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Details for Professor Mumtaz Virji
| Personal details | |
| Name | Professor Mumtaz Virji |
| Job title | Emeritus Professor |
| Department | School of Cellular and Molecular Medicine University of Bristol |
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| Qualifications | B.Sc., Ph.D.(Leeds) |
| Professional details | |
| Keywords | Mechanisms of Neisseria gonorrhoeae pathogenesis surface components in virulence mucosal pathogens and colonisers mucosal colonisation by commensal neisserial species meningococcal infection Moraxella catarrhalis adhesin UspA1 |
| Areas of expertise | Past Research § Mechanisms of Neisseria gonorrhoeae pathogenesis: studies on the roles of surface components in virulence. § Molecular mechanisms of interactions of Neisseria meningitidis and Haemophilus influenzae with human endothelial, epithelial and phagocytic cells. § Influence of post-translational modifications of meningococcal pili on their functions Current Research § Molecular basis of common receptor targeting by Neisseria meningitidis and Haemophilus influenzae and other mucosal pathogens and colonisers § Mechanisms of mucosal colonisation by commensal neisserial species. § Development of in vitro models that mimic post inflammatory state of host target cells to examine the influence of cellular receptor profiles on increased susceptibility to meningococcal infection. § Molecular analysis of the interactions of Neisseria meningitidis and Haemophilus influenzae with polarised human epithelial cells § Mechanisms of Neisseria meningitidis targeting of serum factors and intracellular cytoskeletal protein alpha actinin § Studies on Structure, function and mechanics of the Moraxella catarrhalis adhesin UspA1 |