Primary Investigator - Jianxun Song, PhD 

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Description:

Dr. Jianxun (Jim) Song received his Ph.D. in Immunology from The Third Military Medical University in 1998, China, and did his postdoctoral training with Dr. Michael Croft in the La Jolla Institute for Allergy & Immunology at San Diego, CA.  In 2007, Dr. Song was recruited to the Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine and went through the tenure process.  In 2017 Dr. Song moved his laboratory to the Texas A&M University Health Science Center and is currently a professor in the Department of Microbial Pathogenesis and Immunology.

 

Awards and Honors:

• 2022 - 2023 AAI Laboratory Travel Grant (Portland, Washington DC)

• 2022 AAI Immunology Fellowship (with postdoctoral scholar Dr. Jugal Das) 

• 2019 AAI Travel Grant to International Congress of Immunology (Beijing, China)

 

Research Support​:

• NIH/NCI (1R01CA221867)     

• DoD (LC210361)

• NIH/NIAID (1R21 AI167793)

• NIH/NIAMS (1R21AR083057) 

• NIH/NCI (1R01 CA273002)

• ARPA-H (P0080)

• NIH/NCI (1R01CA282254)       

 

Areas of focus:

• Pioneering T-Cell Immunity and Metabolic Regulation

• Targeting Immunomodulatory Pathways

• Innovative Strategies for Cancer Immunotherapy

• Advancing Immunotherapy for Autoimmune Disorders