Candela Fernández

Candela Fernández

candela.fernandez@leibniz-hki.de

Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology – Hans Knöll Institute (HKI)

Junior Research Group Adaptive Pathogenicity Strategies

Identification of host factors mediating Candida albicans pathogenicity and immune evasion

During invasive fungal infections, a dynamic interplay between the host and the fungal pathogen occurs. Despite the fact that the human immune system evolved to efficiently recognize and counteract invading fungi at early stages, pathogenic fungi have ...

PhD start: 10/20/2023

Supervisors

Dr. Mark Gresnigt

Dr. Mark Gresnigt

Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology – Hans Knöll Institute (HKI)

Junior Research Group Adaptive Pathogenicity Strategies

Prof. Dr. Miriam Agler-Rosenbaum

Prof. Dr. Miriam Agler-Rosenbaum

Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology – Hans Knöll Institute (HKI)

Bio Pilot Plant

Friedrich Schiller Universtität Jena Balance of the Microverse

Funded by

Freistaat Thüringen. Ministerium für Bildung, Wissenschaft und Kultur. Carl Zeiss Stiftung Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft