Loyola Univ. Health Sys- Microbiology & Immunology: Training Grant

The Immunology Program at Loyola University has been awarded an NIH Training Grant in Experimental Immunology from 1997-2012. Dr. Katherine L. Knight is the Training Program Director and each of the twelve mentors associated with The Training Program has an unwavering commitment to first-rate predoctoral and postdoctoral training. For information about the individual mentors and their research, please see below:

Katherine L. Knight, Ph.D.	Molecular Control of B Lymphocyte Development and Generation of Antibody
Susan C. Baker, Ph.D.	The molecular biology and pathogenesis of corona viruses.
Manuel O. Diaz, M.D.	Molecular Mechanisms of Cell Senescence and Leukemogenesis
Thomas M. Gallagher, Ph.D.	Molecular Mechanisms of Enveloped Virus Entry into Animal Cells
Makio Iwashima Ph.D.	Cell biology of T cell subsets
Phong T. Le, Ph.D.	Thymic epithelial cell biology in T cell development.
Caroline Le Poole., Ph.D.	Autoimmune responses and anti-tumor responses to melanocytic cells.
Herbert L. Mathews, Ph.D.	Immune dysregulation and homeostasis
Brian J. Nickoloff, M.D., Ph.D.	Role of Cell Survival Genes and Immune Cells in Skin Disorders
Christopher M. Wiethoff, Ph.D.	Mechanistic studies of nonenveloped virus cell entry.
Pamela L Witte, Ph.D.	Control of B Lynphopoiesis in Hemopoietic Tissues
Nancy J. Zeleznik-Le, Ph.D.	The MLL protein, which is involved in chromosomal translocations that result in leukemia.
Jiwang Zhang M.D., Ph.D.	HSC regulation and leukemia research

We welcome applications for predoctoral and postdoctoral positions on the Training Grant. For more information please contact Dr. Katherine L. Knight by e-mail: kknight@lumc.edu.

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