Janet is a PhD candidate in Molecular and Cell Biology at University of California, Berkeley. Janet obtained her bachelor’s degree in biomedical laboratory technology at Makerere University, Uganda. She later on pursued a Master of Science in Immunology and Clinical Microbiology at Makerere University, Uganda. She then received a visiting scholarship from CEND at UC Berkeley to train in the Stanley lab where she worked on host-pathogen interactions. Janet is currently a graduate student in the Vance lab where she is studying the role of adaptive immunity in Shigella infection. Specifically, she seeks to understand what adaptive immune responses are important for protection against Shigella species.