Prabhakar Singh

Cryptococcus neoformans is a haploid budding yeast that causes cryptococcal meningoencephalitis in immunocompromised individuals, leading to approximately 120,000 deaths worldwide each year. My research investigates how this environmental fungal pathogen adapts to host-induced stress conditions, by examining the pathways involved in translatome reprogramming and virulence regulation.

Eventually, I aim to identify key regulatory networks that can be targeted for the development of novel antifungal strategies.

• John Panepinto, PhD

• PhD, Banaras Hindu University, India