Robab Katani
Assistant Research Professor of Global Health
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204 Wartik Laboratory
University Park, PA 16802 - rxk104@psu.edu
- 814-867-0256
Research Summary
Global health security, infectious diseases, and host-pathogen dynamics, as well as expertise in the enhancement of capabilities in the Low- and Middle-Income Countries, including Tanzania and India.
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Most Recent Publications
Molecular evidence of Brucella abortus circulating in cattle, goats, and humans in Central Equatoria State, South Sudan
Emmanuel P. Lita, Ernatus M. Mkupasi, Erneo B. Ochi, Gerald Misinzo, Henriette van Heerden, Robab Katani, Jacques Godfroid, Coletha Mathew, 2025, Scientific Reports
Draft genome sequences of six Brucella melitensis isolates collected from humans and livestock in Tanzania
Earl A. Middlebrook, Ephrasia Hugho, Beatus Lyimo, Coletha Mathew, Charles Mayenga, Lingling Li, Nelson B. Amani, Abdul Hamid Lukambagire, Happiness Kumburu, Lidia Munuo, Samson Lyimo, Gabriel Shirima, Rudovick R. Kazwala, Maurice Byukusenge, Blandina Mmbaga, Zachariah Makondo, Vivek Kapur, Joram Buza, Jeanne M. Fair, Robab Katani, 2025, Genome Announcements
Seroprevalence and risk factors of brucellosis in pastoralists and their livestock in Central Equatoria State, South Sudan
Emmanuel P. Lita, Erneo B. Ochi, Gerald Misinzo, Henriette van Heerden, Robab Katani, Jacques Godfroid, Coletha Mathew, 2024, PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
OrthoPhyl—streamlining large-scale, orthology-based phylogenomic studies of bacteria at broad evolutionary scales
Earl A. Middlebrook, Robab Katani, Jeanne M. Fair, 2024, G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics
Seroprevalence and risk factors for brucellosis amongst livestock and humans in a multi-herd ranch system in Kagera, Tanzania
Peter Hudson, Beatus Lyimo, Ephrasia Hugho, Coletha Mathew, Charles Mayenga, Abdul Hamid Lukambagire, Samson Lyimo, Lidia Munuo, Maurice Byukusenge, Jodie Withall, Roland T. Ashford, Blandina T. Mmbaga, Zachariah Makondo, John McGiven, Jessica Radzio-Basu, Erika Ganda, Earl A. Middlebrook, Andrew W. Bartlow, Jeanne M. Fair, Gabriel Shirima, Nammalwar Sriranganathan, Rudovick R. Kazwala, Isabella M. Cattadori, Vivek Kapur, Joram J. Buza, Robab Katani, 2024, Frontiers in Public Health on p. 1478494
Identification of Bacillus anthracis, Brucella spp., and Coxiella burnetii DNA signatures from bushmeat
Robab Katani, Megan A. Schilling, Beatus Lyimo, Ernest Eblate, Andimile Martin, Triza Tonui, Isabella M. Cattadori, Stephen C. Francesconi, Anna Bond Estes, Dennis Rentsch, Sreenidhi Srinivasan, Samson Lyimo, Lidia Munuo, Christian K. Tiambo, Francesca Stomeo, Paul Gwakisa, Fausta Mosha, Peter John Hudson, Joram J. Buza, Vivek Kapur, 2021, Scientific Reports
Strain and host-cell dependent role of type-1 fimbriae in the adherence phenotype of super-shed Escherichia coli O157:H7
Robab Katani, Indira T. Kudva, Sreenidhi Srinivasan, Judith B. Stasko, Megan Schilling, Lingling Li, Rebecca Cote, Chitrita DebRoy, Terrance M. Arthur, Evgeni V. Sokurenko, Vivek Kapur, 2021, International Journal of Medical Microbiology
Complete genome sequence of mycobacterium orygis strain 51145
Syed Beenish Rufai, Fiona McIntosh, Indira Poojary, Shubhada Chothe, Aswathy Sebastian, Istvan Albert, Craig Praul, Manigandan Venkatesan, Gibarni Mahata, Hindol Maity, Premanshu Dandapat, Joy Sarojini Michael, Robab Katani, Vivek Kapur, Marcel A. Behr, 2021, Genome Announcements
