MTS34 - Pratik Shah - Combatting Pathogens with Polyamines
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Pratik Shah is a graduate student in the Department of Microbiology at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, and he\\u2019s a 2009 recipient of ASM\\u2019s Raymond W. Sarber award, granted to recognize students for research excellence and potential.
His research focuses on polyamines and polyamine biosynthesis and transport systems in Streptococcus pneumoniae.\\xa0 He\\u2019s studying polyamines with the goal of finding potential targets for pneumococcal vaccines and prophylactic interventions against pneumococcal disease. \\xa0
In this interview, I talked with Pratik about why polyamines may hold the key for new ways to combat pathogens, his plans for the future, and about advice he would give to young people considering grad school.