Oren Rosenberg, MD, PhD

Associate Adjunct Professor
Medicine
+1 415 514-0412

I am a physician-scientist who studies and treats infectious diseases. The goal of my laboratory is to discover and exploit molecular vulnerabilities in bacteria in order to design faster, cheaper, less toxic and more effective therapeutics to treat life-threatening infections.

Publications: 

Bioorthogonal Radiolabeling of Azide-Modified Bacteria Using [18F]FB-sulfo-DBCO.

Bioconjugate chemistry

Alanizi AA, Sorlin AM, Parker MFL, López-Álvarez M, Qin H, Lee SH, Blecha J, Rosenberg OS, Engel J, Ohliger MA, Flavell RR, Wilson DM

Investigating Pseudomonas aeruginosa Gene Function During Pathogenesis Using Mobile-CRISPRi.

Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.)

Yu MA, Banta AB, Ward RD, Prasad NK, Kwon MS, Rosenberg OS, Peters JM

Systematic functional interrogation of SARS-CoV-2 host factors using Perturb-seq.

Nature communications

Sunshine S, Puschnik AS, Replogle JM, Laurie MT, Liu J, Zha BS, Nuñez JK, Byrum JR, McMorrow AH, Frieman MB, Winkler J, Qiu X, Rosenberg OS, Leonetti MD, Ye CJ, Weissman JS, DeRisi JL, Hein MY

Evaluating the Performance of Pathogen-Targeted Positron Emission Tomography Radiotracers in a Rat Model of Vertebral Discitis-Osteomyelitis.

The Journal of infectious diseases

Parker MFL, López-Álvarez M, Alanizi AA, Luu JM, Polvoy I, Sorlin AM, Qin H, Lee S, Rabbitt SJ, Pichardo-González PA, Ordonez AA, Blecha J, Rosenberg OS, Flavell RR, Engel J, Jain SK, Ohliger MA, Wilson DM

Chemoenzymatic Syntheses of Fluorine-18-Labeled Disaccharides from [18F] FDG Yield Potent Sensors of Living Bacteria In Vivo.

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Sorlin AM, López-Álvarez M, Rabbitt SJ, Alanizi AA, Shuere R, Bobba KN, Blecha J, Sakhamuri S, Evans MJ, Bayles KW, Flavell RR, Rosenberg OS, Sriram R, Desmet T, Nidetzky B, Engel J, Ohliger MA, Fraser JS, Wilson DM

Chemoenzymatic syntheses of fluorine-18-labeled disaccharides from [ 18 F]FDG yield potent sensors of living bacteria in vivo.

bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology

Sorlin AM, López-Álvarez M, Rabbitt SJ, Alanizi AA, Shuere R, Bobba KN, Blecha J, Sakhamuri S, Evans MJ, Bayles KW, Flavell RR, Rosenberg OS, Sriram R, Desmet T, Nidetzky B, Engel J, Ohliger MA, Fraser JS, Wilson DM

Computational pipeline provides mechanistic understanding of Omicron variant of concern neutralizing engineered ACE2 receptor traps.

Structure (London, England : 1993)

Remesh SG, Merz GE, Brilot AF, Chio US, Rizo AN, Pospiech TH, Lui I, Laurie MT, Glasgow J, Le CQ, Zhang Y, Diwanji D, Hernandez E, Lopez J, Mehmood H, Pawar KI, Pourmal S, Smith AM, Zhou F, QCRG Structural Biology Consortium, DeRisi J, Kortemme T, Rosenberg OS, Glasgow A, Leung KK, Wells JA, Verba KA

Structure and dynamics of the essential endogenous mycobacterial polyketide synthase Pks13.

Nature structural & molecular biology

Kim SK, Dickinson MS, Finer-Moore J, Guan Z, Kaake RM, Echeverria I, Chen J, Pulido EH, Sali A, Krogan NJ, Rosenberg OS, Stroud RM

Structure and dynamics of the essential endogenous mycobacterial polyketide synthase PKs13 by cryogenic electron microscopy.

