Peter Cresswell PhD, FRS
Eugene Higgins Professor of Immunobiology and Professor of Cell Biology and of Dermatology
Departments & Organizations
Biological and Biomedical Sciences (BBS): Immunology | Molecular Cell Biology, Genetics and Development
Cancer Immunology
Cell Biology: Cell Biology of the immune system | Cell biology of the host-pathogen interaction | Cellular imaging
Immunobiology
Dermatology: Skin Diseases Research Center, Yale
Diabetes Endocrinology Research Center
Immunology and Immunotherapy
Molecular Virology
Research Interests
Molecular mechanisms of antigen processing; assembly and intracellular transport of CD1 molecules, class I and class II MHC molecules; effector functions and mechanisms of action of interferon-induced proteins; viral immunity more...
Education
- Ph.D., University of London, 1971
Selected Publications
- Dong, G., Wearsch, P.A., Peaper, D.R., Cresswell, P., Reinisch, K.M. Insights into MHC class I peptide loading from the structure of the tapasin/ERp57 heterodimer. Immunity 30(1):21-32, 2009. PMCID:2650231
- Singh, R., Cresswell, P. Defective cross-presentation of viral antigens in GILT-free mice. Science 328:1394-1398, 2010. PMCID:2925227
