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Sirinart Ananvoranich is an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of Windsor. She completed her Ph.D. at Concordia University, where she focused on the biochemical mechanisms of obligate intracellular parasites. Her primary research interests involve Toxoplasma gondii, a protozoan parasite that infects approximately one-third of North Americans. While infections in healthy adults are often asymptomatic, they can have devastating outcomes in neonates and immunocompromised patients, as T. gondii is a significant causative agent of congenital toxoplasmosis and can lead to neurological birth defects and toxoplasmic encephalitis in AIDS patients. Her research aims to utilize antisense ribozyme technology to disrupt the parasite's nucleotide salvage pathway and explore essential mechanisms related to the parasite's pathogenicity, invasion, and differentiation. Ananvoranich has published several significant papers in journals, contributing to the field of parasitology and biochemical research related to Toxoplasma gondii.
Includes Mechanical, Automotive, and Materials Engineering streams.