gram-positive Bacteria." Molecular Microbiology 24: 895-904. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9219998. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 1997

Quadri, L.E., L.Z. Yan, M.E. Stiles and J.C. Vederas. "Effect of Amino Acid Substitutions on the Activity of Carnobacteriocin B2. Overproduction of the Antimicrobial Peptide, Its Engineered Variants and Its Precursor in Escherichia coli." Journal of Biological Chemistry. 272: 3384-88. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9013580. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 1997

Quadri, L.E., M. Kleerebezem, O.P. Kuipers, W.M. de Vos, K.L. Roy, J.C. Vederas and M.E. Stiles. "Characterization of a Locus From Carnobacterium piscicola LV17B Involved in Bacteriocin Production and Immunity: Evidence for Global Inducer-mediated Transcriptional Regulation." Journal of Bacteriology 179: 6163-71. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9324267. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 1997

Walsh, C.T., A.M. Gehring, P.H. Weinreb, L.E. Quadri and R.S. Flugel. "Post-translational Modification of Polyketide and Nonribosomal Peptide Synthases." Current Opinion in Chemical Biology 1: 309-15. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9667867. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 1997

Quadri, L.E., M. Sailer, M.R. Terebiznik, K.L. Roy, J.C. Vederas and M.E. Stiles. "Characterization of the Protein Conferring Immunity to the Antimicrobial Peptide Carnobacteriocin B2 and Expression of Carnobacteriocins B2 and BM1." Journal of Bacteriology 177: 1144-51. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7868585. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 1995

Quadri, L.E., M. Sailer, K.L. Roy, J.C. Vederas and M.E. Stiles. "Chemical and Genetic Characterization of Bacteriocins Produced by Carnobacterium piscicola LV17B." Journal of Biological Chemistry 269: 12204-11. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8163526 (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 1994

Quadri, L.E. and A.M. Giulietti. "Effect of Elicitation on the Accumulation of Solasodine by Immobilized Cells of Solanum eleagnifolium Cav." Enzyme and Microbial Technology 15: 1074-77. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7764297. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 1993

Creative Work

Tan, D.S., L.E. Quadri, et al. Patents, anti-microbial agents and uses thereof: (1) US Patent Appl. 11/911,525, filed Oct. 12, 2007; (2) PCT Intl. Patent Appl. PCT/US2006/014,394, filed April 14, 2006, published Oct. 26, 2006 as WO/2006/113,615; (3) US Prov. Patent Appl. 60/671,994, filed April 15, 2005. 2005-07. 2005

Awards, Honors and Fellowships

CUNY ASRC Seed Program Grant. Principal investigator. (Grants and Fellowships) 2022

PSC-CUNY Research Grant # 65408-00 53. Principal investigator. (Grants and Fellowships) 2022

NIH R03AI135755-01A1 Grant. Principal investigator. (Grants and Fellowships) 2018

NIH R03AI128314-01A1 Grant. Principal investigator. (Grants and Fellowships) 2017

Potts Memorial Foundation Grant. Principal investigator. (Grants and Fellowships) 2016

NIH R01AI118224-01A1 grant. Principal Investigator. (2-PI Grant). (Grants and Fellowships) 2015

NIH R15AI105884-01A1 Grant. Principal investigator. (Grants and Fellowships) 2014

PSC-CUNY Research Award #66485-00 44. Principal investigator. (Grants and Fellowships) 2013

NIH 2R01GM100477-05A1 Grant. Co-Investigator. (Grants and Fellowships) 2012

Potts Memorial Foundation Grant. Principal investigator. (Grants and Fellowships) 2011

NSF MRI-R2 Major Equipment Grant). Co-Principal Investigator. (Grants and Fellowships) 2010

NIH R01AI075092-01A1 grant. Principal investigator. (Grants and Fellowships) 2009

NIH R21 AI079489-01 grant. Co-Investigator. (Grants and Fellowships) 2008

NIH R01 AI068038-01A2 grant. Co-Investigator. (Grants and Fellowships) 2007

NIH U54 AI057158-05 grant. Subcontractor. (Grants and Fellowships) 2007

NIH R01 AI069209-01 grant. Principal Investigator. (Grants and Fellowships) 2006

NIH R56 AI068038-01A1 grant. Co-Investigator. (Grants and Fellowships) 2006

NIH R21AI063384-01A1 grant. Principal Investigator. (Grants and Fellowships) 2005

Award Program Recognition, Program Projects and Center Grants, Cornell Medical College. (Awards and Honors) 2003

NIH P01 AI056293-01 grant. Project 4 Leader. (Grants and Fellowships) 2003

Cystic Fibrosis Association grant. Principal Investigator. (Grants and Fellowships) 2001

Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Therapeutics grant. Principal Investigator. (Grants and Fellowships) 2001

NYC Speaker's Fund for Biomedical Research grant. Principal Investigator. (Grants and Fellowships) 2000

Potts Memorial Foundation grant. Principal Investigator. (Grants and Fellowships) 2000

Stavros Niarchos Scholar, Stavros Niarchos Foundation, Weill Medical College of Cornell University. (Awards and Honors) 1999

Diploma de Honor, Class of 1989, B.Sc., Buenos Aires University. (Awards and Honors) 1998

Elizabeth Russel MacEachran Research Scholarship, University of Alberta, Canada. (Awards and Honors) 1994

University of Alberta Ph.D. Research Scholarship. (Awards and Honors) 1992

Buenos Aires University Research Scholarship for Graduate Students. (Awards and Honors) 1990

