Biography
Yichao Liu joined King’s College London in October 2020 to start her PhD in the Garnett and Curtis research groups. She is working on the Type 9 Secretion System (T9SS) in Porphyromonas gingivalis, which is a keystone pathogen that causes the dysbiosis of the gingiva. She is focusing on the connection between type IX secretion and the outer membrane vesicle (OMV) biogenesis using both structural and cellular techniques.
Yichao obtained her BEng degree from the Central South University of Forestry Technology (Hunan, China, 2017) and her MSc degree from the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (Beijing, China, 2020) gaining experience in both molecular nutrition and microbiology.
Since joining the Garnett Lab she has become interested in structural biochemistry research particularly the electron microscopy techniques in microbiology. Yichao is applying cryo-EM/ET and related techniques to her find answers for her current research.
Research
Garnett Lab
The Garnett Lab investigates molecular mechanisms that promote bacterial disease. In particular we are interested in biofilm formation and other key virulence traits that allow bacteria to establish infections and persist within the host/environment.
Centre for Host-Microbiome Interactions
Millions of microorganisms live in and on our bodies forming microbiomes on different surfaces. Researchers in the Centre for Host Microbiome Interactions study our relationship with these bacteria and fungi in health or in oral and systemic diseases such as periodontitis, candidiasis, oral cancer and Alzheimer’s disease.
Research
Garnett Lab
The Garnett Lab investigates molecular mechanisms that promote bacterial disease. In particular we are interested in biofilm formation and other key virulence traits that allow bacteria to establish infections and persist within the host/environment.
Centre for Host-Microbiome Interactions
Millions of microorganisms live in and on our bodies forming microbiomes on different surfaces. Researchers in the Centre for Host Microbiome Interactions study our relationship with these bacteria and fungi in health or in oral and systemic diseases such as periodontitis, candidiasis, oral cancer and Alzheimer’s disease.