Stefan A. Muljo, Ph.D.
Tenure-Track Investigator
Chief, Integrative Immunobiology Unit
Integrative Immunobiology Unit
Dr. Muljo joined the Laboratory of Immunology (LI) in July 2008 to head the Integrative Immunobiology Unit. He earned his Ph.D. from the Graduate Program in Immunology at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Part of his dissertation work was performed at the department of molecular and cell biology in the division of immunology and pathogenesis, University of California-Berkeley. This was followed by a postdoctoral fellowship at the Immune Disease Institute (formerly the Center for Blood Research), Harvard Medical School.
He is interested in how gene expression is orchestrated as cells differentiate from stem cells into effector cells in the immune system. In particular, his laboratory will study how these systems are controlled by the endogenous RNA interference machinery (e.g., microribonucleoprotein silencing complexes).
Major Areas of Research
- Small untranslated RNAs: characterization under physiological and pathological conditions, regulation of production, mechanisms of action, identification of cognate targets
- Gene expression and its regulation in hematopoietic stem cells and during cellular differentiation
- Application of small RNAs for modulating or enhancing immune responses
- MicroRNA expression profiling to identify novel biomarkers
Special Interest Groups
- Immunology
- Systems biology
- Genetics
- Proteomics
- Stem cell
- RNA
- Transcription factors
Predoctoral Fellowship Opportunity
A joint doctoral studentship position is open in the Integrative Immunobiology Unit and the Copley laboratory at Oxford University, UK, as part of the NIH International Doctoral Partnership Programs.
Specifically, we have the following proposed collaboration that qualifies for the NIH-Oxford University Scholar in Biomedical Research Program, NIH-Marshall Scholar Program, NIH-Rhodes Scholar Program, or NIH-Wellcome Trust Program: Systematic Modeling of Genetic Regulatory Networks.
For instructions on how to apply for the program, see Prospective Students, Graduate Partnerships Program.
Research Group Members
Left to right: Stefan Muljo, Ph.D.; Rami Zahr, contractor; Hunter Oliver-Allen, post-baccalaureate; Thelma Escobar, Graduate Partnerships Program student; Andrew Avery, summer intern; Cuong Nguyen, Ph.D., visiting postdoctoral fellow.
Not pictured: Katsuya Suzuki, M.D., Ph.D., visiting postdoctoral fellow; Joan Yuan, Ph.D., postdoctoral fellow
Publications
(View list in PubMed)
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