The Flow Cytometry Core in the Lowance Center has been undertaking a comprehensive B cell phenotyping approach using polychromatic flow cytometry (PFC) to properly adjudicate functional significance and pathogenic relevance to separate B cell populations.
This program conducts cutting edge translational and mechanistic studies while providing essential core services to multiple investigators in the Lowance Center, Division of Rheumatology, the Emory Autoimmunity Center of Excellence, and from other institutions around the world.
The Woodruff Lab studies antibodies, the cells that make them, and the various factors that influence their development and targeting. By merging experimental approaches in both mouse and human systems, they strive to investigate areas central to human health including critical care medicine, vaccination, and immune dysregulation/autoimmune development. Although primarily focused on B cells, they take an intentionally broad and flexible approach to investigation, incorporating diverse experimental methodologies and analytical approaches to deeply understand the context of immune responses. The Woodruff Lab prides themselves on seeing the forest and not just the trees.
At the Health Equity in RheumatOlogy through GENetic rEsearch (HERO-GENE) group, our mission is to understand determinants of human autoimmune disease to improve health outcomes for everyone.
