Education
Ph.D., University of Maryland College Park, 2014
Lab information
Mark Wang's Lab
Publications
Neisseria gonorrhoeae infects the human endocervix by activating non- muscle myosin II-mediated epithelial exfoliation. PLOS PATHOGENS. (http://journals.plos.org/plospathogens/article?id=10.1371/journal.ppat.1006269)
Immunofluorescence analysis of human endocervical tissue explants infected with Neisseria gonorrhoea. BIO-PROTOCOL
(http://www.bio-protocol.org/Default.aspx)
Neisseria gonorrhoeae breaches the apical junction of polarized epithelial cells for transmigration by activating EGFR. CELLULAR MICROBIOLOGY. (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/cmi.12099/abstract)
Expression of Opacity Proteins Interferes with the Transmigration of Neisseria gonorrhoeae across Polarized Epithelial Cells. PLOS ONE. (http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0134342)