Stewart Chang: My (Lab) Space
Research:
My
research concerns antigen
presentation -- the process used by the immune system to identify
pathogens as foreign -- and specifically how it occurs during
tuberculosis. Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
the causative agent of tuberculosis, has been shown to interfere with
antigen presentation, and I use mathematical modeling to look at how
this happens. In addition genetic differences exist among people
that make some of us more or less susceptible to tuberculosis. A number
of these differences affect antigen presentation,
and I also use computational modeling to look at how these differences
might be connected to disease.
Goodies:
Publications, supplementals, my CV, and research-related links [coming soon]
Personal:
On a spring day in 1976, in a
hospital in North Dallas... actually, everything I'd want to say here is
already on one of the social networking websites (Facebook,
Friendster, or Myspace) or on my blog. If you want to know more, you can always contact me.