Biophysical journal

Robert M. Stroud, Sun Kyung Kim, Miles Sasha S. Dickinson, Oren S. Rosenberg

Structure and dynamics of the essential endogenous mycobacterial polyketide synthase Pks13.

bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology

Kim SK, Dickinson MS, Finer-Moore J, Guan Z, Kaake RM, Echeverria I, Chen J, Pulido EH, Sali A, Krogan NJ, Rosenberg OS, Stroud RM

Workshop-based learning and networking: a scalable model for research capacity strengthening in low- and middle-income countries.

Global health action

Perier C, Nasinghe E, Charles I, Ssetaba LJ, Ahyong V, Bangs D, Beatty PR, Czudnochowski N, Diallo A, Dugan E, Fabius JM, Fong Baker H, Gardner J, Isaacs S, Joanah B, Kalantar K, Kateete D, Knight M, Krasilnikov M, Krogan NJ, Langelier C, Lee E, Li LM, Licht D, Lien K, Lyons Z, Mboowa G, Mwebaza I, Mwesigwa S, Nalwadda G, Nichols R, Penaranda ME, Petnic S, Phelps M, Popper SJ, Rape M, Reingold A, Robbins R, Rosenberg OS, Savage DF, Schildhauer S, Settles ML, Sserwadda I, Stanley S, Tato CM, Tsitsiklis A, Van Dis E, Vanaerschot M, Vinden J, Cox JS, Joloba ML, Schaletzky J

P-65 Cyclic [68Ga] and [18F]AlF-labeled peptides for specific detection of human angiotensin-converting enzyme 2.

Nuclear Medicine and Biology

David Wilson, Anju Anju, Matthew Parker, Niranjan Meher, Joseph Blecha, Oren Rosenberg, Michael Ohliger, Robert Flavell

Computational pipeline provides mechanistic understanding of Omicron variant of concern neutralizing engineered ACE2 receptor traps.

bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology

Remesh SG, Merz GE, Brilot AF, Chio US, Rizo AN, Pospiech TH, Lui I, Laurie MT, Glasgow J, Le CQ, Zhang Y, Diwanji D, Hernandez E, Lopez J, Pawar KI, Pourmal S, Smith AM, Zhou F, QCRG Structural Biology Consortium, DeRisi J, Kortemme T, Rosenberg OS, Glasgow A, Leung KK, Wells JA, Verba KA

Nuclear imaging of bacterial infection: the state of the art and future directions.

Chinese Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Ilona Polvoy, Robert R. Flavell, Oren S. Rosenberg, Michael A. Ohliger, David M. Wilson

Imaging joint infections using D-methyl-11C-methionine PET/MRI: initial experience in humans.

European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging

Polvoy I, Seo Y, Parker M, Stewart M, Siddiqua K, Manacsa HS, Ravanfar V, Blecha J, Hope TA, Vanbrocklin H, Flavell RR, Barry J, Hansen E, Villanueva-Meyer JE, Engel J, Rosenberg OS, Wilson DM, Ohliger MA

Cbp1, a fungal virulence factor under positive selection, forms an effector complex that drives macrophage lysis.

PLoS pathogens

Azimova D, Herrera N, Duvenage L, Voorhies M, Rodriguez RA, English BC, Hoving JC, Rosenberg O, Sil A

Discovery proteomics analysis determines that driver oncogenes suppress antiviral defense pathways through reduction in interferon-b autocrine stimulation.

Molecular & cellular proteomics : MCP

Solomon PE, Kirkemo LL, Wilson GM, Leung KK, Almond MH, Sayles LC, Sweet-Cordero EA, Rosenberg OS, Coon JJ, Wells JA

Leaks in the Pipeline: a Failure Analysis of Gram-Negative Antibiotic Development from 2010 to 2020.

Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

Prasad NK, Seiple IB, Cirz RT, Rosenberg OS

Impaired immune signaling and changes in the lung microbiome precede secondary bacterial pneumonia in COVID-19.

medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences

Tsitsiklis A, Zha BS, Byrne A, DeVoe C, Rackaityte E, Levan S, Sunshine S, Mick E, Ghale R, Love C, Tarashansky AJ, Pisco A, Albright J, Jauregui A, Sarma A, Neff N, Serpa PH, Deiss TJ, Kistler A, Carrillo S, Ansel KM, Leligdowicz A, Christenson S, Detweiler A, Jones NG, Wu B, Darmanis S, Lynch SV, DeRisi JL, COMET Consortium, Matthay MA, Hendrickson CM, Kangelaris KN, Krummel MF, Woodruff PG, Erle DJ, Rosenberg O, Calfee CS, Langelier CR

CryoEM and AI reveal a structure of SARS-CoV-2 Nsp2, a multifunctional protein involved in key host processes.

Research square

Verba K, Gupta M, Azumaya C, Moritz M, Pourmal S, Diallo A, Merz G, Jang G, Bouhaddou M, Fossati A, Brilot A, Diwanji D, Hernandez E, Herrera N, Kratochvil H, Lam V, Li F, Li Y, Nguyen H, Nowotny C, Owens T, Peters J, Rizo A, Schulze-Gahmen U, Smith A, Young I, Yu Z, Asarnow D, Billesbølle C, Campbell M, Chen J, Chen KH, Chio US, Dickinson M, Doan L, Jin M, Kim K, Li J, Li YL, Linossi E, Liu Y, Lo M, Lopez J, Lopez K, Mancino A, Iii FM, Paul M, Pawar K, Pelin A, Pospiech T, Puchades C, Remesh S, Safari M, Schaefer K, Sun M, Tabios M, Thwin A, Titus E, Trenker R, Tse E, Tsui TKM, Feng F, Zhang K, Zhang Y, Zhao J, Zhou F, Zhou Y, Zuliani-Alvarez L, Agard D, Cheng Y, Fraser J, Jura N, Kortemme T, Manglik A, Southworth D, Stroud R, Swaney D, Krogan N, Frost A, Rosenberg O

CryoEM and AI reveal a structure of SARS-CoV-2 Nsp2, a multifunctional protein involved in key host processes.

bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology

Gupta M, Azumaya CM, Moritz M, Pourmal S, Diallo A, Merz GE, Jang G, Bouhaddou M, Fossati A, Brilot AF, Diwanji D, Hernandez E, Herrera N, Kratochvil HT, Lam VL, Li F, Li Y, Nguyen HC, Nowotny C, Owens TW, Peters JK, Rizo AN, Schulze-Gahmen U, Smith AM, Young ID, Yu Z, Asarnow D, Billesbølle C, Campbell MG, Chen J, Chen KH, Chio US, Dickinson MS, Doan L, Jin M, Kim K, Li J, Li YL, Linossi E, Liu Y, Lo M, Lopez J, Lopez KE, Mancino A, Moss FR, Paul MD, Pawar KI, Pelin A, Pospiech TH, Puchades C, Remesh SG, Safari M, Schaefer K, Sun M, Tabios MC, Thwin AC, Titus EW, Trenker R, Tse E, Tsui TKM, Wang F, Zhang K, Zhang Y, Zhao J, Zhou F, Zhou Y, Zuliani-Alvarez L, QCRG Structural Biology Consortium , Agard DA, Cheng Y, Fraser JS, Jura N, Kortemme T, Manglik A, Southworth DR, Stroud RM, Swaney DL, Krogan NJ, Frost A, Rosenberg OS, Verba KA

Impaired immune signaling and changes in the lung microbiome precede secondary bacterial pneumonia in COVID-19.

Research square

Tsitsiklis A, Zha B, Byrne A, DeVoe C, Levan S, Rackaityte E, Sunshine S, Mick E, Ghale R, Jauregui A, Neff N, Sarma A, Serpa P, Deiss T, Kistler A, Carrillo S, Ansel KM, Leligdowicz A, Christenson S, Jones N, Wu B, Darmanis S, Matthay M, Lynch S, DeRisi J, Consortium C, Hendrickson C, Kangelaris K, Krummel M, Woodruff P, Erle D, Rosenberg O, Calfee C, Langelier C

Cyclic gallium-68 labeled peptides for specific detection of human angiotensin-converting enzyme 2.

