Immunology

Siyuan Ding, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: siyuan.ding@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Immunology
Molecular Cell Biology
Research summary
Understanding how rotavirus (RV), an important enteric viral pathogen, interacts with the host innate immune system in the small intestine
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Brian Edelson, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
- Email: bedelson@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Immunology
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Research summary
Immune cell development and function
Key words
dendritic cells, macrophages, hematopoiesis, infection, inflammation, innate immunity, autoimmunity, multiple sclerosis

Takeshi Egawa, MD, PhD
Professor
- Email: egawat@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Immunology
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Research summary
Gene regulation for lymphocyte development and adaptive immune responses
Key words
lymphocyte development, adaptive immunity, transcription factors, cytokines, oncogenesis

Ali Ellebedy, PhD
Professor
- Email: ellebedy@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Immunology
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Research summary
Defining the cellular and molecular mechanisms that regulate memory B cell heterogeneity and fate.
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Roberta Faccio, PhD
Associate Professor
- Email: faccior@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Molecular Cell Biology
Immunology
Cancer Biology
Research summary
interactions between bone and immune cells in inflammation and cancer
Key words
arthritis, inflammation, cancer, bone metastases, osteoclasts

Todd Fehniger, MD, PhD
Professor
- Email: tfehnige@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Immunology
Cancer Biology
Research summary
My laboratory is focused on the molecular mechanisms regulating natural killer cell activation, novel methods to use NK cells as immunotherapy for cancer, and lymphoma genomics.
Key words
cancer, cytokine, immunology, innate immunity, NK cells, small noncoding RNAs, immunotherapy, lymphoma, genomics

Thomas Ferguson, PhD
Professor
- Email: ferguson@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Immunology
Molecular Cell Biology
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Research summary
We are examining the role of the autophagy pathway in the function of the retina and its role in diseases of the eye
Key words
angiogenesis, apoptosis, autophagy, immunology, lymphocyte, tolerance, photoreceptors, vision,

Francesca Ferraro, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: ferrarof@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Cancer Biology
Molecular Cell Biology
Immunology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Research summary
We use both mouse models and patient samples of acute myloid leukemia to understand leukemogenesis and to identify novel therapeutic targets.
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Jennifer Foltz, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: jennifer.a.foltz@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Computational and Systems Biology
Immunology
Cancer Biology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science
Research summary
My research interests lie in integrating and applying novel computational biology techniques with mechanistic experimental immunology to understand drivers of response and resistance to NK cell therapies for cancer
Key words
natural killer cells, computational biology, single-cell sequencing, immunotherapy, nk cells

Daved Fremont, PhD
Professor
- Email: fremont@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Immunology
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Research summary
Mechanisms of host immunity and viral evasion
Key words
immunology, virology, structural biology, viral immune evasion, cytokine receptors, signaling, protein trafficking