Dingyi (April) Yang

PhD: 2013-2017
Department: Infection, Immunity & Cardiovascular Disease
Supervisors: Lynne Prince (IICD), Simon Foster (MBB)
Project: Identifying novel immune modulating factors in a genome-wide S. aureus screen in primary human neutrophils 
Additional achievements
  • Helped organise and host the annual Florey PGR symposium 2014-16
  • Shortlisted for ‘Mentee of the Year Award’ from eMentor program, University of Sheffield
Public engagement and outreach
  • Helped run activities at the MRC Festival of Medical Research, 2016 to show how the latest medical research at the University of Sheffield is improving people's lives.     
Publications​
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Yang D, Ho YX, Cowell LM, Jilani I, Foster SJ and Prince LR. A Genome-Wide Screen Identifies Factors Involved in S. aureus-Induced Human Neutrophil Cell Death and Pathogenesis. Front. Immunol. 2019 10:45. DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2019.00045
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