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Nan Gao, Ph.D.<\/span><\/h1>\n

Professor <\/span><\/p>\n

Pharmacology, Physiology & Neurosciences <\/span><\/p>\n

Center for Immunity and Inflammation<\/span><\/p>\n

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Ph.D., Vanderbilt University<\/p>\n

Postdoctoral fellow, University of Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Jared Bianchi-Smak, B.S., M.S.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ph. D. Student<\/span><\/p>\n

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Jared did undergraduate at Rutgers University, New Brunswick.<\/p>\n

He is a NJCCR predoctoral fellow and studies intestinal epithelial-immune interaction, gut mucosal immunology, and mechanism of immune tolerogenecity.<\/p>\n

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Jagannatham Naidu Bhupana, Ph.D.<\/span><\/p>\n

Research Associate II<\/span><\/p>\n

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Ph.D., Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan<\/span><\/p>\n

Naidu is a biochemist and investigates the gut epithelial-immune interaction, mucosal immune tolerance, and mechanism of inflammatory responses.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Anna Tassou, B.S.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ph.D. Student<\/span><\/p>\n

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B.S., Rhodes College, Memphis, TN<\/span><\/p>\n

Anna investigates the molecular mechanisms underlying the communication between the intestinal epithelial cells, in particular Paneth cells, and LP immune cells. She is also investigating the bacterial enzymes responsible for the synthesis of a form of the methyl-nicotinamide that cannot be made by host cells.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Jason (Jiangmeng) Han, B.S.<\/span><\/h1>\n

Ph.D. Student<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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B.S., SUNY<\/p>\n

Jason studies microbial metabolite, in particular, a probiotic derived nicotinamide derivative and its function in promoting tissue healing and stem cell renewal.<\/p>\n

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Aster (Jiaxing) Yang, B.S., M.S.<\/h1>\n

Ph.D. Student<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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M.S., New York University<\/p>\n

Aster studies how Paneth cells regulate the intestinal innate immune response to inflammation and infection.<\/p>\n

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Yue Liu, B. Med.<\/h1>\n

Lab Manager<\/span><\/p>\n

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Yue is an experienced experimentalist and helps the lab run smoothly.<\/p>\n

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