Journal of nuclear medicine : official publication, Society of Nuclear Medicine

Parker M, Blecha J, Rosenberg O, Ohliger M, Flavell RR, Wilson DM

Engineered ACE2 receptor traps potently neutralize SARS-CoV-2.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Glasgow A, Glasgow J, Limonta D, Solomon P, Lui I, Zhang Y, Nix MA, Rettko NJ, Zha S, Yamin R, Kao K, Rosenberg OS, Ravetch JV, Wiita AP, Leung KK, Lim SA, Zhou XX, Hobman TC, Kortemme T, Wells JA

Comparative host-coronavirus protein interaction networks reveal pan-viral disease mechanisms.

Science (New York, N.Y.)

Gordon DE, Hiatt J, Bouhaddou M, Rezelj VV, Ulferts S, Braberg H, Jureka AS, Obernier K, Guo JZ, Batra J, Kaake RM, Weckstein AR, Owens TW, Gupta M, Pourmal S, Titus EW, Cakir M, Soucheray M, McGregor M, Cakir Z, Jang G, O'Meara MJ, Tummino TA, Zhang Z, Foussard H, Rojc A, Zhou Y, Kuchenov D, Hüttenhain R, Xu J, Eckhardt M, Swaney DL, Fabius JM, Ummadi M, Tutuncuoglu B, Rathore U, Modak M, Haas P, Haas KM, Naing ZZC, Pulido EH, Shi Y, Barrio-Hernandez I, Memon D, Petsalaki E, Dunham A, Marrero MC, Burke D, Koh C, Vallet T, Silvas JA, Azumaya CM, Billesbølle C, Brilot AF, Campbell MG, Diallo A, Dickinson MS, Diwanji D, Herrera N, Hoppe N, Kratochvil HT, Liu Y, Merz GE, Moritz M, Nguyen HC, Nowotny C, Puchades C, Rizo AN, Schulze-Gahmen U, Smith AM, Sun M, Young ID, Zhao J, Asarnow D, Biel J, Bowen A, Braxton JR, Chen J, Chio CM, Chio US, Deshpande I, Doan L, Faust B, Flores S, Jin M, Kim K, Lam VL, Li F, Li J, Li YL, Li Y, Liu X, Lo M, Lopez KE, Melo AA, Moss FR, Nguyen P, Paulino J, Pawar KI, Peters JK, Pospiech TH, Safari M, Sangwan S, Schaefer K, Thomas PV, Thwin AC, Trenker R, Tse E, Tsui TKM, Wang F, Whitis N, Yu Z, Zhang K, Zhang Y, Zhou F, Saltzberg D

Nuclear imaging of bacterial infection- state of the art and future directions.

Journal of nuclear medicine : official publication, Society of Nuclear Medicine

Polvoy I, Flavell RR, Ohliger M, Rosenberg O, Wilson DM

Engineered ACE2 receptor traps potently neutralize SARS-CoV-2.

bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology

Glasgow A, Glasgow J, Limonta D, Solomon P, Lui I, Zhang Y, Nix MA, Rettko NJ, Lim SA, Zha S, Yamin R, Kao K, Rosenberg OS, Ravetch JV, Wiita AP, Leung KK, Zhou XX, Hobman TC, Kortemme T, Wells JA

Small molecule sensors targeting the bacterial cell wall.

ACS infectious diseases

Parker MFL, Flavell RR, Luu J, Rosenberg OS, Ohliger MA, Wilson DM

A SARS-CoV-2 protein interaction map reveals targets for drug repurposing.

