Richard A Flavell PhD, FRS
Sterling Professor of Immunobiology; Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute; Department Chair, Immunobiology
Departments & Organizations
Biological and Biomedical Sciences (BBS): Immunology: Computational Immunology
Stem Cell Center, Yale: Stem Cell Niche and Homing | Stem Cell Self-Renewal and Cell Symmetry
Cancer Immunology
Vascular Biology and Therapeutics Program
Immunobiology: Lymphocyte Development
Parasitology Program
Skin Diseases Research Center, Yale
Liver Center
Diabetes Endocrinology Research Center
T32 Mentors
Immunology and Immunotherapy
Research Interests
Animal Models; Autoimmunity; Diabetes; Gene Expression; Gene Transfer; Genes; Immune System; Lyme Borreliosis Or Lyme Disease; Molecular Cellular Entities; Recombinant DNA; Transgenic Animals; Autoimmunity; Knockout Mice; Lyme Disease; T Cell Lineages; Tolerance; Transgenic Mice more...
Education
- Ph.D., Hull University, 1970
Selected Publications
- Zenewicz LA, Abraham C, Flavell RA, Cho JH. Unraveling the genetics of autoimmunity. Cell 140:791-797 (2010).
- Flavell RA, Sanjabi S, Wrzesinski SH, Licona-Limon P. The polarization of immune cells in the tumour environment of TGFb. Nat. Rev. Immunol. 10:554-567 (2010).
- O’Connor W Jr., Zenewicz LA, Flavell RA. Perspective. The dual-nature of TH17 cells: shifting focus to function. Nat. Immunol. 11:471-476 (2010).
