Garnett H. Kelsoe
James B. Duke Distinguished Professor of ImmunologyOverview
1. Lymphocyte development and antigen-driven diversification of immunoglobulin and T cell antigen receptor genes.
2. The germinal center reaction and mechanisms for clonal selection and self - tolerance. The origins of autoimmunity.
3. Interaction of innate- and adaptive immunity and the role of inflammation in lymphoid organogenesis.
4. The role of secondary V(D)J gene rearrangment in lymphocyte development and malignancies.
5. Mathematical modeling of immune responses, DNA motifs, collaborations in bioinformatics.
6. Humoral immunity to influenza and HIV-1.
Positions
James B. Duke Distinguished Professor of Immunology in the School of Medicine
2001 School of Medicine
Professor of Integrative Immunobiology in the School of Medicine
1998 School of Medicine
Associate Professor in the Department of Surgery in the School of Medicine
2020 School of Medicine
Member of the Duke Human Vaccine Institute in the School of Medicine
2006 School of Medicine
Member of the Duke Cancer Institute in the School of Medicine
1998 School of Medicine
Education
D.Sc. 1979
1979 Harvard University
Publications, Grants & Awards
Offices & Contact
Durham, NC
27703 Room 2243 Duke@RTP
Durham, NC
27703