Anna Coussens
Anna Coussens, is a Lab head at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute (WEHI) and Honorary Assoc Prof within the Wellcome Centre for Infectious Diseases in Africa, University of Cape Town, South Africa. Her research focuses on developing pre-clinical cellular models of tuberculosis (TB) and HIV-1 host-pathogen interactions on which to test host-directed interventions designed to prevent pathogen replication, cell death, matrix destruction and improve lung healing. She also investigates biomarkers of infection and early stages of human TB-HIV pathogenesis for targeted prevention of disease and relapse. This includes genetic and epigenetic changes in both the host and bacteria and how these impact the inflammatory response during infection. Her lab is particularly interested in the regulation of various cell death pathways and the heterogeneity of cellular responses which they probe with single cell techniques and advanced live cell imaging
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