Code
01D08321
Duration
01 October 2021 → 31 October 2021
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Promotor
Fellow
Research disciplines
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Medical and health sciences
- Adaptive immunology
- Innate immunity
- Parasitology
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Agricultural and food sciences
- Veterinary immunology
- Veterinary microbiology
Keywords
Giardia
immunity
intestinal health
Project description
The unicellular parasite Giardia duodenalis is one of the most commonly found intestinal pathogens in a wide range of vertebrate hosts, including humans. The aim of my research proposal is to unravel the upstream signaling cascades following a Giardia infection that lead to the IL-17A response and identify the cells involved in this process.