Shai Bel

PhD

Visiting Associate Professor of Medical Microbiology & Immunology

sbel@wisc.edu

5145 Microbial Sciences Building

Research Overview

In the Bel lab we use state-of-the-art mouse models, combined with high resolution microscopy and molecular biology to understand how the intestine functions. We focus on two specialized epithelial cells, Paneth and goblet cells, to investigate how the intestine forms a barrier and why this barrier breaks down when inflammatory bowel diseases develop. Our mission is to understand why inflammatory bowel diseases develop and find clever ways to treat them.