Name: University of Greenwich PAW Seminar: Identification of T cells association with Leishmania parasites
Start: 2021-09-20T12:30:00
End: 2021-09-20T13:30:00
Location: Medway Campus

As part of National Postdoc Appreciation Week (#NPAW2021) come and meet one of our Biosciences postdocs and find out about their research at the University of Greenwich.

All research students, staff and postdocs welcome. Lunch and goody bags provided by Proteintech.

Places are limited so book now! Please register one ticket per person.

Identification of T cells association with Leishmania parasites.

Dr Medhavi Ranatunga (Postdoctoral Academic in the Biosciences at University of Greenwich)

Leishmania is a digenetic protozoan parasite responsible for a collection of diseases known as leishmaniasis. Symptoms range from self-healing skin lesions to chronic infections to lethal visceral syndromes due to changes in the immune response to infection. T cells guide such responses via mechanisms that are still only partially understood. This research shows for the first time that human T cells can associate with Leishmania parasites, underlining that the role of T cells in leishmaniasis may be more fundamental than previously thought.

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