C. neoformans stained by Gram stain
Image Credit: Dr. Graham Beards
Dr. Meiqing Shi receives two grants from NIH totaling over $2.3 million. The first grant supports project “Filtering of disseminating Cryptococcus neoformans out of vasculature”. The second grant supports project “In vivo mechanisms of brain invasion by Cryptococcus neoformans.”
Cryptococcosis is an opportunistic infection that occurs in immunocompromised individuals including AIDS patients, organ transplant recipients, cancer patients, and those treated with immunosuppressive therapies. It is estimated there are one million cases of cryptococcosis and proximately 600,000 deaths worldwide annually. The infection starts in the lung via inhalation of the encapsulated fungus Cryptococcus neoformans.
Research reported in this publication was supported by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases of the National Institutes of Health under Award Numbers R21AI131219 and R01AI131905. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official view of the National Institutes of Health.
