Helen Wing's Portrait

Helen Wing

Professor

Department(s)
Life Sciences
Mail Code
4004
Phone
702-895-5382
Fax
702-895-3956

Biography

Dr. Wing's team primarily studies the biology and pathogenesis of Shigella flexneri, a gram-negative intracellular bacterial pathogen that causes dysentery in humans. It is estimated that Shigella spp. cause approx. 1 million deaths in the world every year. Symptoms of Shigellosis include fever, stomach cramps and bloody diarrhea. Their research focuses on bacterial proteins that cause this disease, mechanisms of virulence gene expression and the environmental cues encountered in the human host that trigger Shigella virulence gene expression.

Expertise

Bacterial Pathogenesis, Bacterial Gene Regulation, Antimicrobial Compounds, Bacterial Genetics

Degrees

Ph.D. University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, United Kingdom