Sruthi Rajeev

PhD student, Dr. Derek McKay, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, GI Sciences

Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary

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Bachelors in Technology, Biotechnology

SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, India

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Biography

Sruthi joined the HPI group as a Master’s student in September 2018. She is working under the supervision of Dr. Derek McKay in the Cumming School of Medicine, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Gastrointestinal Sciences at the University of Calgary.  Sruthi received her Bachelors in Technology, Biotechnology, from the SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, India. During her studies, Sruthi was a member of the Biotech Student Fellow program at SRM Institute of Science and Technology.

Sruthi will be studying intestinal tuft cell responses following infection with H. diminuta ‘ The project focuses on understanding the tuft cell’s role in the network of defences mounted against the parasitic helminth H. diminuta