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I am interested in converting basic
science knowledge to real therapeutic applications that can be helpful to
patients, and that is the reason that I joined the MD/PhD program here at the
Univeristy of Alabama at Birmingham. My current research interest involves study
into the regulation of activation-induced deaminase (AID) by type I IFN and
plasmacytoid dendritic cells in the BXD2 autoimmune mouse model. AID is an
RNA-editing enzyme critical to antibody isotype class-switch and somatic
hypermutation, two processes essential to generating high-affinity IgG isotype
antibodies. By better understanding the regulation of this critical enzyme, we
hope to further understand the role of AID and type I IFN in autoimmune disease
development.
In my free time, I like to read and
write.
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Hometown:
Arcadia,
California
Undergraduate/Masters
Institution:
Chemistry, B.S., Economics, A.B.
University of
California at Berkeley
General Research
Interests:
Type I IFN, plasmacytoid dendritic cells, and autoimmune
disease
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