Melody Toosky
Post-doc, Tsinghua University, 2012- present;
Ph.D., Microbiology and Immunology, University of North Dakota 2012;
B.S., Biology, University of California, Irvine 2004;
Hobbies: Chinese language, culture, music and food
Email: mtoosky{at}gmail.com
Mycobacterial infections are characterized by the need of the host to contain the invading pathogen as well as by the need of the pathogen to escape the host cell in order to infect other cells. An important phase during this interaction pertains to host cell death decision pathway. My project involves looking at this pathway using proteomic tools to get some clues about how mycobacteria can influence the manner in which host cells die.;