If you didn’t get a chance to tune into this weeks interview, be sure to download this pod cast!
I had the distinct pleasure to interview Dr. Mitchell Kronenberg!!
Education.
Dr. Kronenberg received his B.S. from Columbia University and Went on to receive his Ph.D. from California Institute of Technology. He went on to teach at the prestigious institutions of Caltech, UCLA, UC San Diego University of California San Diego, and has been at the La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology since 1997.
Research Initiatives.
Dr. Kronenberg is the President and Scientific Director at LIAI. And his laboratory research initiatives at first glance broad. However with many of the sciences they are a like a pathway through an equation. With a starting point of Natural Killer Cells and how they survive, Grow, and regulate other immune cell types. The equation continues with relating the understanding of these NKT cells to auto immune conditions such as Irritable Bowl syndrome, and how they regulate immune responses. With this realization the lab progresses into the understanding of interaction within mammalian hosts. By using Genetic Knockout mice Dr. Kronenberg`s lab is able to test for different conditions and the multiple possible reactive agent’s capable of regulating aberrant conditions such as the aforementioned auto immune diseases.
With more research than we could cover I tried to squeeze in a couple additional topics. Such as his labs studies in relation to the Tumor Necrosis Factor Family LIGHT. And it’s unique property as a highly inflammatory causative agent; juxtaposed by its inverse reaction as an anti inflammatory within the presence of dendritic cells.
As you can tell from this write up, Dr. Kronenberg’s research laboratory is chock full of discoveries and pathways for future realizations. This interview was a fantastic one, that I recommend everyone listen to.
And as you will see on Dr. Kronenberg’s Website, HE shares how his life as a scientist came to be. Refreshed with such an authentic look into whom he is, I was sure to share that comment on the interview!
Be sure to listen to the interview, as well as look at Dr. Kronenberg’s Research Laboratory Pages. I am sure you will enjoy it as well!
Here is the link to Dr. Kronenberg’s web page and labs.
http://www.liai.org/pages/faculty-kronenberg
http://www.liai.org/files/p_sd.pdf
http://www.liai.org/pages/faculty-kronenberg-lab-report
La Jolla Institute of Allergy and Immunology
http://www.liai.org/pages/about-us
