Peter U. Fischer

Peter U. Fischer

Infectious Diseases Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, 660 S. Euclid Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA

Biography
Dr. Peter U. Fischer is a medical parasitologist at Washington University in St. Louis, and perform research on neglected tropical diseases, especially helminth infections. Peter's basic and translational laboratory research interests include bacteria-helminth interactions, genomics, and the development of novel diagnostics for helminths. Although Dr. Peter research is mostly oriented towards application in the field, I especially enjoy getting more insight into the biology of parasites.