Dr Amina Yasmin
After completing an MSc in Immunology from the Imperial College where she worked on a six month project looking at the expression level of different receptors on human dendritic cell subsets during HIV-1 infection in the project titled- Investigation of PD1 and PD1 ligand on dendritic cells following HIV infection, Amina pursued her interest in Immunology and dendritic cells through her PhD at The Pirbright Institute. Her PhD involved characterising bovine dendritic cells following foot-and-mouth disease virus infection.
She is working at the Institute on a project based on the hypothesis that porcine cells can be made resistant to FMDV, funded by BBSRC. This work is planned to provide a crucial step in future studies of gene-editing in pigs for resistance to FMD.
Publications
Committees
- Microbiology Society
Conferences
- Poster presentation, "Characterisation of bovine dendritic cells following FMDV infection", EuFMD 2018, Borgo Egnazia, Italy, 29-31 October 2018
- Speaker, "Characterisation of bovine dendritic cells following FMDV infection", Microbiology Society Annual Conference 2019, Belfast, UK, 8-11 April 2019
Awards
- Sheffield Graduate Award – The University of Sheffield, 2009
Work involved persevering through challenging scenarios, such as enterprise, work experience, community volunteering and international relations. Upon completion of tasks on the program, Amina's communication, teamwork and problem solving skills were assessed by writing a portfolio.