Amy T Y Yeung graduated in Biochemistry from the University of British Columbia in 2008 and went on to complete a PhD in Microbiology and Immunology at the same university in 2012. Her PhD focused on how the clinically important pathogen, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, invade and persist in the lungs of Cystic Fibrosis patients. Specifically she identified novel global regulators of P. aeruginosa that played important roles in contributing to the ability of P. aeruginosa to persist in the lungs. After her PhD, She worked as a postdoctoral fellow at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute in Gordon Dougan’s group to develop novel alternative approaches to study host-pathogen interactions. Specifically she contributed in the development of new in vitro models to study host pathogen interactions using mouse embryonic stem cells and human induced pluripotent stem cells. She is currently a senior staff scientist in the Infection Genomics group at Sanger. She use various cutting edge technologies of molecular analyses (single cell sequencing) and cellular assays (CRISPR/Cas, stem cells, high throughput imagining platforms) to understand the process of infection and identify novel host genes and mechanisms involved in pathogen interaction. Her results could lead to new approaches to treat bacterial infections. During her postdoc, she mostly published papers, presented in international meetings and supervised students from Sanger and other countries. She is currently also looking after several larger-scale collaborative projects. These larger scale projects involve writing grants, communicating with collaborators, training and managing technical staff and PhD students.
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Anil Kumar Gaur
College of Basic Sciences and Humanities G. B. Pant University of Agriculture & Technology
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College of Basic Sciences & Humanities, G. B. Pant University of Agriculture & Technology
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Mohammed Tarique
International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB).
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