Maitreyi Shivkumar
Maitreyi Shivkumar is a Senior Lecturer of Molecular Biology at De Montfort University. Her research focusses on broad-spectrum antiviral drug development, understanding virus-host interactions, and investigating infection control strategies against a range of RNA viruses. Outside the lab (and classroom), Maitreyi is a keen table tennis player and tennis spectator!
FeaturesTackling Norovirus with an improved disinfection system
Norovirus, also known in popular media as the ‘winter vomiting bug’ or ‘two-bucket winter bug’, is a highly infectious non-enveloped RNA virus that is a major cause of acute and chronic gastroenteritis.
