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NewIn: Li Deng

NewIn: Li Deng researches phages, viruses that only infect bacteria.
NewIn: Li Deng researches phages, viruses that only infect bacteria.
In this episode of NewIn, we meet Li Deng. She joined the TUM School of Life Sciences in March 2022 as Professor of Prevention of Microbial Infectious Diseases. Her research aims to address the problem of increasing antibiotic resistance.

The struggle Prof. Li Deng has taken on has been raging for billions of years. "I conduct research on bacterial viruses, more precisely phages, the natural enemies of bacteria," says the scientist, whose research deals specifically with the lungs and groundwater. The two may seem unrelated, but they are habitats for countless microorganisms - e.g., bacteria and viruses. And approximately 90 percent of all of the estimated 10^31 viruses in the world are phages. ...
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