CETI Seed Grant: Assessing a novel hypothesis that B-cell error catastrophe can cause germinal center termination

Germinal centers are vital to a healthy immune response, yet surprisingly little is known about the factors that influence their persistence or loss. Here, we propose a novel hypothesis for their loss, namely, the propensity of B-cell populations under somatic hypermutation to succumb to...

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Meet Our Investigators

Philip Gerrish, PhD

Research Associate Professor
Department of Biology
University of New Mexico

Education
B.S. Physics, Hope College
B.A. Philosophy, Hope College
M.S. BioSystems Engineering & Mathematics,...

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