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Click here to visit the Schmidt Lab Website.   Research Summary Our research focuses on the development of adaptive immune responses, protein evolution and the interactions between host and pathogen using a combination of biophysical, biochemical and molecular virology techniques. We are structural biologists who bring mechanistic and quantitative approaches to address fundamental problems in […]

B cells are important immune cells. They produce antibodies against foreign molecules on pathogens, and in this way they protect us against disease.   In our laboratory, we are interested in both the cellular and the molecular events that lead to the activation of B cells. We want to understand how these events affect the […]

Dr. Todd M. Allen is a Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and a Group Leader at the Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard, where he serves as a member of the Ragon Institute Steering Committee. He is also an Associate Member of the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard.   Historically, Dr. […]

Dr. Shiv Pillai is a Professor of Medicine and Health Sciences & Technology (HST) at Harvard Medical School. He is the Program Director of the NIH-funded Autoimmune Center of Excellence at Massachusetts General Hospital and the Director of the Harvard immunology PhD and Master in Medical Sciences programs. Dr. Pillai is also Director of MD-student […]

Dr. Daniel Lingwood is an Assistant Professor in Medicine at Harvard Medical School and a Group Leader at the Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard. He also serves as the Associate Director of the Harvard University Center for AIDS Research (CFAR) Advanced Technologies Core.   Dr. Lingwood defines basic principles of B-cell antigen recognition […]

Dr. Alejandro B. Balazs is a Group Leader at the Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard, where he serves as the Scientific Director of the Human Immune System Mouse Program. He is also an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and an Assistant in Immunology at MGH.   Dr. Balazs uses engineered […]

Dr. Sylvie Le Gall is an Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School and an Assistant in Immunology at MGH. She is a Group Leader at the Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard, where she serves as Director of the Ragon Institute Education and Outreach Program.   Dr. Le Gall studies the mechanisms of protein […]

Dr. Galit Alter is a Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and a Group Leader at the Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard.   Dr. Alter’s work focuses on the development of systems biology tools to define the correlates of immunity against infectious diseases that ravage the globe. To this end, Dr. Alter […]

The Walker laboratory focuses on mechanisms of immune control in HIV infection, focusing in particular on persons who control HIV infection spontaneously without the need for medication. Through an international collaboration now funded by the Gates Foundation, more than 1500 persons who control HIV infection to less than 2000 RNA Copies/ml without the need for […]

See our full website at: kwonlab.org   Douglas S. Kwon is an Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical school and a Group Leader at the Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard, where he serves as the Director of Clinical Operations. He also is the Associate Director of the Harvard University Center for AIDS […]