Peniel M. Dimberu
Peniel
M. Dimberu is Contributing Writer at Singularity Hub and
Doctoral Student in the Department of Immunobiology at Yale
University School of Medicine.
He is also
Staff Writer at the Yale Daily News.
Peniel is currently studying MHC I antigen presentation in the
laboratory of
Dr. Peter Cresswell. Specifically, his thesis project is concerned with
understanding how the interaction of tapasin and MHC I affect the
efficient loading and presentation of influenza-derived peptides to CD8+
T cells.
Peniel was previously
Post-baccalaureate Research Fellow at Laboratory of Viral
Diseases, National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and
Research Assistant at Center for Neural Dynamics at the Krasnow
Institute for Advanced Study at George Mason University.
His papers include
The Exception that Reinforces the Rule: Cross-Priming by Cytosolic
Peptides that Escape Degradation,
The Acidic Domain of Hepatitis C Virus NS4A Contributes to RNA
Replication and Virus Particle Assembly,
Efficient Cross-Priming of Antiviral CD8+ T Cells by
Antigen Donor Cells is GRP94 Independent, and
Cancer Immunotherapy Takes a Multi-Faceted Approach to Kick the
Immune System into Gear.
Peniel earned his B.S. in Biology and Psychology at Evangel University
in 2005.
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