Akiko Iwasaki, PhD
Sterling Professor of Immunobiology and Professor of Dermatology and of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology and of Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases); Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
The Iwasaki laboratory studies the role of microbiome and virome on immunity and inflammatory diseases. Our research showed that signals from the microbiome help optimize the immune response in the respiratory tract against influenza virus infection.