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TO FURTHER 1xbet online sports betting ON MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE, DOCTORAL STUDENT TRAVELS ACROSS THE WORLD TO PROFILE LIPIDS AT K-STATE

MANHATTAN -- When visiting a new country, lipid profiling is probably not on most people's list of must-see-and-do activities. However, for Ashutosh 1xbet online sports betting , a doctoral student from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India, it is the main attraction.

Funded by an American Society of Microbiology International Fellowship, Singh came to Kansas State University to conduct 1xbet online sports betting at the Kansas Lipidomics 1xbet online sports betting Center. The ,500 fellowship is supporting his housing and travel expenses for three months in Kansas.

&1xbet online sports betting ;I saw an ad for the fellowship in Microbe, an American Society of Microbiology magazine,&1xbet online sports betting ; Singh said. &1xbet online sports betting ;It is a really nice fellowship but it is not easy to get. We got rejected once, which is easy to understand since only one fellowship is awarded for Asia. It's a great opportunity.&1xbet online sports betting ;

Singh is using the 1xbet online sports betting to investigate multidrug resistance in a type of pathogenic yeast called Candida albicans, best known for causing thrush in babies and for its deadly infection of immunocompromised patients. Since one of the main functions of lipids, the building blocks of cell membranes, is to send signals to genes and proteins to control development, growth and an organism's response to its environment, it is believed that they may play a role in Candida resistance to drugs.

&1xbet online sports betting ;A number of drugs have been used to treat this fungus, but excessive use of these medicines has made the fungus resistant,&1xbet online sports betting ; Singh said. &1xbet online sports betting ;Many combinations of drugs are now unable to treat it, so we are trying to determine what facilitates the resistance. The ultimate goal of my studies here at K-State is just to understand the role lipids play in the resistance mechanism.&1xbet online sports betting ;

Singh's 1xbet online sports betting is one example of international collaborative projects of the Kansas Lipidomics 1xbet online sports betting Center. Founded in 2003, the center collaborates with scientists across the globe. Singh has access to an array of mass spectrometers, and he says that he is receiving training from some of the world's most knowledgeable scientists in the field of lipids and lipid analysis.

One of those individuals is Ruth Welti, director of the Kansas Lipidomics 1xbet online sports betting Center and a professor in the Division of Biology at K-State. She wrote a proposal to the American Society of Microbiology that supported Singh's application.

&1xbet online sports betting ;The Kansas Lipidomics Research Center was founded with three aims: educating students and scientists about lipids and lipid analysis; developing new technology for analysis of lipids and other metabolites; and conducting and supporting research into roles of lipids and other metabolites in biological systems,&1xbet online sports betting ; Welti said. &1xbet online sports betting ;We are excited that the American Society of Microbiology fellowship has given such a motivated student a chance to advance an ongoing project that could impact human health.&1xbet online sports betting ;