Deak Research Group at Drexel

The Deak lab was awarded an NIH R21 Exploratory Research Award to study efficacy of drug loaded microparticles for use in kidney transplantation.

High-throughput screening identification of novel immunomodulatory combinations for the generation of tolerogenic dendritic cells – PubMed

We just published our first paper, “Cell-targeted vaccines: implications for adaptive immunity” in Frontiers in Immunology! 10.3389/fimmu.2023.1221008

The Deak Laboratory was awarded an NIH R56 award entitled, “Generating Robust anti-HIV CD8 T cells using HIV-targeted Liposomal Vaccines” for one year totaling over $400,000. This award will provide preliminary data for our HIV targeted adjuvant project.

The Deak Group was recently awarded the Margaret Q. Landenberger Research Foundation Award for Early Stage Faculty. This two year award of $200,000 will be used to advance the investigation of Push/Pull Generation of TolDCs. We are excited about our first successful grant application!

My postdoctoral research was finally published in Cell Reports, characterizing highly responsive First Responder Dendritic Cells. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2022.111563

If you are 1) an undergraduate in the Philadelphia area, 2) a prospective graduate student interested in immunoengineering or 3) a PhD seeking a postdoc in immunoengineering please reach out to me at pd562@drexel.edu For postdoc candidates: Please have experience with either microparticle synthesis or immunological techniques