I was born and raised in Southern California, attended UCLA with a major in Applied Math and Physical Chemistry and Harvard Medical School, with postdoctoral research training in the laboratory of David Livingston at Dana Farber Cancer Institute, as well...
Our interests focus on the adaptive immune response with respect to those multiple subunit plasma membrane receptors, namely T cell receptors (TCRs) and preTCRs, that recognize peptides bound to MHC molecules (pMHCs). abTCRs specifically bind to "foreign"...
My laboratory focuses on the molecular mechanisms of innate immunity and inflammation leading to tissue destruction. More specifically, we are investigating the attack mechanisms instrumental in targeted tissues for autoimmune destruction. Conversely, we...
The function of many proteins is regulated by post-translational modifications. One such modification is citrullination, which converts peptidylarginine to peptidylcitrulline. This process is catalyzed by the enzymes peptidylarginine deiminases (PADs)...
Overview:
Our studies seek to leverage new tools capable of defining the dynamic nature of cell surface glycans on immune cells and microbes. This approach has provided insight into the role of glycans in immune cell development and differentiation, in...
Our laboratory focuses on the engineering of human monoclonal antibodies for their use in discovery research and as drugs for the treatment of human diseases. We are working in two broad disease areas: emerging infectious diseases and cancer. We have...
The major focus of my laboratory is to understand the role of the NF-κB family of transcription factors in regulating innate inflammatory responses. NF-κB is generally thought of as a pro-inflammatory agent. However, work from our laboratory has...
A major area of our interest is how eukaryotic cells sense and respond to stress in the form of damage to their genetic material. When cells incur DNA damage, they induce the transcription of genes involved in cell cycle arrest and repair of the damage...
Our goal is to understand the role of neural-immune interactions in pain, host defense, and immunity. It is increasingly clear that microbes and immune cells release mediators that impact the health and function of the nervous system. Neurons also release...
Autoimmune Disease Deconstruction:
We have implemented a disease deconstruction pipeline using single cell and spatial technologies applied to inflamed tissues in humans to discover new cell types, cell states and pathways that mediate autoimmune disease...
