Research
The research program in the Department of Immunology program has five basic areas:
- Immune receptors and adjuvant discovery
- Biology of dendritic cells (DCs), cell biology and biochemistry of antigen processing and presentation and tumor antigen discovery
- Regulation of the decision between activation/differentiation, survival/apoptosis, memory/effector function and immunity/tolerance
- Hematopoietic stem cell biology
- RNA-based research
Descriptions of these basic areas in immunological research are available at Research in Immunology.
In addition, the Center for Cancer Immunology Research (CCIR) has five clinical immunology programs:
- Bone marrow transplantation immunology
- Leukemia and lymphoma research
- Viral immunology and oncology research
- DC- and T cell-based immunotherapy for cancer
- UV-irradiation-induced immunosuppression and skin carcinogenesis