Sasha Shafikhani
Rush University Medical Center, USA
Biography
Sasha Shafikhani completed his undergraduate and PhD studies from University of California at Berkeley and postdoctoral studies from University of California at San Francisco. He serves on editorial board of several reputed journals. As a cellular microbiologist, his group focuses on immune dysregulation that renders diabetic wound vulnerable to infection and microbiome shift towards pathogenic bacteria. He also uses bacterial toxins to dissect epithelial cellular responses to pathogens, particularly Pseudomonas aeruginosa.