Limited window for donation of convalescent plasma with high live-virus neutralizing antibody titers for COVID-19 immunotherapy
Abhinay Gontu, Sreenidhi Srinivasan, Eric Salazar, Meera Surendran Nair, Ruth Nissly, Denver Greenawalt, Ian Bird, Catherine Herzog, Matthew J. Ferrari, Indira Poojary, others, Robab Katani, Scott E. Lindner, Allen M. Minns, Randall Rossi, Paul A. Christensen, Brian Castillo, Jian Chen, Todd N. Eagar, Xin Yi, Picheng Zhao, Christopher Leveque, Randall J. Olsen, David W. Bernard, Jimmy Gollihar, Suresh V. Kuchipudi, James M. Musser, Vivek Kapur, 2021, Communications Biology on p. 1--9
Nonfimbrial Adhesin Mutants Reveal Divergent Escherichia coli O157:H7 Adherence Mechanisms on Human and Cattle Epithelial Cells
Matthew R. Moreau, Indira T. Kudva, Robab Katani, Rebecca Cote, Lingling Li, Terrance M. Arthur, Vivek Kapur, 2021, International Journal of Microbiology
Most-Cited Papers
Comparison of O-antigen gene clusters of all O-serogroups of Escherichia coli and proposal for adopting a new nomenclature for O-typing
Chitrita DebRoy, Pina M. Fratamico, Xianghe Yan, Gian Marco Baranzoni, Yanhong Liu, David S. Needleman, Robert Tebbs, Catherine D. O'Connell, Adam Allred, Michelle Swimley, Michael Mwangi, Vivek Kapur, Juan A. Raygoza Garay, Elisabeth L. Roberts, Robab Katani, 2016, PLoS One on p. e0147434
Reconsidering Mycobacterium bovis as a proxy for zoonotic tuberculosis: a molecular epidemiological surveillance study
Shannon C. Duffy, Sreenidhi Srinivasan, Megan A. Schilling, Tod Stuber, Sarah N. Danchuk, Joy S. Michael, Manigandan Venkatesan, Nitish Bansal, Sushila Maan, Naresh Jindal, Deepika Chaudhary, Premanshu Dandapat, Robab Katani, Shubhada Chothe, Maroudam Veerasami, Suelee Robbe-Austerman, Nicholas Juleff, Vivek Kapur, Marcel A. Behr, 2020, The Lancet Microbe on p. e66-e73
Transcriptional innate immune response of the developing chicken embryo to Newcastle disease virus infection
Megan A. Schilling, Robab Katani, Sahar Memari, Meredith Cavanaugh, Joram Buza, Jessica Radzio Basu, Fulgence N. Mpenda, Melissa S. Deist, Susan J. Lamont, Vivek Kapur, 2018, Frontiers in Genetics
Impact of helminth infections and nutritional constraints on the small intestine microbiota
Isabella M. Cattadori, Aswathy Sebastian, Han Hao, Robab Katani, Istvan Albert, Kirsten E. Eilertson, Vivek Kapur, Ashutosh Pathak, Susan Mitchell, 2016, PLoS One on p. e0159770
Rapid detection of Escherichia coli O157 and shiga toxins by lateral flow immunoassays
Jinliang Wang, Robab Katani, Lingling Li, Narasimha Hegde, Elisabeth L. Roberts, Vivek Kapur, Chitrita DebRoy, 2016, Toxins
Comparative analysis of super-shedder strains of Escherichia coli O157:H7 reveals distinctive genomic features and a strongly aggregative adherent phenotype on bovine rectoanal junction squamous epithelial cells
Rebecca Cote, Robab Katani, Matthew R. Moreau, Indira T. Kudva, Terrance M. Arthur, Chitrita DebRoy, Michael M. Mwangi, Istvan Albert, Juan Antonio Raygoza Garay, Lingling Li, Maria T. Brandl, Michelle Q. Carter, Vivek Kapur, 2015, PLoS One on p. e0116743
IMAP: An integrated bioinformatics and visualization pipeline for microbiome data analysis
Teresia M. Buza, Triza Tonui, Francesca Stomeo, Christian Tiambo, Robab Katani, Megan Schilling, Beatus Lyimo, Paul Gwakisa, Isabella M. Cattadori, Joram Buza, Vivek Kapur, 2019, BMC Bioinformatics
