The ultimate goal of my current focus is to take advantage of the recently described in vitro co-culture model of Treponema pallidum and link its use to high throughput genomic approaches to provide unique insights into the gene expression profiles of this pathogen.
Research Interests: Genomics, transcriptomics, epidemiology, host-pathogen
Key Projects, Countries, and Partners:
- Epidemiology of leptospirosis (France, Institute Pasteur)
- Whole genome sequencing directly from clinical samples of syphilis (Switzerland, University of Zurich)
- Molecular typing of Treponema pallidum (Czech Republic, Masaryk university)
- Host-pathogen interaction (USA, University of Washington)
