Julia Alvarez
Graduated from UC Merced. Julia is making fundamental discoveries on the GPI anchor of Toxoplasma gondii. Former President of RadioBio, and active baking blogger.
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PD-L1, TIM-3, and CTLA-4 blockade fail to promote resistance to secondary infection with virulent strains of Toxoplasma gondii.
Splitt, Samantha D., Scott P. Souza, Kristen M. Valentine, Brayan E. Castellanos, Andrew B. Curd, Katrina K. Hoyer, and Kirk D. C. Jensen. 2018. “PD-L1, TIM-3, and CTLA-4 Blockade Fail to Promote Resistance to Secondary Infection With Virulent Strains of Toxoplasma Gondii.”. Infection and Immunity.
De novo reconstruction of the Toxoplasma gondii transcriptome improves on the current genome annotation and reveals alternatively spliced transcripts and putative long non-coding RNAs.
Hassan, Mussa A, Mariane B. Melo, Brian Haas, Kirk D. C. Jensen, and Jeroen P. J. Saeij. 2016. “De Novo Reconstruction of the Toxoplasma Gondii Transcriptome Improves on the Current Genome Annotation and Reveals Alternatively Spliced Transcripts and Putative Long Non-Coding RNAs.”. BMC Genomics, no. 13:696.
Toxoplasma gondii Superinfection and Virulence during Secondary Infection Correlate with the Exact ROP5/ROP18 Allelic Combination.
Jensen, Kirk D. C., Ana Camejo, Mariane B. Melo, Cynthia Cordeiro, Lindsay Julien, Gijsbert M. Grotenbreg, Eva-Maria Frickel, Hidde L. Ploegh, Lucy Young, and Jeroen P.J. Saeij. 2015. “Toxoplasma Gondii Superinfection and Virulence During Secondary Infection Correlate With the Exact ROP5/ROP18 Allelic Combination.”. Bio, no. 6(2).
Identification of three novel Toxoplasma gondii rhoptry proteins
Camejo, Ana, Daniel A. Gold, Diana Lu, Kiva McFetridge, Lindsay Julien, Ninghan Yang, Kirk D. C. Jensen, and Jeroen P.J. Saeij. 2014. “Identification of Three Novel Toxoplasma Gondii Rhoptry Proteins”. International Journal for Parasitology, no. 44(2): 147-60.
Toxoplasma gondii effectors are master regulators of the inflammatory response.
Melo, Mariane B., Kirk D. C. Jensen, and Jeroen P.J. Saeij. 2011. “Toxoplasma Gondii Effectors Are Master Regulators of the Inflammatory Response.”. Trends in Parasitology, no. 27(11): 487-95.
Thymic maturation determines γδ T cell function, but not their antigen specificities.
Jensen, Kirk D. C., and Yueh-hsiu Chien. 2009. “Thymic Maturation Determines γδ T Cell Function, But Not Their Antigen Specificities.”. Current Opinions in Immunology . (21(2): 140-45.
Opportunities
The Jensen lab is looking to grow, here are some opportunities for research. If you join the lab you’ll be doing a lot of the above… passaging parasites. Postdoctoral fellows At this time the lab is not seeking postdoctoral researchers. When positions become available, you’ll need a cover letter...
Alex Jeronimo
Alex is interested in all things immunology and B cells.
Brandon Justice
Brandon was an undergraduate researcher in my lab using CRISPR to edit all sorts of genes.