Scientific Colloquium
Human endogenous fungi: from colonization to infection
Bing Zhai
Shenzhen Institute of Synthetic Biology, China
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SR Louis Pasteur, Leibniz-HKI
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Prof. Zhai received her PhD degree from Texas A&M University, where she studied the molecular mechanisms of virulence in the human fungal pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans. Following that, she conducted postdoctoral training in New York City at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, focusing on antifungal immunity and the human intestinal mycobiome. In 2021, Dr. Zhai established her research lab as a principal investigator at the Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences.