Faculty

Sean Collins, PhD

  • Associate Professor
  • Microbiology & Molecular Genetics
  • College of Biological Sciences
Research Interests: My research is focused on the cell biology of immune cells, with a particular focus on neutrophil chemotaxis and degranulation. We use live-cell imaging, molecular biosensors, and optogenetic tools to study single-cell responses.

Hong Ji, PhD

  • Associate Professor
  • Department of Anatomy, Physiology & Cell Biology
  • School of Veterinary Medicine
Research Interests: Dr. Ji’s research group is focused on elucidating the epigenetic regulation of chronic diseases such as childhood asthma and examining how epigenetic mechanisms mediate the impact of environmental exposures during critical developmental windows (e.g., infancy) on increased disease susceptibility.
California National Primate Research Center

Grace Rosenquist, PhD

  • Assistant Adjunct Professor
  • Department of Neurobiology, Physiology & Behavior
  • College of Biological Sciences

Colin Reardon, PhD

  • Associate Professor
  • Department of Anatomy, Physiology & Cell Biology
  • School of Veterinary Medicine
Research Interests: Focusing on how bidirectional communication between the nervous and immune system alters immune outcomes in gut and lung.
Room 2007, Vet Med 3B

Roger Sciammas, PhD

  • Associate Professor
  • Department of Anatomy, Physiology & Cell Biology
  • School of Veterinary Medicine
Research Interests: Antibody production requires B cell maturation coordinated by changes in transcriptional and post-transcriptional mechanisms of gene expression. The lab studies the transcription factors and RNA binding proteins that drive maturation into antibody secreting plasma cells.

Barbara Shacklett, PhD

  • Professor
  • Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology
  • Department of Infectious Disease
  • School of Medicine
Research Interests: My lab focuses mainly on mucosal immunity in chronic HIV infection, with an emphasis on the gastrointestinal and reproductive tracts. Topics of interest include tissue-resident T-cells, regulatory T-cells (Treg), mucosa-associated invariant T-cells (MAIT) and the contributions of these cell types to host defense against mucosal pathogens.
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Melanie Gareau, PhD

  • Professor
  • Department of Anatomy, Physiology & Cell Biology
  • School of Veterinary Medicine
Research Interests: My lab studies the development of the microbiota-gut-brain axis. We are interested in understanding the mechanisms of communication between the gut and brain, including the specific neuro, immune, and endocrine pathways involved.
2017 Vet Med 3B
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