LAB TEAM<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>![\"Som](\"https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/nanjappa-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/177\/2022\/06\/Som-Nanjappa.jpeg\")
<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div>SOM G. NANJAPPA<\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\nPRINCIPAL\u00a0INVESTIGATOR<\/h5>\n<\/div>\nAssistant Professor of Immunology<\/div>\n\nDepartment of Pathobiology<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Ph.D:<\/strong>\u00a0Department of Pathobiological Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison
\nDVM:<\/strong>\u00a0University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore, India<\/div>\n\nProfessional Profile<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>![](\"https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/nanjappa-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/177\/2024\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-03-14-at-10.19.04-AM-212x300.jpeg\" "\\"WhatsApp")
<\/span><\/div><\/div>NAGABHUSHAN CHANDRASHEKHAR<\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>GRADUATE STUDENT<\/h5>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>DVM:<\/strong> Karnataka Veterinary Animal Fisheries Sciences University (KVAFSU), India
\nMVSc:<\/strong> Veterinary Pathology, Veterinary College, Hebbal, Bengaluru, India,
\nResearch Interests:<\/strong> Mechanisms of CD8+ T cell responses to fungal vaccine<\/p>\n<\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>![](\"https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/nanjappa-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/177\/2024\/05\/IMG_2017-225x300.jpeg\" "\\"IMG_2017\\"")
<\/span><\/div><\/div>RENI JOHN<\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>GRADUATE STUDENT<\/h5>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>DVM:<\/strong> Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, India
\nM.V.Sc.:<\/strong> Veterinary Pharmacology and Toxicology,\u00a0Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, India
\nResearch Interests:<\/strong> How nutrients impart CD8+ T cell responses to fungal vaccine? A potential avenue to enhance vaccine immunity.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>![](\"https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/nanjappa-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/177\/2024\/01\/80b25484-2c02-4f4d-8655-28cb59fd40ce-225x300.jpeg\" "\\"80b25484-2c02-4f4d-8655-28cb59fd40ce\\"")
<\/span><\/div><\/div>NITISH KULKARNI<\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>GRADUATE STUDENT<\/h5>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>DVM:<\/strong> Karnataka Veterinary Animal Fisheries Sciences University (KVAFSU), India
\nM.V.Sc.:<\/strong> Animal Physiology. National Dairy Research Institute, India
\nResearch Interests:<\/strong> Bridging of innate immune responses to adaptive fungal vaccine immunity. Deciphering the orchestration of fungal vaccine-induced CD8+<\/sup> T cell responses by dendritic cells<\/p>\n<\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>![](\"https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/nanjappa-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/177\/2023\/12\/DSC_0501-300x232.jpeg\" "\\"DSC_0501\\"")
<\/span><\/div><\/div>HANNAH MARTINEZ<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>SUMMER RESEARCH INTERN<\/h5>\nUNDERGRADUATE<\/h5>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Hobbies<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- Watching movies, playing the piano, and volleybal<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
![](\"https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/nanjappa-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/177\/2024\/05\/IMG_2782-scaled-e1715387177773-192x300.jpeg\" "\\"IMG_2782\\"")
<\/span><\/div><\/div>NICOLAS FIGUEROA<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>UNDERGRADUATE<\/h5>\nSUMMER RESEARCH INTERN<\/h5>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Bachelor of Science (Molecular and Cellular Biology)<\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div>SOM G. NANJAPPA<\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\nPRINCIPAL\u00a0INVESTIGATOR<\/h5>\n<\/div>\nAssistant Professor of Immunology<\/div>\n\nDepartment of Pathobiology<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Ph.D:<\/strong>\u00a0Department of Pathobiological Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison
\nDVM:<\/strong>\u00a0University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore, India<\/div>\n\nProfessional Profile<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/div><\/div>NAGABHUSHAN CHANDRASHEKHAR<\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>GRADUATE STUDENT<\/h5>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>DVM:<\/strong> Karnataka Veterinary Animal Fisheries Sciences University (KVAFSU), India
\nMVSc:<\/strong> Veterinary Pathology, Veterinary College, Hebbal, Bengaluru, India,
\nResearch Interests:<\/strong> Mechanisms of CD8+ T cell responses to fungal vaccine<\/p>\n<\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/div><\/div>RENI JOHN<\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>GRADUATE STUDENT<\/h5>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>DVM:<\/strong> Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, India
