General Immunology

Research Interests: T cell responses to Salmonella and Chlamydia

Research Interests: Autoimmune diseases with focus on the molecular basis of primary biliary cholangitis. Food Allergy : Metabolomics and allergen specific immunotherapy in seafood allergy.

Research Interests: Dr. Ji’s research group is focused on elucidating the epigenetic regulation of chronic diseases such as childhood asthma and examining how epigenetic mechanisms mediate the impact of environmental exposures during critical developmental windows (e.g., infancy) on increased disease susceptibility.

Research Interests: Focusing on how bidirectional communication between the nervous and immune system alters immune outcomes in gut and lung.

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.