Research on membrane repair to fight pneumonia awarded by EMBO
10/08/2023
Our PhD student, Joana Pereira, was awarded an EMBO fellowship to support her 4-month scientific mission to the laboratory of Professor John Leong, at Tufts University in Boston! Joana will validate if the bacteria Streptococcus pneumonia triggers the same mechanisms of plasma membrane repair as pneumolysin, which is a pore-forming toxin released by the bacteria. To that end, Joana will infect 3D models of the lung cultured at the air-liquid interface that mimic the lung epithelium environment.
https://noticias.up.pt/2023/08/10/investigacao-do-i3s-para-combater-pneumonia-conquista-bolsa-da-embo/
