Research Interests

T cell immunology, gamma delta T cells, host responses to mycobacterial infection

Publications

Tappen T, Layton E, Maerz M, Bishop E, Scriba TJ, Seshadri C. ”Molecular requirements for αβ and γδ T cell receptor recognition of mycobacterial phosphomycoketide” PacTB Conference; 2023 April; Berkeley, CA. Invited oral presentation.

Honaker Y, Hubbard N, Xiang Y, Fisher L, Hagin D, Sommer K, Song Y, Jung Yang S, Lopez C, Tappen T, Dam E, Khan I, Hale M, Buckner J, Scharenberg A, Torgerson T, Rawlings D. Gene Editing to Induce FOXP3 Expression in Human CD4 + T Cells Leads to a Stable Regulatory Phenotype and Function. Science Translational Medicine Vol 12.; 2020

Yang S, Singh A, Drow T, Tappen T, Honaker Y, Barahmand-Pour-Whitman F, Linsley P, Cerosaletti K, Mauk K, Xiang Y, Smith J, Mortensen E, Cook P, Sommer K, Khan I, Liggitt D, Rawlings D, Buckner J. Pancreatic Islet-Specific Engineered T Regs Exhibit Robust Antigen-Specific and Bystander Immune Suppression in Type 1 Diabetes Models. Science Translational Medicine Vol 14.; 2022.

Other

Treasurer of Husky Science Communication Initiative (HuSCI)

First-Year Rotations (2021-2022)

Autumn: Thomas R. Hawn, MD, PhD 

Winter: Martin Prlic, PhD

Spring: Chetan Seshadri, MD