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Nathalie Chen

    Education & Training

  • Carnegie Mellon University, BS, 2018
Representative Publications

McElheny CL, Iovleva A, Chen N, Woods D, Pradhan A, Sonnabend JL, Matunis AR, Raabe NJ, Lee JS, Trevejo-Nuñez G, Van Tyne D, Doi Y. Prevalence and features of hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae in respiratory specimens at a US hospital system. Infect Immun. 2025 Jan 31;93(1):e0048624. doi: 10.1128/iai.00486-24. Epub 2024 Dec 11. PMID: 39660916; PMCID: PMC11784238.

Bain W, Ahn B, Peñaloza HF, McElheny CL, Tolman N, van der Geest R, Gonzalez-Ferrer S, Chen N, An X, Hosuru R, Tabary M, Papke E, Kohli N, Farooq N, Bachman W, Olonisakin TF, Xiong Z, Griffith MP, Sullivan M, Franks J, Mustapha MM, Iovleva A, Suber T, Shanks RQ, Ferreira VP, Stolz DB, Van Tyne D, Doi Y, Lee JS. In Vivo Evolution of a Klebsiella pneumoniae Capsule Defect With wcaJ Mutation Promotes Complement-Mediated Opsonophagocytosis During Recurrent Infection. J Infect Dis. 2024 Jul 25;230(1):209-220. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiae003. PMID: 39052750; PMCID: PMC11272070.

Bain W, Ahn B, Peñaloza HF, McElheny CL, Tolman N, van der Geest R, Gonzalez-Ferrer S, Chen N, An X, Hosuru R, Tabary M, Papke E, Kohli N, Farooq N, Bachman W, Olonisakin TF, Xiong Z, Griffith MP, Sullivan M, Franks J, Mustapha MM, Iovleva A, Suber T, Shanks RQ, Ferreira VP, Stolz DB, Van Tyne D, Doi Y, Lee JS. In vivo evolution of a Klebsiella pneumoniae capsule defect promotes complement-mediated opsono-phagocytosis and persistence during recurrent infection. bioRxiv [Preprint]. 2023 Jun 1:2023.05.31.542722. doi: 10.1101/2023.05.31.542722. PMID: 37398264; PMCID: PMC10312532.

Student Year
G3
Career Advisor
Lawrence Kane, PhD
Thesis Advisor
Daria Van Tyne, PhD and John Meller, MD
Program
Microbiology and Immunology
Trainee
Current
Training Start Year
2020