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Through the EMBO Young Investigator Programme, participants have access to a wide range of benefits, including networking opportunities, training in leadership skills and responsible research practices, support for lab members, and access to core facilities at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL). Teresa joins a community of more than 700 current and former EMBO Young Investigators, Installation Grantees and Global Investigators. The new intake expands the current enrolment on the EMBO Young Investigator Programme to 151 researchers.

On this announcement, Dr Thurston said: “I am really looking forward to joining the EMBO Young Investigator Programme. I am particularly excited about the networking opportunities and mentoring schemes as these will be a huge benefit to the lab.”

The Thurston group uses a multidisciplinary approach, combining microbiology, cell biology, biochemistry and X-ray crystallography to better understand bacterial virulence factors and host immunity. They focus specifically on Salmonella, which is responsible for ~ 1 million death per year world-wide and Burkholderia, which imposes a significant human and social-economic burden in lower-middle income countries. Their goal is to understand the host and pathogen determinants that impact the intracellular fate of these bacteria. Dr Thurston is an Associate Professor of Cell and Molecular Biology at the Dunn School, held in conjunction with Magdalen College.