In the Jensen laboratory, we study the immunology and pathogenesis of the obligate intracellular parasite Toxoplasma gondii, the causative agent of human toxoplasmosis. Toxoplasma has been dubbed the “ubiquitous” parasite because it infects all species of mammals, a variety of birds and a third of...
Our paper is published on the GPI sidechain of T. gondii. This is the first description of the entire GPI sidechain synthetic pathway for any eukaryotic microbe generated by two enzymes we named PIGJ and PIGE. This is Julia Alvarez' PH.D. dissertation in collaboration with Chris West at University...
Kuhns, Michael S., Andrew T. Girvin, Lawrence O. Klein, Rebecca Chen, Kirk D. C. Jensen, Evan W. Newell, Johannes B. Huppa, et al. 2010. “Evidence for a Functional Sidedness to the αβTCR”. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, no. 107(11): 5094-99.
Ferdinand Njume former postdoctoral scholar in the Jensen lab. He performed his Ph.D. work at the University of Belgium where he researched surface proteins of the filarial nematode, Onchocerca volvulus. His current work involves the surface proteins of T. gondii and search for a suitable parasite...