Section: Rotations

Postdoctoral Position Available

Kenneth Rock, M.D.

Academic Role: Professor

Faculty Appointment(s) In:
   Pathology

Other Affiliation(s):
   Center for AIDS Research
   Program in Immunology and Virology

Potential Rotation Projects

Rotations are available in Dr. Rock’s laboratory for graduate students in the GSBS program. The rotation projects will explore various aspects of how the immune system carries out surveillance to detect viral infections and cancers. Among the potential areas of research are: (1) The alarm signals that alert the immune system to potential danger; (2) The initial innate immune and inflammatory response to infection or other dangerous situations; (3) The biology of the sentinel cells (e.g. dendritic cells) that sense danger and report it the adaptive immune system; (4) The mechanisms by which sentinel cells (e.g. dendritic cells) acquire and display antigens to T cells; and, (5) The antigen presentation pathways by which virally infected or cancer cells display a sampling of their expressed gene products to the activated T cells. Specific rotation projects are chosen based on the student’s interests and state/availability of the various projects in the laboratory.  The goals of rotations are for the student to gain knowledge in immunology,  to learn how to approach experimental problems, to learn new techniques and methods, and to actually generate data that moves our knowledge forward. In addition, the rotation provides the student the opportunity to evaluate the laboratory as a possible place to conduct their thesis research in the future.

Office: S2-109
Phone: 508-856-2521
E-mail: Kenneth.Rock@umassmed.edu
Keywords: Immunology, Cell Biology, Virology

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Postdoctoral Position Available A postdoctoral position is available to study in this laboratory. Contact Dr. Rock for additional details.