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Dr. Davis is also Director of the Stanford Institute for Immunity, Transplantation and Infection. He received his B.A. degree from the Johns Hopkins University and his Ph.D. degree in molecular biology from the California Institute of Technology. He held positions at the National Institutes of Health as postdoctoral fellow and staff fellow before joining the faculty at Stanford. He is a recipient of the Eli Lilly Award in microbiology and immunology and a Gairdner Foundation Award. Dr. Davis is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the Institute of Medicine, and the American Academy of Sciences.
RESEARCH ABSTRACT SUMMARY:
Mark Davis is interested in how T and B lymphocytes recognize specific antigens. This interest includes the structural and biochemical underpinnings of T cell receptor binding and signal transduction, as well as the overall dynamics of molecular movement at the T cell/antigen-presenting cell interface.
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