Welcome to the Mitra Lab
We study virulence mechanisms in Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) and gram negative pathogens. Mtb is the leading cause of human deaths worldwide by a bacterial pathogen. To successfully colonize within the host Mtb is completely dependent on iron, which is an essential nutrient. More than 75% of the iron in the human body is stored as heme within hemoglobin making it the largest iron source. We study how Mtb acquires heme iron in the human host. In addition, we also work on discovering new molecules that inhibit iron acquisition pathways of gram-negative pathogens.
News
News
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Welcome Padam!!! Bit of a late announement, but Dr. Padam Singh has joined our lab as a postdoctoral fellow. We are very excited to have him in our team.
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Congratulations to David Steichen David just received the Wentz scholarship to conduct research in our lab. Congrats!!!!
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Congratulations to Chandler Dean Chandler submitted a scholarship proposal and was awarded the Wentz Scholarship to conduct research in our lab!!!!!
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New Graduate Students of the lab Congratulations to Mamie Kannon. We are really excited to have her join our lab as a graduate PhD student.
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Setting up the lab!!!! My four students (Mamie, Novi, Genesis & Aneisha) helped me set up our lab in Fall 2020. Come join our group!!!