\nM.V.Sc.:<\/strong> Veterinary Pharmacology and Toxicology,\u00a0Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, India
\nResearch Interests:<\/strong> How nutrients impart CD8+ T cell responses to fungal vaccine? A potential avenue to enhance vaccine immunity.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/div><\/div>NITISH KULKARNI<\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>GRADUATE STUDENT<\/h5>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>DVM:<\/strong> Karnataka Veterinary Animal Fisheries Sciences University (KVAFSU), India
\nM.V.Sc.:<\/strong> Animal Physiology. National Dairy Research Institute, India
\nResearch Interests:<\/strong> Bridging of innate immune responses to adaptive fungal vaccine immunity. Deciphering the orchestration of fungal vaccine-induced CD8+<\/sup> T cell responses by dendritic cells<\/p>\n<\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/div><\/div>HANNAH MARTINEZ<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>SUMMER RESEARCH INTERN<\/h5>\nUNDERGRADUATE<\/h5>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Hobbies<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- Watching movies, playing the piano, and volleybal<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/div><\/div>
NICOLAS FIGUEROA<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>UNDERGRADUATE<\/h5>\nSUMMER RESEARCH INTERN<\/h5>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Bachelor of Science (Molecular and Cellular Biology)<\/p>\n<\/div>
PRINCIPAL\u00a0INVESTIGATOR<\/h5>\n<\/div>\nAssistant Professor of Immunology<\/div>\n\nDepartment of Pathobiology<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Ph.D:<\/strong>\u00a0Department of Pathobiological Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison
\nDVM:<\/strong>\u00a0University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore, India<\/div>\n\nProfessional Profile<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/div><\/div>NAGABHUSHAN CHANDRASHEKHAR<\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>GRADUATE STUDENT<\/h5>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>DVM:<\/strong> Karnataka Veterinary Animal Fisheries Sciences University (KVAFSU), India
\nMVSc:<\/strong> Veterinary Pathology, Veterinary College, Hebbal, Bengaluru, India,
\nResearch Interests:<\/strong> Mechanisms of CD8+ T cell responses to fungal vaccine<\/p>\n<\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/div><\/div>RENI JOHN<\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>GRADUATE STUDENT<\/h5>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>DVM:<\/strong> Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, India
\nM.V.Sc.:<\/strong> Veterinary Pharmacology and Toxicology,\u00a0Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, India
\nResearch Interests:<\/strong> How nutrients impart CD8+ T cell responses to fungal vaccine? A potential avenue to enhance vaccine immunity.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/div><\/div>NITISH KULKARNI<\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>GRADUATE STUDENT<\/h5>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>DVM:<\/strong> Karnataka Veterinary Animal Fisheries Sciences University (KVAFSU), India
\nM.V.Sc.:<\/strong> Animal Physiology. National Dairy Research Institute, India
\nResearch Interests:<\/strong> Bridging of innate immune responses to adaptive fungal vaccine immunity. Deciphering the orchestration of fungal vaccine-induced CD8+<\/sup> T cell responses by dendritic cells<\/p>\n<\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/div><\/div>HANNAH MARTINEZ<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>SUMMER RESEARCH INTERN<\/h5>\nUNDERGRADUATE<\/h5>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Hobbies<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- Watching movies, playing the piano, and volleybal<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/div><\/div>
NICOLAS FIGUEROA<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>UNDERGRADUATE<\/h5>\nSUMMER RESEARCH INTERN<\/h5>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Bachelor of Science (Molecular and Cellular Biology)<\/p>\n<\/div>
Department of Pathobiology<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\nDVM:<\/strong>\u00a0University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore, India<\/div>\n
<\/span><\/div><\/div>NAGABHUSHAN CHANDRASHEKHAR<\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>GRADUATE STUDENT<\/h5>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>DVM:<\/strong> Karnataka Veterinary Animal Fisheries Sciences University (KVAFSU), India
\nMVSc:<\/strong> Veterinary Pathology, Veterinary College, Hebbal, Bengaluru, India,
\nResearch Interests:<\/strong> Mechanisms of CD8+ T cell responses to fungal vaccine<\/p>\n<\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/div><\/div>RENI JOHN<\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>GRADUATE STUDENT<\/h5>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>DVM:<\/strong> Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, India
\nM.V.Sc.:<\/strong> Veterinary Pharmacology and Toxicology,\u00a0Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, India
