I joined the lab as an Integrated Master’s student at the University of York, where my research focused on how immune cells influence the biological activity of cardiomyocytes and fibroblasts in vitro. This work was based on a finding that immune cells accumulate and localise around the heart in T. cruzi–infected mice, although the effect of these immune cells on fibroblast function remains poorly understood.
I now continue in the lab as a Research Assistant, where my project has advanced to using T. cruzi–infected mouse models to isolate in vivo–stimulated B cells and investigate their impact on fibroblast behaviour.