Immune regulation of host-microbial interactions in the gut
Event details
| Date | 28.04.2014 |
| Hour | 13:30 |
| Speaker | Shipra Vaishnava, PhD |
| Location | |
| Category | Conferences - Seminars |
Global Health Institute RECRUITING SEMINAR
Nearly 100 million bacteria reside in our gut, yet, we rarely elicit a harmful immune and inflammatory response against them. How is such a peaceful coexistence achieved? My interest is in studying the interactions between microbes and the host at the molecular level that ensures host-microbe mutualism. In my post-doctoral work I unveiled a key mechanism by which intestinal epithelial cells maintain homeostasis with bacteria by regulating host bacterial contact with the mucosal surfaces. My future research focus is to study how commensal bacteria and diet derived signals regulate mucosal immunity in the gut.
Nearly 100 million bacteria reside in our gut, yet, we rarely elicit a harmful immune and inflammatory response against them. How is such a peaceful coexistence achieved? My interest is in studying the interactions between microbes and the host at the molecular level that ensures host-microbe mutualism. In my post-doctoral work I unveiled a key mechanism by which intestinal epithelial cells maintain homeostasis with bacteria by regulating host bacterial contact with the mucosal surfaces. My future research focus is to study how commensal bacteria and diet derived signals regulate mucosal immunity in the gut.
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Organizer
- Prof. Stewart Cole
Contact
- cecile.hayward@epfl.ch