Resistance and tolerance mechanisms of immune response in Drosophila.
Seminars of the Department of Molecular Biology
Tuesday January 10th, 13:00, seminary room - Institute of Parasitology
Stanford School of Medicine - Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Using fruit fly as a model, we study infectious diseases and look at both the physiological mechanisms that make us ill as well as those that help us recover. We want to improve the way a host clears the infection as well as endures the symptoms of the infection. Our largest effort so far has been to separate the process of clearing microbes (which we call resistance) from the illness caused by infecting pathogens (tolerance). Our future work is shifting towards the study of recovery from infections.
