Dr Mai Ping Tan
From July 2009: Postdoctoral Research Associate at Cardiff University, Department of Infection, Immunity and Biochemistry, in Professor Sewell’s laboratory.
2007-2009: Postdoctoral fellow at the Novartis Institute for Tropical Diseases (Singapore). I joined the Tuberculosis unit under Dr Kevin Pethe, and I studied the anaerobic respiratory requirements of Mycobacteria tuberculosis using various in vitro and biochemical assays.
2003-2006: PhD (Immunology and Microbiology) from The University of Melbourne (Melbourne, Australia). I worked in the lab of Professor Richard Strugnell and studied role and specificity of CD4+ T cells which infiltrate the stomach during Helicobacter pylori infection in mice.
2001-2002: Bsc(Hons) from University of Western Australia (Perth, Australia). Majored in Microbiology. My honours project involved typing Escherichia coli strains (by biochemical and molecular methods) isolated from the gut lumen and peritoneal cavity of patients with peritonitis to determine whether there is a subset of luminal E. Coli strains which causes peritonitis.
1998-2000: BAppSc from Queensland University of Technology (Brisbane, Australia). Majored in Microbiology and Biotechnology.