Allergic asthma is the fastest growing childhood illness in the United States, affecting nearly 10% of American children. The Wiesner lab researches two aspects of allergic asthma: sensitization and persistence.
Dr. Alex Wong graduated cum laude in Biological Sciences from Cornell University and received his M.D. from Harvard Medical School. As a medical student he was awarded a Howard Hughes
The overall research focus of our lab is to answer the important question of how coronaviruses cause disease. We aim to address this question by dissecting and understanding the process
Dr. Wong obtained her PhD from the University of Melbourne, Australia. There, she focused on effector proteins that are secreted by gastrointestinal pathogens and how they interfere with host cell
Dr. Y. (Linda) Xie and her research team conducts clinical and translational studies in tuberculosis (TB) diagnostics, biomarkers, and AI-interpreted clinical imaging. Their interests include detecting and treating TB at
Fungal diseases are serious threats to human health with very limited treatment options. The Xue lab studies the human pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans, the leading cause of life-threatening fungal meningitis. We
Dr. Vijay K. Yadav is a biogerontologist. He did his doctoral training at Indian Institute of Science in molecular endocrinology and postdoctoral training at Baylor College of Medicine and Columbia University in
The Yang Lab seeks to develop next-generation therapies for chronic and infectious diseases using innovative systems and synthetic biology approaches. Research in the lab bring together high-throughput experimentation, predictive network
Research in the Yap laboratory is centered on elucidating fundamental mechanisms of host resistance and disease tolerance required for survival during infection. The laboratory primarily uses mouse models of Toxoplasma