Biography:
Dr. Iti Saraav did her Ph.D. from the Department of Zoology, University of Delhi, India, where she studied host immune response to Mycobacterium tuberculosis. She then moved to Washington University in St Louis, USA for her Postdoctoral research where she joined Dr. L. David Sibley lab. In his lab, she was able to identify antigens that can be used in IFN-γ based diagnostic assays to detect Toxoplasma infection. She has two patents for this work. Dr. Saraav further published a study in 2021 in PNAS where she demonstrated why chronic Toxoplasma infection enhances susceptibility to colitis. As a Staff scientist, she continues to work on parasites. She has published several research, review articles and presented at various national and international conferences.
Title : Long term infection with Toxoplasma activates monocytes leading to enhanced susceptibility to colitis