Ray Ohara
Program: Immunology
Current advisor: Kenneth M. Murphy, MD, PhD
Undergraduate university: University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, 2015
Enrollment year: 2018
Research summary
Graduate publications
Ferris ST, Liu T, Chen J, Ohara RA, Ou F, Wu R, Kim S, Murphy TL, Murphy KM. 2023 WDFY4 deficiency in NOD mice ameliorates autoimmune diabetes and insulitis. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA, 120(13):e2219956120. PMCID: PMC10068798
Kim S, Chen J, Jo S, Ou F, Ferris ST, Liu TT, Ohara RA, Anderson DA, Wu R, Chen MY, Gillanders WE, Gillanders WE, Murphy TL, Murphy KM. 2023 IL-6 selectively suppresses cDC1 specification via C/EBPβ. J Exp Med, 220(10):e20221757. PMCID: PMC10336151
Ferris ST, Ohara RA, Ou F, Wu R, Huang X, Kim S, Chen J, Liu TT, Schreiber RD, Murphy TL, Murphy KM. 2022 cDC1 vaccines drive tumor rejection by direct presentation independently of host cDC1. Cancer Immunol Res, 10(8):920-931
Kim S, Bagadia P, Anderson DA 3rd, Liu TT, Huang X, Theisen DJ, O’Connor KW, Ohara RA, Iwata A, Murphy TL, Murphy KM. 2020 High Amount of Transcription Factor IRF8 Engages AP1-IRF Composite Elements in Enhancers to Direct Type 1 Conventional Dendritic Cell Identity. Immunity, 59(4):759-774.e9. PMCID: