Matthew Donald Taves

Matthew Donald Taves is an Assistant Professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, affiliated with the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences and the Department of Animal Sciences. He is also an affiliate of the Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology. His research focuses on the interplay between steroid hormones and immune regulation, particularly in response to environmental stressors.

Research Interests:

• Homeostatic and Endocrine Systems
• Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience
• Neural & Genomic Bases of Behavior
• Glucocorticoid signaling in T cell development
• Tumor immunology and immune suppression
• Steroid hormone metabolism in immune responses

Recent Publications Trends: His work explores glucocorticoid pathways in tumors and thymic development, emphasizing immunomodulatory mechanisms through steroid signaling. Keywords include Immunology, Endocrinology, and Cancer Biology, with sub-fields like Regulatory T cells, Steroid transport, and Autoimmune regulation.

Contact:

• Email: mtaves@illinois.edu
• Address: 2355/57 Beckman Institute, 405 North Mathews Avenue, Urbana, IL 61801