As a microbiologist, I was drawn to the secret lives of microbes, fascinated by their elegance and ability to hijack or reshape the biology of larger hosts.
My specialization in virology led me to explore how viruses move through the body, enter cells, and hijack cell biology for their own purposes, including the mother-to-infant transmission of HIV.
Viruses and bacteria had an elegance I couldn’t ignore – tiny organisms that could hijack or reshape the biology of much larger hosts.
Intracellular living therapeutics convert cellular signals into coordinated healing programs, a concept that has driven my research and interest in the field.
Author's summary: Microbes can be trained to speak the molecular code of healing.