Education
Ph.D., University of Maryland College Park, 2014
Lab information
Mark Wang's Lab
Research focus
Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Tissue infection model, Cervical tissue, antibiotic resistance, host pathogen interaction
Publications
Neisseria gonorrhoeae infects the human endocervix by activating non- muscle myosin II-mediated epithelial exfoliation. PLOS PATHOGENS. (http://journals.plos.org/plospathogens/article?id=10.1371/journal.ppat.1006269)
Immunofluorescence analysis of human endocervical tissue explants infected with Neisseria gonorrhoea. BIO-PROTOCOL
(http://www.bio-protocol.org/Default.aspx)
Neisseria gonorrhoeae breaches the apical junction of polarized epithelial cells for transmigration by activating EGFR. CELLULAR MICROBIOLOGY. (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/cmi.12099/abstract)
Expression of Opacity Proteins Interferes with the Transmigration of Neisseria gonorrhoeae across Polarized Epithelial Cells. PLOS ONE. (http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0134342)