BIO
Ana Eulalio joined the Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, in January 2023. Previously, she established her independent research group at the Institute for Molecular Infection Biology (IMIB), University of Würzburg (Germany) in 2012, and moved to the Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology (CNC), University of Coimbra (Portugal) in 2017. Research Interests Our research focuses on exploring various aspects of host-bacterial pathogen interactions, including the role of microRNAs and the impact of bacterial intracellular lifestyles on pathogenesis. In the last years, we have identified and characterized novel molecular players and cellular processes governing the complex interaction between host cells and bacterial pathogens (e.g. Salmonella Typhimurium, Shigella flexneri). By profiling a large collection of Staphylococcus aureus clinical isolates, we have recently demonstrated the pervasiveness and diversity of S. aureus intracellular lifestyles, with potential implications for pathogenesis and antibiotic treatment. Our research approach combines unbiased, genome-wide systems biology approaches, including RNA-sequencing and high-throughput functional screenings, with molecular and cellular biology approaches.
FACULTY
- Faculty of Natural Sciences