Adjunct Professor of Immunology and Infectious Diseases
Despite years of research, tuberculosis remains a leading killer, causing almost two million deaths each year worldwide. While the treatment for drug-...
The major interest of the Sharpe laboratory is to study functions of T cell costimulatory pathways and their immunoregulatory roles in controlling the...
Research in our lab uses a combination of cellular and molecular approaches in the analysis of T-cell responses to bacterial pathogens. Many virulence...
Edward Mallinckrodt Jr. Professor of Immunopathology
We are trying to understand how circulating cells manage to leave the blood stream and home to distinct organs or tissues where they may have crucial...
We are exploring pathogen-host interactions, particularly in the context of animal models relevant to human infection of clinically important enteric...
Commensal intestinal bacteria participate in digestion of the host diet, provide essential amino acids and vitamins, and secrete metabolites that control...