Mr David Vincent Romero
PhD Student
Infection and Immunity Division
Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
romero.d@wehi.edu.au
Research Activities
Currently elucidating differential DNA methylation from Tuberculosis patient samples to determine epigenetic risk factors that contribute to TB progressionTechniques/Expertise
- Culture propagation and maintainance (bacterial, algae, malaria, tuberculosis, monocytes, macrophages)
- Human monocyte isolation
- DNA, RNA and protein extraction and purification
- Western blotting, qPCR, multiplex assays, ELISA, ChIP
- Bioinformatic Analyses using R, CWL, and Linux