Kristina Ferrara
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Kristina graduated from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute with a B.S. in Biochemistry & Biophysics. After earning her bachelor's degree, she worked in the laboratory of Dr. Deborah Hung at Massachusetts General Hospital where she studied the pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa. She is currently a graduate student in the Pi Lab and is investigating the formation of ferrosomes in Clostridioides difficile.
Last Updated on March 24, 2024.
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- BS
- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Biochemistry & Biophysics (2020)
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Medical Research Interests
Bacterial Infections; Microbiology
ORCID
0009-0003-7039-3030
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Yale Co-Authors
Frequent collaborators of Kristina Ferrara's published research.
Hualiang Pi, PhD
Yixuan Liu
Publications
2026
Ferrosome Organelles Spatially Insulate a Redox-Active Ferrous Phosphate Biomineral from Cytosolic ROS Chemistry.
Zhao K, Ferrara KM, Liu Y, Abernathy MJ, Sarangi R, Pi H. Ferrosome Organelles Spatially Insulate a Redox-Active Ferrous Phosphate Biomineral from Cytosolic ROS Chemistry. BioRxiv 2026 PMID: 42367999, DOI: 10.64898/2026.06.16.732667.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAn inducible CRISPRi system for phenotypic analysis of essential genes in Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Sullivan J, Ferrara K, Barrick R, Romano K, Warrier T, Hung D. An inducible CRISPRi system for phenotypic analysis of essential genes in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. MBio 2026, 17: e02767-25. PMID: 41670347, PMCID: PMC12977507, DOI: 10.1128/mbio.02767-25.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2024
Discovery of a Pseudomonas aeruginosa-specific small molecule targeting outer membrane protein OprH-LPS interaction by a multiplexed screen
Poulsen B, Warrier T, Barkho S, Bagnall J, Romano K, White T, Yu X, Kawate T, Nguyen P, Raines K, Ferrara K, Golas A, FitzGerald M, Boeszoermenyi A, Kaushik V, Serrano-Wu M, Shoresh N, Hung D. Discovery of a Pseudomonas aeruginosa-specific small molecule targeting outer membrane protein OprH-LPS interaction by a multiplexed screen. Cell Chemical Biology 2024, 32: 307-324.e15. PMID: 39732052, PMCID: PMC12117999, DOI: 10.1016/j.chembiol.2024.12.001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricBacterial Organelles in Iron Physiology
Ferrara K, Pi H. Bacterial Organelles in Iron Physiology. Molecular Microbiology 2024, 122: 914-928. PMID: 39545931, PMCID: PMC11659020, DOI: 10.1111/mmi.15330.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsCitationsAltmetricPerturbation-specific transcriptional mapping for unbiased target elucidation of antibiotics
Romano K, Bagnall J, Warrier T, Sullivan J, Ferrara K, Orzechowski M, Nguyen P, Raines K, Livny J, Shoresh N, Hung D. Perturbation-specific transcriptional mapping for unbiased target elucidation of antibiotics. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2024, 121: e2409747121. PMID: 39467118, PMCID: PMC11551328, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2409747121.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetric
2021
Genetic and Biochemical Characterization of the Na+/H+ Antiporters of Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Foreman S, Ferrara K, Hreha T, Duran-Pinedo A, Frias-Lopez J, Barquera B. Genetic and Biochemical Characterization of the Na+/H+ Antiporters of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Journal Of Bacteriology 2021, 203: 10.1128/jb.00284-21. PMID: 34280000, PMCID: PMC8378476, DOI: 10.1128/jb.00284-21.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricThe three NADH dehydrogenases of Pseudomonas aeruginosa: Their roles in energy metabolism and links to virulence
Hreha T, Foreman S, Duran-Pinedo A, Morris A, Diaz-Rodriguez P, Jones J, Ferrara K, Bourges A, Rodriguez L, Koffas M, Hahn M, Hauser A, Barquera B. The three NADH dehydrogenases of Pseudomonas aeruginosa: Their roles in energy metabolism and links to virulence. PLOS ONE 2021, 16: e0244142. PMID: 33534802, PMCID: PMC7857637, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0244142.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetric
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