Anyone who has overcome a bout of the flu or received a vaccination can appreciate the essential, protective role of the immune system. Yet, the simple idea of an individual’s ability to protect itself from foreign agents becomes exponentially more complex when studied at a cellular and molecular level. MMI immunology faculty are no strangers to the labyrinthine world of cells, molecules, and signaling pathways that act in our defense. Some of our faculty focus on broadly applicable immunological phenomena such as the contribution of NKT cell autoreactivity to tolerance, the regulatory role of gamma delta T cells, or mechanisms of leukocyte migration. Other MMI immunology faculty study host-pathogen relationships, often in the context of reliably adapted animal models. The development and efficacy of Blastomyces dermatitidis and Borrelia burgdorferi vaccines, the contribution of innate and adaptive cellular responses to resistance in African trypanosomiasis, and the manipulation of innate immune cells by Toxoplasma gondii constitute a few of the research foci within the context of specific infectious diseases.
Investigators
Jenny Gumperz
Professor of Medical Microbiology & Immunology
Office: (608) 263-6902, Laboratory: 263-6310
4305 Microbial Sciences Building
Anna Huttenlocher
Professor of Medical Microbiology & Immunology and Pediatrics
Office: (608) 265-4642, Laboratory: 265-4669
4205 Microbial Sciences Building
Bruce Klein
Professor of Pediatrics, Medicine, and Medical Microbiology & Immunology
Office: (608) 263-9217, Laboratory: 263-6203
4303 Microbial Sciences Building
Laura Knoll
Professor of Medical Microbiology & Immunology
Office: (608) 262-3161, Laboratory: 262-4242
3303 Microbial Sciences Building
Miroslav (Mirek) Malkovsky
Professor of Medical Microbiology & Immunology
Office: (608) 263-6316, Laboratory: 262-5182
3205 Microbial Sciences Building
Jeniel Nett
Assistant Professor of Medicine and Medical Microbiology & Immunology
Office: (608) 262-7494, Laboratory: (608) 265-0417
5203 Microbial Sciences Building
John-Demian (JD) Sauer
Assistant Professor of Medical Microbiology & Immunology
Office: (608) 263-1529, Laboratory: 263-4230
4203 Microbial Sciences Building
Ronald (Ron) Schell
Professor, Medical Microbiology & Immunology; Chief Bacteriologist, Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene
Office: (608) 262-3634
613 WI State Lab of Hygiene
Robert (Rob) Striker
Associate Professor of Medicine and Medical Microbiology & Immunology
Office: (608) 263-2994, Laboratory: 263-5794
3301 Microbial Sciences Building