PhD, University of Southern California MS, University of Southern California BA, Williams College

Innate immunity; Phagocytosis; Genetic Approaches to Cell Biology; Blood Cells; Drosophila

Brennan, C. A., Ibarrondo, F.J., Shih, R., Sugar, C.A., Detels, R., Rinaldo, C.R., Margolick, J.B., Phair, J., Jacobson, L., Yang, O.O., and Jamieson, B.D. (2012) Early HLA-B*57-restricted CD8+ T lymphocyte responses predict subsequent HIV-1 disease progression. J. Virol. 86:10505-16. (cover article) Brennan, C. A., Delaney, J.R., Schneider, D.S., and Anderson, K.V. (2007) Psidin is required in Drosophila blood cells for both phagocytic degradation and immune activation of the fat body. Curr. Biol. 17:67-72. Research Highlight: Ahmad, S. (2007) Insect immunity: the psidin adventure. Nature Rev. Immunol. 7:90. Dispatch: Hultmark, D. and Borge-Renberg, K. (2007) Drosophila immunity: Is antigen processing the first step? Curr Biol. 17: R22-R24. Brennan, C. A., Anderson, K. V. (2004) Drosophila: the genetics of innate immune recognition and response. Annu. Rev. Immunol. 22: 457-83. Brennan, C. A., Li, T-R., Bender, M., Hsiung, F., Moses, K. (2001) Broad-complex, but not Ecdysone receptor,is required for progression of the morphogenetic furrow in the Drosophila eye. Development 128: 1-11. Brennan, C. A. and Moses, K. (2000) Determination of Drosophila photoreceptors: timing is everything. Cell. Mol. Life Sci. 57: 195-214.