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Research Scientist

at Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology

Dr. Ronni da Silva is a research scientist within the Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART), leading joint projects with Prof. Jianzhu Chen (MIT) and Kimberly Kline (University of Geneva). Ronni is part of the SMART Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) interdisciplinary research group, which is a unique translational research and entrepreneurship program that aims to solve the growing threat of resistance to antimicrobial drugs.
Ronni is particularly interested in harnessing the power of the human immune system to tackle AMR and fully clear bacterial infections. He received his BSc in Biochemistry from the Federal University of Viçosa (Brazil) in 2015 and his PhD in Molecular Microbiology from the University of Nottingham (UK) in 2019.

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The gloved hand of a doctor applies a bandage to a wound on a foot.

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How Bacteria Disarm Immune Defenses in Chronic Wound Infections

In this interview, SMART researchers describe how Enterococcus faecalis releases lactic acid to suppress immune cells, creating acidic wound environments that support persistent and polymicrobial infections.