Dionysios Liveris, Ph.D.
Dionysios Liveris, Ph.D., has direct oversight of the SOM Microbiology Laboratory Educational Program and Management of the curriculum helping medical students to attain their future goals in healthcare.
A CDC-trained Laboratorian, Dr. Liveris has been the LSO of the NYMC BSL3 facility since its inception. As a bacterial geneticist, he was previously a research assistant professor at the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at NYMC. Dr. Liveris also served as senior Laboratory manager for the chair of the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of NYMC, for more than 20 years.
Dr. Liveris has authored and co-authored a number of publications and book chapters and has presented in numerous meetings both nationally and internationally. He has lectured as an adjunct in several Colleges in New York state, such as Mercy College, the CUNY system, Pace University, and at New York Podiatric school.
Areas of Expertise
- Microbiology, Bacterial Genetics, and Physiology
- Genetics and diagnostics of B. Burgdorferi agent of Human Lyme disease
Education
- B.S., Biology, City College of New York
- M.S., City College of New York
- M.P.S., City University of New York (CUNY)
- Ph.D., City University of New York (CUNY)
- Post-doctoral Research, New York Medical College
Research
- Genetics and diagnostics of B. Burgdorferi agent of Human Lyme disease
Publications
- Aguero-Rosenfeld ME, Zentmaier L, Liveris D, et. al. "Culture and other direct detection methods to diagnose human granulocytic anaplasmosis." American journal of clinical pathology, (), (2024) . pii: aqae126. doi: 10.1093/ajcp/aqae126
- Lemieux JE, Huang W, Hill N, et. al. "Whole genome sequencing of human Borrelia burgdorferi isolates reveals linked blocks of accessory genome elements located on plasmids and associated with human dissemination." PLoS pathogens, 19(8), (2023) e1011243. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1011243
- Lemieux JE, Huang W, Hill N, et. al. "Whole genome sequencing of Borrelia burgdorferi isolates reveals linked clusters of plasmid-borne accessory genome elements associated with virulence." bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology, (), (2023) . pii: 2023.02.26.530159. doi: 10.1101/2023.02.26.530159
- Mukherjee PG, Liveris D, Hanincova K, et. al. "Borrelia burgdorferi Outer Surface Protein C Is Not the Sole Determinant of Dissemination in Mammals." Infection and immunity, 91(4), (2023) e0045622. doi: 10.1128/iai.00456-22
- Liveris D, Aguero-Rosenfeld ME, Daniels TJ, et. al. "A new genetic approach to distinguish strains of Anaplasma phagocytophilum that appear not to cause human disease." Ticks and tick-borne diseases, 12(3), (2021) 101659. doi: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2021.101659
- Horn EJ, Dempsey G, Schotthoefer AM, et. al. "The Lyme Disease Biobank: Characterization of 550 Patient and Control Samples from the East Coast and Upper Midwest of the United States." Journal of clinical microbiology, 58(6), (2020) . doi: 10.1128/JCM.00032-20
- Bulson JM, Liveris D, Derkatch I, et. al. "Non-thermal atmospheric plasma treatment of onychomycosis in an in vitro human nail model." Mycoses, 63(2), (2020) 225-232. doi: 10.1111/myc.13030
Memberships and Affiliations
- American Society for Microbiology (ASM) member
- International Gordon conference of Spirochetes member
