Medicine

About my research:

I study adaptive immunity to pathogens, malignant cells and autoimmune diseases.

Caroline Zellmer is a microbiologist and PhD student based at the Cambridge Institute of Therapeutic Immunology and Infectious Disease within the Department of Medicine at the University of Cambridge. Her doctoral work will focus on using genomics and applied microbiology to better understand antimicrobial resistance in Klebsiella with the aim of developing novel or repurposing available therapeutics.

What do I do?

I am working on typhoidal Salmonella with a focus on Salmonella paratyphi A trying to identify good vaccine candidates and antimicrobial therapies. In my projects, we collaborate with GSK Siena, NIBSC, and CRUK.

What do I do?

• I manage & provide regulatory/governance support for vaccine trials and other clinical research in LMICs.

Key projects:

What do I do?

I am currently working on a rapid diagnostics project for respiratory infection in critically ill children that require intensive care. My key projects are: