Adaptive Immunity

Research Interests: Antibody production requires B cell maturation coordinated by changes in transcriptional and post-transcriptional mechanisms of gene expression. The lab studies the transcription factors and RNA binding proteins that drive maturation into antibody secreting plasma cells.

Research Interests: My lab focuses mainly on mucosal immunity in chronic HIV infection, with an emphasis on the gastrointestinal and reproductive tracts. Topics of interest include tissue-resident T-cells, regulatory T-cells (Treg), mucosa-associated invariant T-cells (MAIT) and the contributions of these cell types to host defense against mucosal pathogens.

Research Interests: Research in immunogenetics, molecular genetics, functional genomics, and bioinformatics in poultry. My group is focused on elucidating the molecular and cellular mechanisms of host-pathogen interaction including disease resistance, immune response, and pathogenesis of infection.