Meet the Sir Howard Dalton Young Microbiologist of the Year Finalists: Brindha Gap-Gaupool

Brindha Gap-Gaupool: PhD Student

What is the title of your talk?

Nitric oxide treatment induces Resuscitation promoting factor (Rpf)-dependency in Mycobacterium tuberculosis

What are your current research interests?

Host-pathogen interactions; drug discovery (anti-infectives); antimicrobial resistance; and bacterial dormancy and latent infection

How would you explain your research to a GCSE student?

Tuberculosis (TB) is a disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, microorganism, or bacteria, which kills more than 1 million people each year. During a TB infection, Mycobacterium tuberculosis can go to sleep or become dormant. The aim of my project is to understand how these bacteria become dormant and we found out that nitric oxide (a molecule produced by the human body) puts Mycobacteria tuberculosis to sleep.

If you weren’t a microbiologist what would you be?

A chef!