William Wan, Ph.D.

William
Wan, Ph.D.
Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Biochemistry
https://wag.app.vanderbilt.edu/PublicPage/Faculty/Details/46413
Phone
615-343-1247

The Wan laboratory seeks to understand the life cycles of these viruses using structural biology under near-native conditions. Our main tool for this is cryo-electron tomography (cryo-ET), which allows us to obtain molecular resolution information directly within complex environments including intact viruses and cellular sections. Cryo-ET is still an emerging method, and we seek to leverage state-of-the-art equipment and develop image-processing methods in order to pursue our biological goals.

Publications on PubMed.gov

william.wan@vanderbilt.edu

Faculty Spotlight: Young Jun Kim, M.D., Ph.D.

December 27, 2019
VI4 Faculty Spotlight with Young Jun Kim, MD, PhD
Young Kim, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Otolaryngology and co-leader of the Translational Research and Interventional Oncology Research Program, is a clinician-scientist focused on the development of immunotherapeutic modalities for solid tumors... Click on Dr. Kim's photo to continue reading.

Tae Kon Kim, M.D., Ph.D.

Tae
Kon
Kim, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Hematology/Oncology Division
Assistant Professor of Pathology, Microbiology & Immunology

Publications on PubMed.gov

https://wag.app.vanderbilt.edu/PublicPage/Faculty/Details/46238
615-936-8422
2220 Pierce Ave
PRB 532
Nashville
Tennessee
37232

1. Overcoming immune evasion in leukemia
2. Dissect graft-versus-host disease and graft-versus-leukemia in allogeneic stem cell transplantation (allo-SCT) by manipulating co-inhibitory molecules
3. Human correlative studies in line with clinical trials

tae.k.kim@vumc.org

Hematology and oncology

Karisa Calvitti, MLAS

Karisa
Calvitti
MLAS
Project Manager
Vanderbilt Institute for Infection, Immunology & Inflammation (VI4)

Karisa Calvitti is a Project Manager for the Vanderbilt Institute for Infection, Immunology & Inflammation (VI4) and the Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology. She received her Bachelor of Arts in Digital Communications from Lycoming College, where she studied digital filmmaking, visual media, and business administration. She then received her Master's in Liberal Arts and Science from Vanderbilt University. Karisa comes from the university where she worked with the Vanderbilt Institute for Digital Learning (VIDL) to create Vanderbilt's online courses for COURSERA and other digital learning products. 

At VI4, Karisa created The Studio and runs its daily activities. She also moderates the VI4 social media accounts, creates graphic materials, maintains the website, and mentors the VI4 Science Communication Internship.

 

karisa.n.calvitti.1@vumc.org

Faculty Spotlight: Heather Pua, MD, PhD

July 26, 2019
Heather Pua, M.D., Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology
Dr. Heather Pua is an Assistant Professor of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology. She earned her B.S. in Biology and her M.D. Ph.D. in Immunology from Duke University, where she identified a role for autophagy in naive T cell survival. She then moved to the West Coast, completing residency in Anatomic Pathology, clinical fellowship in Molecular Genetic Pathology, and post-doctoral fellowship at the University of California, San Francisco. The Pua Lab studies how miRNAs regulate effector cell programs, with particular attention to their role in pathologic lung inflammation. They also investigate extracellular small RNAs, which are abundant in body fluid and were until recently dark matter in the body. These goals are accomplished using RNA biology’s molecular tool kit in combination with classic cellular immunology in both mice and humans... Click Dr. Pua's photo to continue reading.
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