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Priyanka Biswas is a Research Associate in the Department of Life Sciences at Imperial College London. Her research focuses on studying the host immune response to enteric pathogens, using the Citrobacter rodentium model to investigate human pathogenic bacteria such as Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) and Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC). These pathogens are known to cause attaching and effacing lesions in colonocytes, which is critical for understanding their virulence mechanisms. The Citrobacter rodentium model shares several Type III secretion system (T3SS) virulence factors and effectors with human pathogens, making it an excellent system for studying the cumulative effects of effector proteins on colonocytes during infectious colitis. Priyanka's work contributes to the broader understanding of enteric infections and the host's immune response, aiming to improve therapeutic strategies against these pathogens.
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