Niaz Banaei
· Professor of Pathology and Medicine, Director of Stanford Clinical Microbiology Fellowship, Director of Stanford Global Health Diagnostics FellowshipStanford University · African Studies
Active 2005–2026
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About
Niaz Banaei is a member of the Advisory Board at the Center for African Studies at Stanford University. The page does not provide specific details about his research focus, background, or key contributions.
Research topics
- Medicine
- Biology
- Internal medicine
- Genetics
- Immunology
- Pathology
- Microbiology
- Nanotechnology
- Materials science
- Computer Science
Selected publications
Clinical Infectious Diseases · 2020 · 323 citations
Senior authorCorrespondingAbstract Background Metagenomic next-generation sequencing (mNGS) of plasma cell-free DNA has emerged as an attractive diagnostic modality allowing broad-range pathogen detection, noninvasive sampling, and earlier diagnosis. However, little is known about its real-world clinical impact as used in routine practice. Methods We performed a retrospective cohort study of all patients for whom plasma mNGS (Karius test) was performed for all indications at 5 United States institutions over 1.5 years. C…
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2020 · 309 citations
The rapid spread of COVID-19 across the world has revealed major gaps in our ability to respond to new virulent pathogens. Rapid, accurate, and easily configurable molecular diagnostic tests are imperative to prevent global spread of new diseases. CRISPR-based diagnostic approaches are proving to be useful as field-deployable solutions. In one basic form of this assay, the CRISPR-Cas12 enzyme complexes with a synthetic guide RNA (gRNA). This complex becomes activated only when it specifically bi…
The immunoregulatory landscape of human tuberculosis granulomas
Nature Immunology · 2022 · 292 citations
myeloid cells. In a further transcriptomic meta-analysis of peripheral blood from patients with TB, immunoregulatory trends mirror those identified by granuloma imaging. Notably, PD-L1 expression is associated with progression to active TB and treatment response. These data indicate that in TB granulomas, there are local spatially coordinated immunoregulatory programs with systemic manifestations that define active TB.
Nano Letters · 2020 · 98 citations
bacteria in water. Varying the concentration of bacteria and nanorods, we achieve large-area SERS enhancement that is independent of nanorod resonance and bacteria type; however, bacteria with higher surface charge density exhibit significantly higher SERS signal. Using cryo-electron microscopy and zeta potential measurements, we show that the higher signal results from attraction between positively charged nanorods and negatively charged bacteria. Our robust liquid-SERS measurements provide a f…
Journal of Clinical Virology · 2020 · 62 citations
Senior authorCorresponding
Frequent coauthors
- 104 shared
Indre Budvytiene
Stanford University
- 87 shared
Benjamin A. Pinsky
Communities In Schools of Orange County
- 45 shared
Catherine A. Hogan
- 38 shared
Kanagavel Murugesan
Stanford University
- 30 shared
Fiona Senchyna
Stanford University
- 29 shared
Rajiv L. Gaur
- 28 shared
Ángel Moreno
Stanford University
- 26 shared
Cynthia Truong
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Labs
Education
M.D.
Stanford University
Other, Laboratory Medicine
University of California, San Francisco
Other, Infectious Diseases
New York University
Awards & honors
- Kenneth L. Vosti Infectious Diseases and Stanford University…
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