Yi-Pin Lin
Tufts University School of Medicine, USA
Biography
Yi-Pin Lin has completed his Ph.D. from Cornell University currently is a research assistant professor in the laboratory of Dr. John Leong at Tufts University School of Medicine. His research is emphasis on virulence mechanisms of bacterial pathogens that cause infectious diseases in humans and animals and host immunity to bacterial infection. His specific expertise is in pathogenesis of the Lyme Disease agent Borrelia burgdorferi, particularly in the bacterial-cell adhesion and immune evasion mechanisms that promote colonization and disease.