Hastie was recently named an LJI Research Assistant Professor. Her new lab will focus on “New World” Arenaviruses, a family of viruses that has become a growing threat in the Americas. These viruses ...
Dr. Kawakami has been using the high-affinity IgE receptor (FceRI) signaling in mast cells as a model system. Following his co-discovery of two Tec family PTKs, Btk and Itk, in mast cells, his group ...
Virulent isolates of CMV encode the ul144 orf, and we identified UL144 as an orthologue of the herpesvirus entry mediator (HVEM), a member of the TNF receptor superfamily. When the immune checkpoint ...