1/ Crotty Lab member of the week: Yu (Alex) Kato
Alex led the work just published in @ImmunityCP on the multifaceted ways antigen valency affects B cell responses in vivo. That study is important for vaccine immunology, connecting vaccine designs to immunological rules.
Alex led the work just published in @ImmunityCP on the multifaceted ways antigen valency affects B cell responses in vivo. That study is important for vaccine immunology, connecting vaccine designs to immunological rules.
2/ He used two photo intravital microscopy, custom engineered proteins, a variety of in vivo models manipulating antigen-specific B cells and CD4 T cells, and all kinds of flow cytometry to figure out this interesting and important puzzle. All told, it was almost 4 years of work!
3/ Alex has also been deeply involved in fantastically successful collaborations with Darrell Irvine's lab at MIT, including a novel vaccine delivery / adjuvant study in @NatureMedicine this year.
4/ Alex came to the lab from Melbourne, Australia, and he recently got married on a trip back in Melbourne. He’s a great member of the lab, and wonderful at mentoring new lab members. Also, he loves food, so if you need a favor in the lab you just have to offer him a treat. 😂😜
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