IiME: Blog and research update from Katharine Seton, Nov 2017

[Andy]

Hi Everyone

I would like to introduce myself to you all.

I am Katharine Seton, a 22-year-old PhD student and I have just began the second year of my PhD.

I originally came from Cumbria and studied Biomedical Sciences at Newcastle University before starting my PhD funded by Invest in ME Research.

I have always had a strong interest in the immune system and ME research.

I have a personal investment and interest in ME research, because in January 2009 I was diagnosed with ME, when I was just 13 years old.

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The research that I am focussing on in my PhD is the immune system and its interaction with gut microbes, specifically, whether there is an inappropriate immune response triggered by bacteria that has leaked across the gut wall.

There is current evidence of an inappropriate immune response and gastrointestinal involvement in ME patients and I endeavour to find out whether there is a link between the two, and if this link is blocked, would it lead to symptom improvement.

http://www.investinme.org/ce-blog-1710-01.shtml

 

[Esther12]

I can forget PhD students start so young... or maybe, ten years ago 21 didn't seem so young to me.

 

[Jonathan Edwards]

Katherine should come and join the fun here.
She might need her passport for the pub though.

 

[markiemark]

It's always reassuring to see another ME/CFS sufferer who has found a way to live and has meaning in their lives! Gives me hope!

 

[Skycloud]

It's great to see people at the beginning of their career choose ME research

 

[Awol]

 

[Awol]

Study Update by Katharine: http://www.investinme.org/ce-blog-1802-01.shtml