Prajita Paul, Ph.D. Research Fellow

Dr. Prajita Paul received her doctoral degree from KIIT University in Bhubaneswar, India where she studied role of toxin antitoxin genes of Salmonella Typhimurium in virulence and antibacterial activity. She joined University of Maryland in College Park as a Postdoc and expanded her research to investigate how translational fidelity affects bacteria-fitness in Salmonella serovars. Currently, she is a Postdoctoral research fellow in Dr. Hamad’s Lab and her research highlights how dual expressing lymphocytes X Cell co-express B and T cell antigen receptors as key players in autoimmune diseases particularly multiple sclerosis and Type 1 Diabetes.