Our Research Environment
The Wucherpfennig Lab is part of a dynamic group of investigators on the 14th floor of the Dana building at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. As a research community, our expertise ranges from T cell biology (Kai Wucherpfennig) to dendritic cell function (Shannon Turley), innate immunity (Koichi Kobayashi), mechanisms of immune cell migration (Martin Hemler) to targeting of specific pathways in lymphocytes by siRNA (Carl Novina). This group is highly interactive, with a weekly floor meeting where new developments are shared and a Friday afternoon social hour.

Our state-of-the-art facilities allow investigation into novel immune mechanisms using cellular, molecular, structural and systems-biology based approaches with relevance to cancer, immunodeficiencies and autoimmune diseases.

The laboratory is also part of several other graduate programs at Harvard. The Program for Biological and Biomedical Sciences (BSS) represents an umbrella program that covers all aspects of biomedical research. The Leder Human Biology and Translational Medicine program emphasizes the investigation of human diseases and translation of basic science findings into the clinic. We are also part of the Biophysics Program at Harvard University, which organizes the graduate program in biophysics at Harvard, a seminar series and a yearly retreat.