A. Sridhar MSc PhD

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MSc PhD A. Sridhar

Position
Research Associate
Main activities
Research
Specialisation
Bioengineering, in vitro modelling, organoids, virology
Focus of research

Development of different models along the airway and gut-brain axis:

1) Gut organoids and gut epithelial cultures
2) Human airway epithelial (HAE) cultures
3) Brain organoids
4) Blood-Brain Barrier
5) Immune cell co-culture with above models

Applied for elucidating the pathogenesis of several viruses:

1) Enterovirus D68 (EV-D68)
2) Enterovirus A71 (EV-A71)
3) Parechovirus A (PeV-A1 and PeV-A3)
4) SARS-CoV-2
5) RSV
6) CMV
7) HIV

Research programmes

MD PhD D. Pajkrt (Pediatric viral infections, focus on hiv, picorna- and cytomegalovirus infection)

MD PhD K.C. Wolthers (Molecular epidemiology and pathogenesis of human picornaviruses)