Nature

Gordon DE, Jang GM, Bouhaddou M, Xu J, Obernier K, White KM, O'Meara MJ, Rezelj VV, Guo JZ, Swaney DL, Tummino TA, Huettenhain R, Kaake RM, Richards AL, Tutuncuoglu B, Foussard H, Batra J, Haas K, Modak M, Kim M, Haas P, Polacco BJ, Braberg H, Fabius JM, Eckhardt M, Soucheray M, Bennett MJ, Cakir M, McGregor MJ, Li Q, Meyer B, Roesch F, Vallet T, Mac Kain A, Miorin L, Moreno E, Naing ZZC, Zhou Y, Peng S, Shi Y, Zhang Z, Shen W, Kirby IT, Melnyk JE, Chorba JS, Lou K, Dai SA, Barrio-Hernandez I, Memon D, Hernandez-Armenta C, Lyu J, Mathy CJP, Perica T, Pilla KB, Ganesan SJ, Saltzberg DJ, Rakesh R, Liu X, Rosenthal SB, Calviello L, Venkataramanan S, Liboy-Lugo J, Lin Y, Huang XP, Liu Y, Wankowicz SA, Bohn M, Safari M, Ugur FS, Koh C, Savar NS, Tran QD, Shengjuler D, Fletcher SJ, O'Neal MC, Cai Y, Chang JCJ, Broadhurst DJ, Klippsten S, Sharp PP, Wenzell NA, Kuzuoglu D, Wang HY, Trenker R, Young JM, Cavero DA, Hiatt J, Roth TL, Rathore U, Subramanian A, Noack J, Hubert M, Stroud RM, Frankel AD, Rosenberg OS, Verba KA, Agard DA, Ott M, Emerman M, Jura N, von Zastrow M, Verdin E, Ashworth A, Schwartz O, d'Enfert C, Mukherjee S, Jacobson M, Malik HS, Fujimori DG, Ideker T, Craik CS, Floor SN, Fraser JS, Gross JD, Sali A, Roth BL, Ruggero D, Taunton J, Kortemme T, Beltrao P, Vignuzzi M, García-Sastre A, Shokat KM, Shoichet BK, Krogan NJ

Arabinofuranose-derived positron-emission tomography radiotracers for detection of pathogenic microorganisms.

Journal of labelled compounds & radiopharmaceuticals

Kalita M, Parker MFL, Luu JM, Stewart MN, Blecha JE, VanBrocklin HF, Evans MJ, Flavell RR, Rosenberg OS, Ohliger MA, Wilson DM

Sensing Living Bacteria in Vivo Using d-Alanine-Derived 11C Radiotracers.

ACS central science

Parker MFL, Luu JM, Schulte B, Huynh TL, Stewart MN, Sriram R, Yu MA, Jivan S, Turnbaugh PJ, Flavell RR, Rosenberg OS, Ohliger MA, Wilson DM

The structure of the endogenous ESX-3 secretion system.

eLife

Poweleit N, Czudnochowski N, Nakagawa R, Trinidad D, Murphy KC, Sassetti CM, Rosenberg OS

High enantiomeric excess D-[methyl-11C]methionine for use as a diagnostic PET radiotracer in bacterial infection.

ACS infectious diseases

Stewart M, Parker MFL, Jivan S, Luu J, Huynh T, Schulte B, Seo Y, Blecha J, Villanueva-Meyer J, Flavell RR, VanBrocklin HF, Ohliger M, Rosenberg O, Wilson DM

Modulating pathogenesis with Mobile-CRISPRi.

Journal of bacteriology

Qu J, Prasad NK, Yu MA, Chen S, Lyden A, Herrera N, Silvis MR, Crawford E, Looney MR, Peters JM, Rosenberg OS

Two Accessory Proteins Govern MmpL3 Mycolic Acid Transport in Mycobacteria.

mBio

Fay A, Czudnochowski N, Rock JM, Johnson JR, Krogan NJ, Rosenberg O, Glickman MS

Controlling CRISPR-Cas9 with ligand-activated and ligand-deactivated sgRNAs.

Nature communications

Kundert K, Lucas JE, Watters KE, Fellmann C, Ng AH, Heineike BM, Fitzsimmons CM, Oakes BL, Qu J, Prasad N, Rosenberg OS, Savage DF, El-Samad H, Doudna JA, Kortemme T

Enabling genetic analysis of diverse bacteria with Mobile-CRISPRi.

Nature microbiology

Peters JM, Koo BM, Patino R, Heussler GE, Hearne CC, Qu J, Inclan YF, Hawkins JS, Lu CHS, Silvis MR, Harden MM, Osadnik H, Peters JE, Engel JN, Dutton RJ, Grossman AD, Gross CA, Rosenberg OS

[11C]Para-Aminobenzoic Acid: A Positron Emission Tomography Tracer Targeting Bacteria-Specific Metabolism.

