Jason Hall, PhD

Scientist II
Arsenal Biosciences
San Francisco, CA, USA

 

Education

BS Chemical Engineering, Northwestern University, USA

PhD Immunology, University of Pennsylvania, 2010 (Mentor: Dr. Yasmine Belkaid, NIAID)

Thesis

Jason’s graduate work centered on the role of microbial signaling and vitamin A metabolism in mucosal homeostasis and immunity.

Publications From Graduate Work

  • Spencer SP, Wilhelm C, Yang Q, Hall JA, Bouladoux N, Boyd A, Nutman TB, Urban JF Jr, Wang J, Ramalingam TR, Bhandoola A, Wynn TA, Belkaid Y. Adaptation of innate lymphoid cells to a micronutrient deficiency promotes type 2 barrier immunity. Science. 343(6169):432-7. 2014.
  • Klebanoff CA, Spencer SP, Torabi-Parizi P, Grainger JR, Roychoudhuri R, Ji Y, Sukumar M, Muranski P, Scott CD, Hall JA, Ferreyra GA, Leonardi AJ, Borman ZA, Wang J, Palmer DC, Wilhelm C, Cai R, Sun J, Napoli JL, Danner RL, Gattinoni L, Belkaid Y, Restifo NP. Retinoic acid controls the homeostasis of pre-cDC-derived splenic and intestinal dendritic cells. J Exp Med. 210(10): 1961–1976. 2013.
  • Bouladoux N, Hall JA., Grainger J.R., dos Santos L., Kann M.G., Nagarajan V., Verthelyi D, Belkaid Y. Regulatory role of suppressive motifs from commensal DNA. Mucosal Immunol. 5:623:34. 2012.
  • Naik S, Bouladoux N, Wilhelm C, Molloy MJ, Salcedo R, Kastenmuller W, Deming C, Quinones M, Koo L, Conlan S, Spencer S, Hall JA, Dzutsev A, Kong H, Campbell DJ, Trinchieri G, Segre JA, Belkaid Y. Compartmentalized control of skin immunity by resident commensals. Science. 2012.
  • Hall JA, Grainger J, Dos Santos L, Naik S, Wohlfert E, Oldenhove G, Hand T, Robinson M, Chou M, Kastenmayer R, Belkaid Y. Essential role for retinoic acid in the promotion of CD4+ T cell effector responses via retinoic acid receptor alpha. Immunity. 34:435-47.  2011.
  • Hall, JA, Granger J, Spencer S, Belkaid Y. Roles of Retinoic acid in Immunity and Tolerance. Immunity. 35:13-22.  2011.
  • Wohlfert EA, Oldenhove G, Hager Ribeiro C, Hall JA, Yagi R, Grainger J, Paul WE, Bosselut R, Wei G, Zhao K, Zhu J, Belkaid Y. GATA3 controls Foxp3+ regulatory T cells plasticity in mice. JCI. 121:4503-15. 2011.
  •  DePaolo RW, Abadie, V, Tang F, Hall JA, Wang W, Marietta EV, Murray JA, Belkaid Y, Jabri B. Co-adjuvant effects of retinoic acid and IL-15 induce inflammatory immunity to dietary antigens. Nature. 471:220-4. 2011.
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