Rishein Gupta
University of Texas at San Antonio, USA
Biography
Dr. Gupta is currently pursuing his research in the laboratory of Dr. Bernard Arulanandam at the South Texas Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases, University of Texas at San Antonio, SA, TX, USA. Prior to joining Dr. Arulanandam’s laboratory, Dr. Gupta received his Doctoral degree from the Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS), Pilani, and National Institute of Pathology, New Delhi, India in 2009. His doctoral studies focused on investigating host immunity in cohorts of Chlamydia infected women with reproductive sequelae. Dr. Gupta’s expertize as a clinical immunologist has been further enhanced through his current research on the role of host immune factors and genital chlamydial infections in animal models including mice and guinea pigs. His current focus includes investigating the role of host factors including microRNAs in regulating anti-chlamydial immunity.
Abstract
