Dr. Stokes Peebles fromt Vanderbilt University Medical School, Tennessee, USA, is undertaking a 6 month sabbatical in the lab of Dr. Sanjiv Luther at the Department of Biochemistry .
Dr. Stokes Peebles is Professor of Medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical School, Tennessee, USA. Dr. Peebles has a very active research program examining the role of eicosanoids in allergic and virally-induced lung inflammation for which he has been supported by the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology Education Research Trust Award and the National Institutes.
Dr. Peebles will be working in Dr. Sanjiv Luther’s lab at the Department of Biochemistry investigating how IL-33 expressed by fibroblastic reticular cells in secondary lymphoid organs regulates immune responses. In this project, he will learn culture techniques in 2D or 3D systems followed by analysis using flow cytometry, histology and possibly proteomics (for T cell signaling). This project will improve his understanding of the role of fibroblast-derived IL-33 in immunity and the findings should be of relevance for human health and for drug development.