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Dr. Meiqing Shi is a Professor in the Department of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Maryland, College Park, affiliated with the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources. Her research focuses on intravascular immune responses to pathogens like Cryptococcus neoformans and Trypanosoma brucei, particularly their mechanisms of brain invasion and immune evasion.
- Education:
- Postdoctoral Fellow, Immunology, University of Saskatchewan, Canada
- Ph.D., Parasite Immunology, University of Giessen, Germany
- M.S., Avian Diseases, South China Agricultural University, China
- D.V.M., Veterinary Medicine, Hunan Agricultural University, China
Her lab employs intravital microscopy in mouse models to study dynamic host-pathogen interactions in real-time, emphasizing dendritic cells, T cells, and cytokines in immunopathogenesis. Current projects explore immune cell recruitment to the brain and fungal clearance in lungs. Her work aims to elucidate pathogen survival strategies for therapeutic development.
Selected publications highlight trends in Cryptococcus neoformans and Trypanosoma brucei pathogenesis, immune cell dynamics, and liver/macrophage roles in infection control. Collaborative studies extend to Lyme disease vascular transmigration and HIV-related fungal immunity.
