Elisabet Bjanes
Postdoctoral Researcher @Uc San Diego School Of Medicine
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WORK HISTORY
Postdoctoral Researcher @Uc San Diego School Of Medicine
San Diego, CA, US
Postdoctoral fellow in Victor Nizet\'s laboratory at UCSD studying the interactions between Group A Streptococcus and the complement system as well as investigating the efficacy of OMV-based nanoparticle vaccines against antibiotic resistant bacteria. Successfully funded with a T32 Training Grant Fellowship from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute.
EDUCATION
Schreyer Honors College
Bachelor of Science - BS, with honors, Immunology and Infectious Disease
Penn State University
Bachelor of Science - BS, Toxicology
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Microbiology and Immunology
ABOUT ELISABET BJANES
During my first laboratory experience at Penn State University, I fell deeply in love with research. I continue to be enthralled by the collaborative fields of microbiology, vaccinology, and immunology to this day. I have a strong background in immunology and microbiology, with an emphasis on host-pathogen interactions. Additional training included work with bacterial pathogenesis and vaccine development. My current project is developing and testing a nanoparticle vaccine candidate against multi-drug resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in sepsis and acute pneumonia animal models. My repertoire of research skills includes • Experimental design, execution, and analysis • Mammalian and bacterial cell culture • Mouse husbandry and infection models • Multi-color flow cytometry • Confocal microscopy • Biochemical cell fractionation • Molecular biology and microbiology techniques I am fascinated by host-pathogen interactions, cell death as well as mechanisms of antibiotic resistance, bacterial pathogenesis and vaccine development. My long-term goals include working in academia or industry to identify and test novel therapeutics that control multi-antibiotic resistant pathogens.
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