معرفی
Jennifer Snyder-Cappione is an Assistant Professor at the Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Department of Virology, Immunology & Microbiology. She holds a PhD from the University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry and a BS from Brandeis University. As Director of the BUMC Flow Cytometry Core Facility, she leads technical and research initiatives in immunophenotyping. Her research focuses on immune cell exhaustion, iNKT cell subsets, and ex vivo immune profiling in diseases like HIV, cancer, and autoimmunity.
Education:
- PhD, University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry (2006)
- MS, University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry (2003)
- BS, Brandeis University (2000)
Research interests include: (1) diagnostic/prognostic potential of immune profiling in inflammatory diseases, (2) lineage relationships of iNKT cell subsets, and (3) T cell exhaustion in chronic diseases. Key areas: HIV pathogenesis, cancer immunology, and age-related immunity.
Grants/Projects:
- NIH/NIA (2020–2025): Gamma delta T cells in HIV/aging inflammation
- NIH/NIAMS (2017): Cell sorting infrastructure
Labs/Teams: Director of Flow Cytometry Core; member of BU-BMC Cancer Center and Evans Center for Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research.
