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People who work in Molecular and cellular immunology

People conducting research in this area. Includes development and functional studies of specific cell types as well as signal transduction pathways in health and disease.

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Name Email/phone Interests include:
August, Avery  
  • Associate Professor of Immunology
  • Co-chair, Intercollege Graduate Degree Program in Molecular Medicine
axa45@psu.edu
814-863-3539
   (University Park) 		Signal transduction pathways that regulate immune function; in particular, role of Tec family tyrosine kinases in T cells and mast cells. How manipulation of these signals affect immune response in diseases such as allergic asthma.
Bonneau, Robert  
  • Professor of Microbiology and Immunology
rhb3@psu.edu
717-531-4078
   (Hershey) 		Cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying stress-induced, neuroendocrine-mediated modulation of the immune response to herpes simplex virus infections.
Cantorna, Margherita  
  • Associate Professor in Molecular Immunology
  • Co-chair, Intercollege Graduate Degree Program in Immunology and Infectious Diseases
mxc69@psu.edu
814-863-2819
   (University Park) 		Vitamin D regulation of autoimmunity, especially inflammatory bowel diseases. Molecular and cellular regulation of host immunity, and regulation by nutrients.
Hankey, Pamela (Pam)  
  • Associate Professor of Immunology
phc7@psu.edu
814-863-0128
   (University Park) 		Murine Stk receptor tyrosine kinase and its function in macrophage regulation and inflammation and in leukemic development.
Mastro, Andrea  
  • Professor of Microbiology and Cell Biology
a36@psu.edu
814-863-0152
   (University Park) 		Breast cancer and the immune system; how metastatic, osteolytic breast cancer cells affect osteoblasts.
Norbury, Chris  
  • Assistant Professor of Microbiology and Immunology
ccn1@psu.edu
717-531-7204
   (Hershey) 		The role of macrophages and dendritic cells in antigen presentation, antiviral immunity and in chronic inflammation during diabetes.
Ott, Troy  
  • Associate Professor of Reproductive Physiology
tlo12@psu.edu
814-441-2657
   (University Park) 		Fertility and reproductive immunology in domestic farm animals. Improving diagnosis of infertility and viral infections.
Paulson, Robert (Bob)  
  • Assistant Professor of Veterinary Science
rfp5@psu.edu
814-863-6306
   (University Park) 		Roles of host genes in restricting infection by Friend erythroleukemia virus.
Phelps, David  
  • Professor of Pediatrics
dsp4@psu.edu
717-531-5925
   (Hershey) 		Surfactant regulation of lung immune cell function.
Prabhu, Sandeep  
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences
ksp4@psu.edu
814-863-8976
   (University Park) 		Regulation of immune function by oxidative stress and antioxidants, including selenium. Regulation of HIV transcription by selenium.
Ross, Catharine  
  • Professor in Nutritional Science and Occupant of Dorothy Foehr Huck Chair
acr6@psu.edu
814-865-4721
   (University Park) 		Vitamin A metabolism; hepatic retinoid function and gene expression; vitamin A in infection and immunity.
Rybka, Witold  
  • Professor of Medicine
wrybka@psu.edu
717-531-5059
   (Hershey) 		Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.
Schell, Todd  
  • Assistant Professor of Microbiology and Immunology
tschell@psu.edu
717-531-8169
   (Hershey) 		Cellular immune responses in the control of cancer. Investigation of CD8+ T lymphocyte response in unique tumor environments to define immunotherapeutic approaches to cancer.
Schlegel, Robert  
  • Professor and Head, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
ur3@psu.edu
814-865-6974
   (University Park) 		Molecular mechanisms responsible for recognition by macrophages of phosphatidylserine on apoptotic cell surfaces.
Truckenmiller, Emmy  
  • Assistant Professor of Microbiology
met11@psu.edu
717-531-8147
   (Hershey) 		Neuro-endocrine modulation of dendritic cell function (maturation, antigen presentation, cytokine production, migration) in the initial steps of T cell-mediated anti-viral/tumor immunity.
Xiong, Na  
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences
  • Director, Transgenic Mouse Facility
nux1@psu.edu
814-863-2933
   (University Park) 		Development and function of gamma/delta T cells, a class of immune cells with various roles in microbial immunity, inflammation regulation and tumor surveillance.