Roza Nurieva
MD Anderson Cancer Center, TX, USA
Biography
Dr. Roza Nurieva received her Ph.D. in 2000 from the Gabrichevsky Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology, Moscow, Russia. Her postdoctoral fellowship, which was supported by the Arthritis Foundation, was with Dr. Chen Dong at the University of Washington, Seattle, USA, focusing on understanding the role of costimulatory molecules in regulating T helper cell activation, differentiation, and function. She is currently an Assistant Professor in the Immunology Departments at MD Anderson Cancer Center. Dr. Nurieva’s main research goal is to understand the molecular basis of T cell mediated immune responses with focus on the regulation of cytokine expression and how abnormal immune regulation leads to autoimmunity, inflammation and cancer.
Abstract
Abstract : Absence of Grail promotes CD8+ T cell anti-tumor activity