Tamara Lea Doering, MD, PhD
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Elected 2005
Cryptococcus neoformans is a pathogenic fungus responsible for serious infections in immunocompromised individuals. My lab studies aspects of cryptococcal biology that are of biochemical interest and may suggest targets for antifungal chemotherapy. The main virulence factor of C. neoformans is its extensive polysaccharide capsule, an elaborate and
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