Research Overview
We are broadly interested in understanding cell signing in the immune response to infection, how dysregulated signaling contributes to disease pathogenesis, and in uncovering novel regulators of cell signaling found in Hymenopteran venoms.

​We take an integrative approach, using genetics, cell and molecular biology, biochemistry, and biophysics techniques to investigate cell signaling in the Drosophila melanogaster-parasitoid wasp model host-parasite interaction.​
Projects in the lab include:
  • Regulation of host signaling by parasitoid venom proteins
  • The role of innate immunity in Alzheimer’s disease pathogenesis
  • Molecular genetics of Drosophila melanogaster cellular immunity
  • Innate immune receptors: missing-self recognition, self-tolerance and autoimmunity
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