Immunology Graduate Group

 

 

 

 

Intracellular parasite Toxoplasma gondii expressing a red fluorescent protein while inside a fibroblast.  Photo courtesy of Chris Hunter.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Scanning electron micrograph of T cells (rose/pink) bound to beads coated with anti-CD3/CD28 antibodies (yellow), which stimulate and activate T cells.  Photo courtesy of the Biomedical Imaging Core at the University of Pennsylvania.

 

 

 

 

 

                                                                                      

 

 

A dividing, microbe-specific T lymphocyte displaying unequal inheritance of signaling proteins to its daughter cells.  Asymmetric cell division may be a mechanism to generate the spectrum of cell fates required for immunity.  Photo courtesy of Steve Reiner.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Scanning electron micrograph of the murine intestine following infection with the nematode parasite Trichuris. A larval parasite is observed invading host intestinal epithelial cells and forming syncitial tunnel in the epithelial layer.  Photo courtesy of David Artis.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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