John Baer

Program: Molecular Cell Biology

Current advisor: David G. DeNardo, PhD

Undergraduate university: University of Missouri-Columbia, 2015

Enrollment year: 2016

Research summary
Understanding resident versus recruited macrophage function during pancreatitis

Graduate publications
Hegde S, Krisnawan VE, Herzog BH, Zuo C, Breden MA, Knolhoff BL, Hogg GD, Tang JP, Baer JM, Mpoy C, Lee KB, Alexander KA, Rogers BE, Murphy KM, Hawkins WG, Fields RC, DeSelm CJ, Schwarz JK, DeNardo DG. 2020 Dendritic Cell Paucity Leads to Dysfunctional Immune Surveillance in Pancreatic Cancer. Cancer Cell, 37(3):289-307.e9.

Meyer MA, Baer JM, Knolhoff BL, Nywening TM, Panni RZ, Su X, Weilbaecher KN, Hawkins WG, Ma C, Fields RC, Linehan DC, Challen GA, Faccio R, Aft RL, DeNardo DGKN, Hawkins WG, Ma C, Fields RC, Linehan DC, Challen GA, Faccio R, Aft RL, DeNardo DG. 2018 Breast and pancreatic cancer interrupt IRF8-dependent dendritic cell development to overcome immune surveillance. Nat Commun, 9(1):1250.