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School of the Biological Sciences

 

Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology and Department of Biochemistry 

Theme Lead, Infection and Immunity

Jeanne Salje studies the fundamental biology of obligate intracellular bacteria with a particular focus on Orientia tsutsugamushi, the causative agent of the life-threatening human disease scrub typhus that is endemic in many parts of Asia. Learn more. 

 

Research Areas


Animal-microbe interactions
Host-pathogen cell biology
Bacterial cell biology
Obligate intracellular bacteria
Rickettsiales
 

Techniques


Light microscopy
Electron microscopy
Cell biology techniques
Comparative genomics
 
 
 

Areas for Collaboration


Arthropod research
Symbiosis
Bacterial cell biology
 
 
 

 

Research Theme