Yoji Shimizu, Ph.D.

Program Leader:
Yoji Shimizu, Ph.D.

Researchers who are members of the Immunology Reseach Program work to enlist the body's own immune system to fight cancer by focusing on tumor immunology, immunotherapy, and on white blood cell development and behavior. Their goal is to uncover answers about these areas that can lead to effective new anticancer immunotherapies.

Program News

Kaplan receives McKnight Land-Grant Professorships
Daniel H. Kaplan, M.D., Ph.D., is among the 10 University of Minnesota faculty to receive McKnight Land-Grant Professorships for 2010-12. Recipients hold the title of McKnight Land-Grant Professor for two years, and they receive a research grant in each of the two years, summer support, and a research leave in the second year. The winners were chosen for their potential for important contribution to their field; the degree to which their achievements and ideas demonstrate originality, imagination, and innovation; the significance of their research; and the potential for attracting outstanding students. See the Graduate School Web site for more information.

Cancer center researchers move to new Medical Biosciences Building
The Center for Immunology is moving to the new Medical Biosciences Building (MBB) in December 2009. Cancer center members in this group include Yoji Shimizu, Michael Farrar, Brian Fife, Kristin Hogquist, Stephen Jameson, Marc Jenkins, Dan Kaplan, Matthew Mescher, Daniel Mueller, and Erik Peterson. The new mailing address will be 2101 6th St. S.E. , Minneapolis, MN 55414 and the new Campus Mail Code will be 2641.

Kudos to Marc Jenkins, Ph.D., whose 1987 Journal of Experimental Medicine paper entitled "Antigen presentation by chemically modified splenocytes induces antigen-specific T cell unresponsiveness in vitro and in vivo" has been added to the Journal of Immunology's series called Pillars of Immunology. Read more.

Basic Science research programs featured in Recognition Program event

U of M College of Veterinary Medicine introduces collaborative cancer program

Mescher inducted into the Academic Health Center's Academy for Excellence in Health Research (AHC)

NIAID selects Marc Jenkins, Ph.D. , as one of 15 to receive NIH Merit Award.

Jenkins elected Councillor for American Association of Immunologists.

Researchers discover key molecular pathway that could be targeted to prevent cancer cell division.