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Luz Saavedra Sanchez
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Molecular Genetics and Microbiology
luz.saavedra.sanchez@duke.edu
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I am very interested in understanding how a pathogen interact with their host and co-opt their host-cell machinery to stablish, disseminate and evade the immune system.
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Interferon-inducible cell-autonomous immunity to cytosolic bacterial pathogens
Research
Graduate Student ·
Awarded by National Institutes of Health ·
2024 - 2028
Novel roles for lipopolysaccharide modifications in immune evasion
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Graduate Student ·
Awarded by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases ·
2023 - 2025
