Gaukhar Zhurgenbayeva

My research interests include fluorescence microscopy and microbiology. In my doctoral research project, I’m using the gut-on-chip model to visualize and study the microbial communication with human intestine. This 3D in-vitro model closely resembles the anatomical structure of a human intestine and allows us to study the innate immune response and microbial pathogenicity mechanisms that can lead to infections, chronic inflammation and other bowel diseases.

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• Currently: Doctoral Researcher at AG Prof. Eggeling, Institute of Applied Optics and Biophysics, Fredrich-Schiller University, Jena
  
• 2016-2018: Master of Science in Biology. Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan
  
• 2010-2014: Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Engineering. Boston University, Boston MA