Dr Jessica Loraine

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Tel: 020 7753 4877
j.loraine@ucl.ac.uk

Responsibilities

• Member of the Early Career Research Committee

Research interests

• Alternative approaches to the treatment of antibiotic resistant infections
• Capsule depolymerases as a potential therapeutic to resolve systemic infections, focusing on Klebsiella pneumoniae and Acinetobacter baumannii

Current collaborations and partnerships

UK-Thailand Research Collaborations (Newton Fund)

• Treatment of multi-drug-resistant Gram-negative bacterial infections using capsule depolymerases: Professor Nicholas Thomson and Dr Richard Stabler (London Sch of Hygiene and Trop Medicine), Dr Potjanee Srimanote (Thammasat University), Professor Pattarachai Kiratisin (Mahidol University) and Professor Supayang Voravuthikunchai (Prince of Songkla University). http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/projects?ref=MR/N012542/1

Education

• BSc Hons Biochemistry (2:1) University of Nottingham, 2009
• PhD in Cell Wall Chemistry and Microbiology, Infection, Immunity and Inflammation department, University of Leicester, 2013