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What is your name?
David Emmanuel Romanin
What is your current position?
Assistant Researcher and Teaching assistant for Immunology
Which institute and country do you work in?
Institute for Research in Immunology and Phisiopathology (IIFP) in the group of Dr. Martin Rumbo. The institute belongs to the Argentinean National Research Council (CONICET) and the National University of La Plata, La Plata, Argentina.
What is your home country?
Argentina
What are your research interests?
Innate immunity, intestinal microbiota, and immunomodulation strategies using probiotic microorganisms and derivatives
Tell us about yourself and your research interests:
I’ve started my PhD studying the immunomodulatory properties of microorganisms isolated from kefir, and found that the yeast has a strong anti-inflammatory effect on the innate immunity. We (my workgroup and I) followed this line of research trying to understand how this phenomenon works and also looking for a potential application of these microorganisms. Since exacerbated inflammation can be the cause of severe tissue damage in inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), we worked on murine models of IBD and found that the administration of the yeast can mitigate the inflammation and alleviate the histopahology. We are currently studying the mechanisms underlying this modulation including the direct interaction between the probiotic yeasts and the intestinal epithelium and also the influence of the changes in intestinal microbiota.
I’m also collaborating on other research lines, one focused on intestinal transplantation and the other on the biology of the yeasts and their technological applications..
What are your online profiles?
Researchgate – David Romanin
Google Scholar
Immunology Keywords:
Innate immunity, microbiota, immunomodulation
