The laboratory is focused on elucidating the molecular mechanisms involved in the initiation of immune responses when the organism is challenged with pathogens.
We are using new imaging technologies, capable of resolving the behavior of single molecules, to define the change of state overtime that receptors of innate immune cells (macrophages and dendritic cells) are undergoing during their interaction with pathogen’s molecules.
Single molecules movie
One of the currently developed method in the lab is to study immune receptor at the single molecule level (see research section).
Katz Group Rexall Building
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September 2009
We moved to the brand new Katz Group Rexall Building.
Our address is now Room 4043 - Katz Group Rexall Building (KGR)
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January 2010
Welcome to John Maringa Githaka. John is coming from Moi University in Kenya.
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September 2009
Andrew Locke joins the lab as graduate student. After spending 3 summers and a year as a project student in the lab, we are glad that Andrew decided to start is graduate program in our lab.
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October 2010
The new microscope is now up and running in the imaging room of the 4th floor KGR - room 4107.
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February 2011
First superresolution PALM images with our new Quorum technologies system.
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September 2011
Super-resolution imaging. Some example of tubulin labeled with AF647