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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!

Aades Dhillon

Person: Undergraduate researcher [Junior]

Undergraduate researcher, Aades, is super excited to work on immunity to Toxoplasma gondii.

Felipe Rodriguez

Person: '17-'20, UC Davis Graduate School

Felipe was a UC Leads scholar, former undergraduate researcher in my lab and went on to work in my lab for an additional year as a mentored research associate (via an NIH supplemental request to promote diveristy in biomedical science) as he applied to graduate schools. He is currently obtaining his...

PD-L1, TIM-3, and CTLA-4 blockade fail to promote resistance to secondary infection with virulent strains of Toxoplasma gondii.

Publication: Journal Article

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.

Publication: Journal Article

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.

Publication: Journal Article

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

Publication: Journal Article

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.

Publication: Journal Article

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.

Publication: Journal Article

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

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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...