Will Bailis

Will Bailis, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, with joint appointments at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and affiliations to multiple institutes including the Institute for Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism; Institute for Immunology & Immune Health; Penn Epigenetics Institute; and Penn Institute for RNA Innovation.

• Education:
• B.A. in Biochemistry, Vassar College (2008)
• Ph.D. in Immunology and Cancer Biology, University of Pennsylvania (2014)

The Bailis Lab employs CRISPR engineering, next-generation sequencing, and metabolomics to investigate how metabolic compartmentalization and biochemical states regulate immune cell function. Key research areas include:

• Spatial metabolism in immune cell programming
• Metabolism-signaling crosstalk
• Immune dysfunction in inborn metabolic disorders

Publications span immunometabolism, cancer immunology, and systems biology. The lab aims to develop diet- and metabolite-based therapies for diseases like cancer and autoimmune conditions. Contact: bailisw@chop.edu