Limited window for donation of convalescent plasma with high live-virus neutralizing antibody titers for COVID-19 immunotherapy
Abhinay Gontu, Sreenidhi Srinivasan, Eric Salazar, Meera Surendran Nair, Ruth Nissly, Denver Greenawalt, Ian Bird, Catherine Herzog, Matthew J. Ferrari, Indira Poojary, others, Robab Katani, Scott E. Lindner, Allen M. Minns, Randall Rossi, Paul A. Christensen, Brian Castillo, Jian Chen, Todd N. Eagar, Xin Yi, Picheng Zhao, Christopher Leveque, Randall J. Olsen, David W. Bernard, Jimmy Gollihar, Suresh V. Kuchipudi, James M. Musser, Vivek Kapur, 2021, Communications Biology on p. 1--9
Identification of sero-reactive antigens for the early diagnosis of Johne’s disease in cattle
Lingling Li, John P. Bannantine, Joseph J. Campo, Arlo Randall, Yrjo T. Grohn, Robab Katani, Megan Schilling, Jessica Radzio-Basu, Vivek Kapur, 2017, PLoS One
Complete genome sequence of Escherichia coli strain RS218 (O18: H7: K1), associated with neonatal meningitis
Dona Saumya S. Wijetunge, Robab Katani, Vivek Kapur, Subhashinie Kariyawasama, 2015, Genome Announcements on p. 10
News Articles Featuring Robab Katani
Feb 25, 2021
Study finds short window for donating convalescent plasma to COVID-19 patients
The optimal timeframe for donating convalescent plasma for use in COVID-19 immunotherapy, which was given emergency-use authorization by the Food and Drug Administration in August 2020, is within 60 days of the onset of symptoms, according to a new Penn State-led study.
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Feb 25, 2021
Study finds short window for donating convalescent plasma to COVID-19 patients
The optimal timeframe for donating convalescent plasma for use in COVID-19 immunotherapy, which was given emergency use authorization by the Food and Drug Administration in August 2020, is within 60 days of the onset of symptoms, according to a new study. The research also reveals that the ideal convalescent plasma donor is a recovered COVID-19 patient who is older than 30 and whose illness had been severe.
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Dec 02, 2019
Bushmeat may breed deadly bacteria
People who eat wildebeests, warthogs and other wild African animals may be at risk for contracting potentially life-threatening diseases, according to an international team of researchers. The team analyzed samples of bushmeat — meat derived from wildlife — in the Western Serengeti in Tanzania and identified several groups of bacteria.
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Dec 02, 2019
Bushmeat may breed deadly bacteria
People who eat wildebeests, wart hogs and other wild African animals may be at risk for contracting potentially life-threatening diseases, according to an international team of researchers. The team analyzed samples of bushmeat—meat derived from wildlife—in the Western Serengeti in Tanzania and identified several groups of bacteria, many of which contain the species that cause diseases such as anthrax, brucellosis and Q fever.
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Jun 17, 2019
Researchers find genes that could help create more resilient chickens
An international team of scientists, led by Penn State researchers, have identified genes that may help farmers, especially ones in low- and middle-income countries, breed chickens that can resist one of the biggest disease threats facing poultry today.
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