Abigail is taking cues from Mycobacterium tuberculosis on what is important for its survival through studying genes under selection during infection. She is currently working towards understanding the effects of selection on a classic Mtb virulence system.
Maia is interested in understanding what good host protection against tuberculosis challenge looks like. She is currently working on defining the role of lung epithelial and stromal cells in immune cell circuits and crosstalk after vaccination or tuberculosis infection using single-cell RNA sequencing. Maia’s work is in collaboration with her co-mentor Adam Haber.