Microbiology Immunology & Molecular Genetics
Welcome to Microbiology Immunology & Molecular Genetics
Research Areas
Discovery Spotlights
Dr. Lili Yang - collaborative research leads to the development of novel technology that positions ‘off-the-shelf’ Cancer Immunotherapy for the Clinic.
Dr. Tim O’Sullivan – led an interdisciplinary research team that found they can use CRISPR to delete a gene called FLI1 to enhance human killer cell survival after tumor infiltration.
Dr. Kent Hill – our group’s discovery of Social Motility as an emergent behavior in African trypanosomes demonstrated that these single-celled parasites are capable of coordinating their activities as a group.
Dr. Yvonne Chen – developed a CD19/CD20 bispecific chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-T cell therapy that was subsequently evaluated in the first investigator-initiated CAR-T cell therapy trial at UCLA.
Dr. Alex Hoffmann - Discovery of a temporal signaling code to specify immune responses.
