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Alexander Y. Rudensky, Ph.D.
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Dr. Rudensky is also Member of the Department of Immunology at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. Prior to his recent move to Sloan-Kettering, he was Professor of Immunology at the University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, and Adjunct Professor at the A.N. Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Moscow State University, Russia. Dr. Rudensky received his Ph.D. degree from the Gabrichevsky Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology, Moscow. After postdoctoral training at Yale University Medical School with Charles Janeway, he remained as an associate research scientist. Dr. Rudensky was a Searle scholar and received a Pharmingen Investigator Award from the American Association of Immunologists.
RESEARCH ABSTRACT SUMMARY:
Alexander Rudensky is studying the development of T lymphocytes, their function, and their role in the regulation of immune responses to infection and in the prevention of autoimmunity. His studies include investigation of the control of immune homeostasis by regulatory T cells and investigation of the molecular mechanisms instructing commitment of specialized T cell lineages.
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Photo: Jane Yamagiwa
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