The University of Iowa Immunology Graduate Program

Nhat-Long Pham

B.A., Chemistry and Biology, University of Virginia

Contact Information
Email: nhat-long-pham@uiowa.edu
Phone: 335-9919
Campus Address: 3-512 BSB
Start date in program: 2006
Mentor: John Harty

Research Interests
Investigating the roles of inflammatory cytokines in regulating the CD8+ T cell memory differentiation program and exploiting cross-presentation as a potential approach to rapidly generate protective CD8+ T cells.
Publications
Wirth, T.C., Pham , N.L., Harty, J.T., and Badovinac, V.P. High initial frequency of TCR-transgenic CD8 T cells alters inflammation and pathogen clearance without affecting memory T cell function. Mol Immunol. 2009 Feb 3. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 19195704 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] Pham , N.L., Badovinac, V.P. and Harty, J.T. A Default Pathway of Memory CD8 T Cell Differentiation after Dendritic Cell Immunization Is Deflected by Encounter with Inflammatory Cytokines during Antigen-Driven Proliferation. J Immunol 2009 183 (4) August 15