International Association for the Exchange of Students Scholarship. (Awards and Honors) 1990

Buenos Aires University Research Scholarship for Undergraduate Students. (Awards and Honors) 1988

Research Activities

To learn about the Quadri Lab's Research visit:

https://www.gc.cuny.edu/people/luis-quadri

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Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums

Regional Conference on Tuberculosis Biology. Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health. Albany, N.Y., March 23-24. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2015

Institute for Tuberculosis Research, Department of Medicinal Chemistry & Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, University of Illinois at Chicago. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2012

Annual Meeting of the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. Washington, D.C., April 9-13. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2011

Third Annual Regional Tuberculosis Conference in recognition of World TB Day. David Axelrod Institute, Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health. Albany, N.Y., March 24-25. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2011

David Axelrod Institute, Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health. Albany, N.Y., September. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2010

Department of Chemistry, Rutgers University. Newark, N.J. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2010

World Tuberculosis Day Symposium, Public Health Research Institute, New Jersey Medical School. Newark, N.J., March 23-24. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2010

Department of Molecular Medicine, University of South Florida Medical School. Tampa, Fla. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2009

Second Natural Products Zing Conference. Bolans Village, Antigua and Barbuda, March 1-4. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2009

Society for General Microbiology Meeting, Novel Therapeutics Symposium. Harrogate, United Kingdom. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2009

Zicklin Chair Seminar Speaker, Department of Biology, Brooklyn College. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2009

Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, New York Medical College. Valhalla, N.Y. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2008

Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts Amherst. Amherst, Mass. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2008

Fifth National RCE Meeting Program. Chicago. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2008

Seventh U.S.-Japan Seminar on the Biosynthesis of Natural Products: Enzymology, Structural Biology and Drug Discovery. La Jolla, Calif. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2008

Department of Chemistry, Stony Brook University. Stony Brook, N.Y. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2007

Novartis Vaccines & Diagnostics S.R.L. Siena, Italy. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2007

Public Health Research Institute and Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, New Jersey Medical School. Newark, N.J. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2007

The American Society for Microbiology 107th General Meeting. Toronto. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2007

Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard Medical School. Boston. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2006

Department of Microbiology and Immunology, East Carolina University School of Medicine. Greenville, N.C. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2006

Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, CVMBS, Colorado State University. Fort Collins, Colo. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2006

Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, University of Massachusetts Medical School. Worcester, Mass. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2006

Laboratory of Genetics and Microbial Ecology, Department of Biological Chemistry, University of Buenos Aires. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2004

AstraZeneca R&D Boston. Waltham, Mass. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2003

Department of Genetics, University of Georgia. Athens, Ga. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2003

Institute of Microbiology, Seoul National University. Seoul, South Korea. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2003

International Meeting of Microbiological Society of Korea. Chunchon, South Korea. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2003

Albany Molecular Research, Inc. Albany, N.Y. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2002

Center on Bioterrorism Infectious Disease and Genetics Discussion Group. Academic Medicine Development Company Foundation, Inc. New York. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2002

Harvard Medical School-New York Tuberculosis Discussion Group. Harvard School of Public Health. Boston. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2002

Tuberculosis Research Section, Laboratory of Host Defenses, National Institutes of Health. Rockville, Md. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2002

Second Argentine-American Medical Congress. New York. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2001

Twelfth International Symposium for Biology of Actinomycetes. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2001

Harvard Medical School-New York Tuberculosis Discussion Group. Harvard School of Public Health. Boston. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2000

Molecular Approaches to Tuberculosis Workshop. Madrid. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2000

The Rockefeller University. New York. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2000

Harvard-New York Tuberculosis Meeting. Harvard School of Public Health. Boston. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 1999

Molecular Genetics Unit, Ramon y Cajal Hospital. Madrid. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 1996

Fifth Symposium on Lactic Acid Bacteria: Genetics, Metabolism and Application. Valdohven, the Netherlands. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 1995

International Meeting on Bacteriocins of Lactic Acid Bacteria: Applications and Fundaments. Banff, Alberta, Canada. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 1995

NIZO Food Research Institute. The Netherlands. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 1995

Department of Biological Sciences, Univesity of Alberta, Canada. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 1993

Professional Leadership

Guest Editor, Pathogens Special Issue, Biology of Mycobacterial Pathogens. https://www.mdpi.com/journal/pathogens/special_issues/C0YX69H723 (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2022

Editorial board member, Archives of Clinical Microbiology. (http://imedpub.com/ojs/index.php/acmicrob/index). 2009-present. (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2009

Standing member, Drug Discovery and Mechanisms of Antimicrobial Resistance Study Section, NIH. 2009-2015. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2009

Symposium co-convener, "The Interface Between Microbial Pathogenesis and Chemical Biology." The American Society for Microbiology 107th General Meeting. Toronto. (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2007

Temporary (ad hoc) member, 13 NIH special emphasis panels / study sections / review groups, 2006-09. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2006

Reviewer (ad hoc), ACS Chemical Biology, Annals of Internal Medicine, Archives of Microbiology, Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters, BMC Genomics, Chembiochem, Chemistry and Biology, Eukaryotic Cell, European Journal of Biochemistry, FEBS Journal, FEMS Microbiology Reviews, Food Microbiology, Journal of Bacteriology, Journal of Experimental Medicine, Journal of Proteome Research, Letters in Applied Microbiology, Microbiology, Microbiology and, Molecular Biology Reviews, Molecular Microbiology, Nature Chemical Biology, Naturwissenschaften, Peptides and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, 1999-present. (Professional Leadership: Public Service) 1999