Mphatso 'Pat' Kalemera - PhD StudentI graduated from the University of York in 2014 with a BSc in Biochemistry before undertaking an MRes in Infection Immunology at the University of Liverpool where I took up projects in the pathogenesis of bacterial pneumonia and viral cancers. I recently joined the Grove lab through the UCL-Birkbeck MRC DTP programme. My research questions chiefly concern the efficiency and kinetics of virus entry by Hep C. Firstly, does Hep C glycoprotein sensitivity to antibody correlate with the speed and efficiency of virus entry? Secondly, how does the availability of receptors at the cell surface influence entry kinetics? Lastly, does limiting receptor availability promote antibody-mediated neutralization? I am utilizing some dangerous category 3 virus infection assays and some cool fluorescence microscopy to address these questions.