Primate Center Services
Immunology
The Immunology Services (IS) Unit at the WNPRC have assembled a team of researchers with the goal of honing the animal model of AIDS to better guide the vaccine enterprise. IS provides MHC tetramers to SIV researchers, performs standard assays to measure cellular immune responses, and offers a source of expertise in designing and carrying out flow cytometry aided experiments and other immunological assays.
Contact Information
- Phone: 608-265-8998
- Send email to Immunology
Services Supported
- Major lymphocyte subset quantification
- antigen specific IFN-g Elispot assay
- antigen specific intracellular cytokine assay
- SIV epitope specific tetramer production
- blood and tissue processing
- flow cytometric phenotype analysis of major lymphocyte subsets
- flow cytometric phenotype analysis of SIV epitope specific lymphocyte subsets
- biosafety level-3 cell sorting
Key Personnel
| NAME | POSITION | PHONE | |
|---|---|---|---|
| David I. Watkins | Professor | (608)-265-3380 | Send email |
| Eva G. Rakasz | Associate Scientist | (608)-265-8998 | Send email |
| Nancy A. Wilson | Associate Scientist | (608)-263-5953 | Send email |
| John T. Loffredo | Assistant Scientist | (608)-265-3382 | Send email |
| Kim Weisgrau | Research Specialist | (608)-263-0824 | Send email |
| Jessica Furlott | Research Specialist | (608)-265-8078 | Send email |
| Jason Reed | Research Specialist | (608)-265-8078 | Send email |
Related Links
- Flow machine sign up http://wisccal.wisc.edu
Entry created: 2003-09-25
Entry last reviewed: 2008-01-23
©2003 University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents
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