Biography

Ashlea Lorenz is a final year PhD student at the University of Technology Sydney, based within the Tuberculosis Research Program at Centenary Institute. Her PhD research examines host-pathogen interactions in Mycobacterium abscessus infection. She is particularly interested in M. abscessus pathogenesis in cystic fibrosis airways, and more broadly, in understanding host pathways that contribute to cellular uptake of M. abscessus.