Oktawia Polak

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Research Assistant

Aberystwyth University, United Kingdom (UK)

Email: Okp1@aber.ac.uk

 

 

 

 

VALIDATE Role:

Network Affiliate

 

Research Keywords:

Host-Pathogen Interactions, Bovine Tuberculosis, Innate Immune Cells, M. bovis, BCG, Extracellular Vesicles

 

Biography:

I work as a Research Assistant at the Centre of Excellence for Bovine Tuberculosis (CBTB) at Aberystwyth University. I am particularly interested in host-pathogen interactions in bovine tuberculosis (bTB) infection, and the development of novel diagnostic tests and vaccines for bTB. I am currently involved in research work on characterising host immune responses in persistent bTB infections and the duration of BCG vaccine immunity in cattle.

 

Key Publications:

1.      Roberts, A. K., Harris, H. C., Smith, M., Giles, J., Polak, O., Buckley, A. M., Clark, E., Ewin, D., Moura, I. B., Spitall, W., Shone, C. C., Wilcox, M., Chilton, C., & Donev, R. (2020). A Novel, Orally Delivered Antibody Therapy and Its Potential to Prevent Clostridioides difficile Infection in Pre-clinical Models. Frontiers in microbiology, 11, 578903. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2020.578903

2.      Giles, J. L., Polak, O. J., & Landon, J. (2020). Disease modifying drugs for rheumatological diseases: a brief history of everything. Advances in protein chemistry and structural biology, 120, 313–348. https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.apcsb.2019.11.007