Michael S. Kuhns, Ph.D.
- Title
- Assistant Professor
- Department
- Department of Immunobiology
- Institution
- University of Arizona
- Address
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1656 E Mabel Street
P.O. Box 245221 - City, State, ZIP
- Tucson, AZ 85724
- Phone
- (520) 626-6461
- [email protected]
- Website
- http://immunobiology.arizona.edu/faculty/michael-s-kuhns-phd
- Research field
- Immunology
- Award year
- 2011
Research
Effective immunity to pathogens requires that coordinated, multi-cellular responses emerge from a myriad of "conversations" that take place between cells of the innate and adaptive immune compartments. My lab is working to understand the molecular mechanism that mediate the conversations that occur between antigen-presenting cells and T cells that determine if and how a T cell responds to antigen. We are using a variety of classic molecular, cellular, and biochemical techniques, as well as more modern live cell imaging approaches, to probe these processes. We are also developing mouse model systems to determine how individual mechanisms contribute to T cell responses during pathogenic infection or autoimmunity. Altogether, our work is aimed at increasing our basic and practical understanding of T cell activation and regulation.
Scholar Keywords
2011 Search Pew Scholars
- Christine M. Dunham, Ph.D.
- Thomas G. Fazzio, Ph.D.
- Max L. Fletcher, Ph.D.
- Hunter B. Fraser, Ph.D.
- Melissa K. Gardner, Ph.D.
- Mary Gehring, Ph.D.
- Jeff Gore, Ph.D.
- Takaki Komiyama, Ph.D.
- Mei Kong, Ph.D.
- Michael S. Kuhns, Ph.D.
- Erica Larschan, Ph.D.
- Eros Lazzerini Denchi, Ph.D.
- Ann C. Morris, Ph.D.
- James B. Moseley, Ph.D.
- Suzanne M. Noble, M.D., Ph.D.
- Brad J. Nolen, Ph.D.
- Chad G. Pearson, Ph.D.
- Sharad Ramanathan, Ph.D.
- Anthony R. Richardson, Ph.D.
- Niels Ringstad, Ph.D.
- Georgios Skiniotis, Ph.D.
- Liang Zhou, M.D., Ph.D.