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Good bye Ferdinand :(

News: August 11, 2023

It was a great 3 years with Ferdinand, who discovered fundamental things for the Jensen lab about the GPI anchor that will be published in years to come! Good luck with your growing family in the UK!

Congratulations to Laura for being awarded Best Poster Award at the Midwinter Conference for Immunologists!!

News: January 29, 2024

Congratulations for being selected BioLegend Young Investigator Travel Award for Poster Presentations!! One of 4 posters selected...out of 127 posters... well done Laura!

New R21 NIH grant on mRNA vaccines for Toxoplasma is funded!

News: December 12, 2023

Excited to share that we recently received an R21 (R21AI176186) from the NIH to explore novel concepts in mRNA vaccines for Toxoplasma gondii. This is in collaboration with Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories (LLNL) nanoparticle vaccine group headed by Dr. Nick Fischer and Dr. Amy Rasley.

Sahil Malhi

Person: 22' - 24' Undergaduate researcher, applying to medical school

Sahil brought his enthusiasm to research the GPI anchor of Toxoplasma gondii, and in doing so became an expert in the topic. He is applying to medical school and wish him the very best in his future endeavors.

Julia Alvarez

Person: 18'-23', Ph.D., Current - Assistant Professor, Medical Education Department, UC Merced

Graduated from UC Merced. Julia is making fundamental discoveries on the GPI anchor of Toxoplasma gondii. Former President of RadioBio, and active baking blogger.

Naive CD8 T cell IFNγ responses to a vacuolar antigen are regulated by an inflammasome-independent NLRP3 pathway and Toxoplasma gondii ROP5.

Publication: Journal Article

Kongsomboonvech, Angel K., Felipe Rodriguez, Anh L. Diep, Brandon M. Justice, Brayan E. Castallanos, Ana Camejo, Debanjan Mukhopadhyay, et al. 2020. “Naive CD8 T Cell IFNγ Responses to a Vacuolar Antigen Are Regulated by an Inflammasome-Independent NLRP3 Pathway and Toxoplasma Gondii ROP5”. PLOS Pathogens 16(8): e1008327.

Transcriptional and Linkage Analyses Identify Loci that Mediate the Differential Macrophage Response to Inflammatory Stimuli and Infection.

Publication: Journal Article

Hassan, Musa A., Kirk D. Jensen, Vincent Butty, Kenneth Hu, Erwan Boedec, Pjotr Prins, and Jeroen P.J. Saeij. 2015. “Transcriptional and Linkage Analyses Identify Loci That Mediate the Differential Macrophage Response to Inflammatory Stimuli and Infection”. PLOS Genetics, no. 1(10):e1005619.

Toxoplasma Polymorphic Effectors Determine Macrophage Polarization and Intestinal Inflammation.

Publication: Journal Article

Jensen, Kirk D. C., Yiding Wang, Elia D. Tait Wojno, Anjali J. Shastri, Kenneth Hu, Lara Cornel, Erwan Boedec, et al. 2011. “Toxoplasma Polymorphic Effectors Determine Macrophage Polarization and Intestinal Inflammation”. Cell Host & Microbe, no. 9(6): 472-83.

Altered peptide ligands can modify the Th2 T cell response to the immunodominant 161-175 peptide of LACK (Leishmania homolog for the receptor of activated C kinase).

Publication: Journal Article

Jensen, Kirk D. C., Eli Sercarz, and Cluadia Raja-Gabaglia. 2009. “Altered Peptide Ligands Can Modify the Th2 T Cell Response to the Immunodominant 161-175 Peptide of LACK (Leishmania Homolog for the Receptor of Activated C Kinase)”. Molecular Immunology, no. 46(3): 366-74.

Mary (Mindy) Fernandez

Person: '20-'22, Ph.D. Graduate School UC Davis

Undergraduate researcher, and UC LEADS scholar. Mindy is interested in immunology and parasites, and is currently a Ph.D. student at UC Davis!