Kroken Lab
Loyola University Chicago
Science of vision-threatening infections
Science of vision-threatening infections
The Kroken lab wants to understand how our eye's surface epithelial cells manage encounters with microbes.
Surface cells specialized in defending the eye from pathogenic bacteria.
A microbe associated with contact lenses and corneal injury.
How does P. aeruginosa overcome the defenses of the ocular surface?
Watching bacteria and host cells in real time.