Alexander Liu

MSTP in PhD Training

Program: Immunology

Current advisor: Marco Colonna, MD

Undergraduate university: Case Western Reserve University, 2021

Enrollment year: 2022

Research summary
Chimeric Antigen Receptor Astrocyte (CARA) Therapy for Alzheimer’s Disease

My research in the Colonna lab focuses on developing novel cellular-based Chimeric Antigen Receptor Astrocyte (CARA) therapy for Alzheimer’s Disease.

Graduate publications
Molgora M, Liu YA, Colonna M, Cella M. 2023 TREM2: A new player in the tumor microenvironment. Semin Immunol, 67():101739

Pfeifer CW, Walsh JT, Santeford A, Lin JB, Beatty WL, Terao R, Liu YA, Hase K, Ruzycki PA, Apte RS. 2023 Dysregulated CD200-CD200R signaling in early diabetes modulates microglia-mediated retinopathy. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA, 120(45):e2308214120. PMCID: PMC10636339