Hector Aguilar-Carreno | email
Associate Professor of Microbiology and Immunology
Aguilar-Carreno’s research and expertise is in entry, egress, and interactions of enveloped viruses with host cells, with emphasis on emerging paramyxoviruses, vaccine and antiviral strategies.
Avery August | email
Vice Provost for Academic Affairs
Professor of Microbiology and Immunology
The August lab is interested in the role of Tyrosine Kinases (TKs) in regulating the immune response, with the goal of using this information to manipulate immune responses and are specifically interested in the Tec families of non-receptor tyrosine kinases.
Ilana L. Brito | email
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
The Brito lab focuses on the mechanisms that underlie microbiome-associates disorders. The lab applies systems biology and precision engineering to develop microbiome-base diagnostics and therapeutics.
Julie M. Blander | email
Professor of Immunology in Medicine
The Blander lab studies the mechanisms by which the innate immune system detects and responds to perturbations in homeostasis at the molecular, cellular and organismal level. The lab group studies these responses in the context of infection, cell death, and malignant cellular transformation.
Andrew Clark | email
Professor of Molecular Biology and Genetics
Andrew Clark is a population geneticist focused on empirical and analytical problems associated with genetic variation in populations.
Andrew W. Grimson | email
Associate Professor of Molecular Biology and Genetics
The Grimson lab investigates post-transcriptional gene regulation with two areas of emphasis: first, the function of small RNA regulatory molecules (chiefly microRNAs), and second, the identification and characterization of novel cis-regulatory elements within mRNAs.
Brian P. Lazzaro | email
Professor of Entomology
Research in the Lazzaro group is focused on the evolutionary genomics of insect-pathogen interactions, emphasizing such questions as how natural selection operates on host immune systems, why individuals vary in susceptibility or resistance to infection, and what dictates whether opportunistic pathogens succeed or fail at establishing infection.
Brian D. Rudd | email
Associate Professor of Microbiology and Immunology
Rudd lab is focused on understanding basic principles of immunity against infection and age-related changes that alter the CD8+ T cell immune responses in early life. They also are interested in determining how environmental factors (maternal diet, microbiome, infections) alter immune ontogeny and function.
Ankur Singh | email 
Assistant Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Singh lab research effort centers on creating functional immune tissues as organoids or on-chip to recapitulate selective aspects of lymph nodes. The engineered tissues communicate dynamically with human and mouse immune cells and using engineered approaches we are able to manipulate cell’s behavior. Using engineering principles, they study how various components of lymphoid tissues interact with immune cells, their tumors, and how immune cells undergo decision making at the cellular, molecular, and epigenetic (chromatin) levels to protect humans from infectious threats to develop immune therapeutics.
Bettina Wagner | email 
Professor and Chair of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Science
The Wagner laboratory focuses on research in equine immunology with a particular interest in immune responses and protective mechanisms in neonates and young foals. The disease models include intracellular pathogens, such as Equine herpesvirus type 1 (EHV-1), and allergic diseases especially Culicoides induced skin hypersensitivity.
