Brandon Thompson

Research Interest: Immune-system development, Innate immunity, host-pathogen interactions

I graduated from the University of Virginia earning a PhD in Microbiology and Immunology in the labs of Stacey Burgess and William Petri Jr investigating the effect of commensal microbial metabolites on myeloid cell development and its impact on intestinal parasitic infections. In the Tobin lab my work focuses on better understanding how bacteria-macrophage interactions induce neovascularization and their role in bacterial dissemination from the initial forming granuloma. Dissemination is among the most severe presentations of tuberculosis infection and results from this project will help inform therapeutic strategies to combat mycobacterial dissemination and lessen disease severity.