Yesha Patel

Yesha got her PhD from the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay at India (2018). She joined the Helmann lab in 2019 to work on understanding the cell envelope stress response of B. subtilis by subjecting the cells to various antibiotics. She is also working towards exploring the targets of zinc mismetalation when intracellular metal homeostasis is disrupted by oxidative stress. She hopes to explore research opportunities in the pharmaceutical industry after completing her postdoc. She loves to read murder mysteries in her free time.