Turner Lab

The Turner lab studies immune and metabolic mechanisms that increase an individual’s susceptibility to develop tuberculosis (TB) disease. Areas of specific focus are:

  1. The impact of increasing age on susceptibility to infection and,
  2. The role of the immunomodulatory cytokine interleukin 10 on tuberculosis diseases progression.

The Turner lab approaches specific research problems using rodents, non-human primates, and specimens from humans.

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RESEARCH

Laboratory Research Focus

Understanding how and why elderly people are more susceptible to tuberculosis infection is a research focus of Texas Biomedical Research Institute’s Vice President for Research (VPR). Joanne Turner, Ph.D. is a Professor performing research on  tuberculosis (TB), centering on the immune system in relation to Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection and aging.