University of Wisconsin - Madison
Biography Department: Surgery Immunology Focus area: Transplant Immunology Descriptive Title of Research: Investigating the effects of normothermic machine perfusion on liver and kidney transplantation Research Description: I have two main basic science research focuses: immunology and oncology. In regard to Transplant Immunology, we are investigating the therapeutic potential of normothermic ex-vivo perfusion (NEVP) systems in …
Biography Department: Medical Microbiology and Immunology Immunology Focus area: Diet-microbiota-immune interactions, autoimmunity, T cells Descriptive Title of Research: Deconstructing mechanisms of diet, microbiota, and immune interactions Research Description: Our laboratory is currently researching the ways by which diet, microbiota, and immune responses interact and the consequences of these interactions for autoimmunity. Our goal is to …
Biography Department: Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and Biomedical Engineering Immunology Focus area: Functional assessment of immune response; in vitro models of immune response in cancer Descriptive Title of Research: Modeling complex biological interactions in vitro Research Description:Our goal is a holistic approach to understanding cell behavior that integrates in vitro cellular scale engineering to …
Biography Department: Food Science Immunology Focus area: Diet and immune function Descriptive Title of Research: Dietary approaches to inhibit chronic inflammation Research Description: We are investigating the mechanisms by which dietary bioactives inhibit chronic inflammation. Our recent focus is how consumption of polyphenol-rich foods modulate of T cell differentiation during the initiation of …
Biography Department: Surgery/Division of Transplantation Immunology Focus area: Transplantation Immunology Descriptive Title of Research: The Brown Lab focuses on exploring the nexus of pluripotent stem cell biology and immunology. Research Description: We are currently investigating the mechanisms underpinning the immune response to autologous and allogeneic pluripotent stem cell (PSC)-derived cell therapies. Using transplantation immunology and genomics-based …
Biography Department: Pediatrics Immunology Focus area: GVHD, NK cells, CAR T cells, macrophages Descriptive Title of Research: Immunotherapy of pediatric cancer after bone marrow transplant Research Description: Dr. Capitini joined the faculty of the University of Wisconsin-Madison as an Assistant Professor in 2011, and leads an NIH and NSF funded laboratory in transplant immunology with …
Biography Department: Biomolecular Chemistry, Department of Medicine Immunology Focus area: Autoimmunity Descriptive Title of Research: The role ER homeostasis and stress responses in the pathology of autoimmune diabetes Research Description: Type 1 diabetes (T1D) results from an autoimmune-mediated destruction of pancreatic b-cells and affects approximately 3 million people in the United States and …
Biography Department: Medicine Immunology Focus area: Transplant immunology Descriptive Title of Research: Role of macrophages in Regenerative Medicine and Cancer Immunotherapy Research Description: Peiman Hematti, MD is Professor of Medicine in section of Hematology/Oncology, UW-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health, with joint appointments in departments of pediatrics, surgery and biomedical engineering. He is director …
Biography Name: Anna Huttenlocher, MD Department: Medical Microbiology and Immunology Immunology Focus Area: Autoimmunity, Reproductive, and Transplant Immunology Descriptive Title of Research: Innate immunity and inflammation Research Description: The focus of research in our group is on understanding the molecular mechanisms that regulate inflammation and its resolution. Using both human cells (primary …
Biography Department: Medical Microbiology & Immunology Immunology Focus area: Autoimmunity, inflammation, sexual dimorphism in immunity, personalized medicine Descriptive Title of Research: Molecular basis for sexual dimorphism in immunity Research Description: Our lab studies sex differences in biology and diseases. We ask why these sex differences exist. We hypothesize that sex differences are important to the …