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Selin Somersan-Karakaya

Assistant professor of Medicine
Medicine

Weill Cornell Medical - New York City

Interests: Dendritic Cells, Host-Pathogen Interaction, Host-Pathogen Response, Macrophages, Mycobacteria, Nitrosative Stress, Oxidative Stress

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Characterize host and bacterial pathways that are important in Mycobacterium tuberculosis survival in the host and identify targets whose inhibition will render Mtb more susceptible to host defenses.