\nResearch Interests:<\/strong> How nutrients impart CD8+ T cell responses to fungal vaccine? A potential avenue to enhance vaccine immunity.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/div><\/div>NITISH KULKARNI<\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>GRADUATE STUDENT<\/h5>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>DVM:<\/strong> Karnataka Veterinary Animal Fisheries Sciences University (KVAFSU), India
\nM.V.Sc.:<\/strong> Animal Physiology. National Dairy Research Institute, India
\nResearch Interests:<\/strong> Bridging of innate immune responses to adaptive fungal vaccine immunity. Deciphering the orchestration of fungal vaccine-induced CD8+<\/sup> T cell responses by dendritic cells<\/p>\n<\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/div><\/div>HANNAH MARTINEZ<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>SUMMER RESEARCH INTERN<\/h5>\nUNDERGRADUATE<\/h5>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Hobbies<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- Watching movies, playing the piano, and volleybal<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/div><\/div>
NICOLAS FIGUEROA<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>UNDERGRADUATE<\/h5>\nSUMMER RESEARCH INTERN<\/h5>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Bachelor of Science (Molecular and Cellular Biology)<\/p>\n<\/div>
GRADUATE STUDENT<\/h5>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>DVM:<\/strong> Karnataka Veterinary Animal Fisheries Sciences University (KVAFSU), India
\nMVSc:<\/strong> Veterinary Pathology, Veterinary College, Hebbal, Bengaluru, India,
\nResearch Interests:<\/strong> Mechanisms of CD8+ T cell responses to fungal vaccine<\/p>\n<\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/div><\/div>RENI JOHN<\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>GRADUATE STUDENT<\/h5>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>DVM:<\/strong> Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, India
\nM.V.Sc.:<\/strong> Veterinary Pharmacology and Toxicology,\u00a0Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, India
\nResearch Interests:<\/strong> How nutrients impart CD8+ T cell responses to fungal vaccine? A potential avenue to enhance vaccine immunity.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/div><\/div>NITISH KULKARNI<\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>GRADUATE STUDENT<\/h5>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>DVM:<\/strong> Karnataka Veterinary Animal Fisheries Sciences University (KVAFSU), India
\nM.V.Sc.:<\/strong> Animal Physiology. National Dairy Research Institute, India
\nResearch Interests:<\/strong> Bridging of innate immune responses to adaptive fungal vaccine immunity. Deciphering the orchestration of fungal vaccine-induced CD8+<\/sup> T cell responses by dendritic cells<\/p>\n<\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/div><\/div>HANNAH MARTINEZ<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>SUMMER RESEARCH INTERN<\/h5>\nUNDERGRADUATE<\/h5>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Hobbies<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- Watching movies, playing the piano, and volleybal<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/div><\/div>
NICOLAS FIGUEROA<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>UNDERGRADUATE<\/h5>\nSUMMER RESEARCH INTERN<\/h5>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Bachelor of Science (Molecular and Cellular Biology)<\/p>\n<\/div>
DVM:<\/strong> Karnataka Veterinary Animal Fisheries Sciences University (KVAFSU), India DVM:<\/strong> Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, India DVM:<\/strong> Karnataka Veterinary Animal Fisheries Sciences University (KVAFSU), India Hobbies<\/strong><\/p>\n Bachelor of Science (Molecular and Cellular Biology)<\/p>\n<\/div>
\nMVSc:<\/strong> Veterinary Pathology, Veterinary College, Hebbal, Bengaluru, India,
\nResearch Interests:<\/strong> Mechanisms of CD8+ T cell responses to fungal vaccine<\/p>\n<\/div><\/span><\/div><\/div>RENI JOHN<\/h3>\n<\/div>
GRADUATE STUDENT<\/h5>\n<\/div>
\nM.V.Sc.:<\/strong> Veterinary Pharmacology and Toxicology,\u00a0Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, India
\nResearch Interests:<\/strong> How nutrients impart CD8+ T cell responses to fungal vaccine? A potential avenue to enhance vaccine immunity.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/span><\/div><\/div>NITISH KULKARNI<\/h3>\n<\/div>
GRADUATE STUDENT<\/h5>\n<\/div>
\nM.V.Sc.:<\/strong> Animal Physiology. National Dairy Research Institute, India
\nResearch Interests:<\/strong> Bridging of innate immune responses to adaptive fungal vaccine immunity. Deciphering the orchestration of fungal vaccine-induced CD8+<\/sup> T cell responses by dendritic cells<\/p>\n<\/div><\/span><\/div><\/div>HANNAH MARTINEZ<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/div>
SUMMER RESEARCH INTERN<\/h5>\n
UNDERGRADUATE<\/h5>\n<\/div>
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UNDERGRADUATE<\/h5>\n
SUMMER RESEARCH INTERN<\/h5>\n<\/div>
![](\"https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/nanjappa-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/177\/2023\/12\/DSC_0503-300x284.jpeg\" "\\"DSC_0503\\"")
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