ACS infectious diseases

Mutch CA, Ordonez AA, Qin H, Parker M, Bambarger LE, Villanueva-Meyer JE, Blecha J, Carroll V, Taglang C, Flavell R, Sriram R, VanBrocklin H, Rosenberg O, Ohliger MA, Jain SK, Neumann KD, Wilson DM

Detection of Bacteria-Specific Metabolism Using Hyperpolarized [2-13C]Pyruvate.

ACS infectious diseases

Sriram R, Sun J, Villanueva-Meyer J, Mutch C, De Los Santos J, Peters J, Korenchan DE, Neumann K, Van Criekinge M, Kurhanewicz J, Rosenberg O, Wilson D, Ohliger MA

Imaging Active Infection in vivo Using D-Amino Acid Derived PET Radiotracers.

Scientific reports

Neumann KD, Villanueva-Meyer JE, Mutch CA, Flavell RR, Blecha JE, Kwak T, Sriram R, VanBrocklin HF, Rosenberg OS, Ohliger MA, Wilson DM

Chlamydia interfere with an interaction between the mannose-6-phosphate receptor and sorting nexins to counteract host restriction.

eLife

Elwell CA, Czudnochowski N, von Dollen J, Johnson JR, Nakagawa R, Mirrashidi K, Krogan NJ, Engel JN, Rosenberg OS

Global Mapping of the Inc-Human Interactome Reveals that Retromer Restricts Chlamydia Infection.

Cell host & microbe

Mirrashidi KM, Elwell CA, Verschueren E, Johnson JR, Frando A, Von Dollen J, Rosenberg O, Gulbahce N, Jang G, Johnson T, Jäger S, Gopalakrishnan AM, Sherry J, Dunn JD, Olive A, Penn B, Shales M, Cox JS, Starnbach MN, Derre I, Valdivia R, Krogan NJ, Engel J

Substrates Control Multimerization and Activation of the Multi-Domain ATPase Motor of Type VII Secretion.

Cell

Rosenberg OS, Dovala D, Li X, Connolly L, Bendebury A, Finer-Moore J, Holton J, Cheng Y, Stroud RM, Cox JS

Structure of a new DNA-binding domain which regulates pathogenesis in a wide variety of fungi.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Lohse MB, Rosenberg OS, Cox JS, Stroud RM, Finer-Moore JS, Johnson AD

Immune reconstitution reactions in human immunodeficiency virus-negative patients: report of a case and review of the literature.

JAMA dermatology

Scharschmidt TC, Amerson EH, Rosenberg OS, Jacobs RA, McCalmont TH, Shinkai K

A mechanism for tunable autoinhibition in the structure of a human Ca2+/calmodulin- dependent kinase II holoenzyme.

Cell

Chao LH, Stratton MM, Lee IH, Rosenberg OS, Levitz J, Mandell DJ, Kortemme T, Groves JT, Schulman H, Kuriyan J

EspR, a key regulator of Mycobacterium tuberculosis virulence, adopts a unique dimeric structure among helix-turn-helix proteins.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Rosenberg OS, Dovey C, Tempesta M, Robbins RA, Finer-Moore JS, Stroud RM, Cox JS

Oligomerization states of the association domain and the holoenyzme of Ca2+/CaM kinase II.

The FEBS journal

Rosenberg OS, Deindl S, Comolli LR, Hoelz A, Downing KH, Nairn AC, Kuriyan J

Sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine in treatment of malaria in Western Kenya: increasing resistance and underdosing.

Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

Terlouw DJ, Nahlen BL, Courval JM, Kariuki SK, Rosenberg OS, Oloo AJ, Kolczak MS, Hawley WA, Lal AA, Kuile FO

Treatment history and treatment dose are important determinants of sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine efficacy in children with uncomplicated malaria in Western Kenya.

The Journal of infectious diseases

Terlouw DJ, Courval JM, Kolczak MS, Rosenberg OS, Oloo AJ, Kager PA, Lal AA, Nahlen BL, ter Kuile FO