Scholars@Duke

• Background
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  Education, Training, & Certifications

  • Ph.D., University of Basel 2004
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  Duke Appointment History

  • Assistant Professor of Immunology, Immunology, Basic Science Departments 2010 - 2019
  • Assistant Professor in Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Basic Science Departments 2010 - 2018
• Recognition
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  In the News

  • JUN 30, 2016

    BWF Gives 5-Year Award to Jörn Coers

  • SEP 28, 2015

    Molecular ‘Kiss Of Death’ Flags Pathogens For Destruction
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  Awards & Honors

  • ICAAC Young Investigator Awards. American Society for Microbiology. 2011
• Research
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  Selected Grants

  • Interferon-inducible cell-intrinsic host defense against Chlamydia trachomatis awarded by National Institutes of Health 2013 - 2024
  • Human GBPs in cell-autonomous immunity to intracellular bacterial pathogens awarded by National Institutes of Health 2019 - 2023
  • Medical Scientist Training Program awarded by National Institutes of Health 1997 - 2022
  • Host-mediated lysis of cytoplasmic pathogens awarded by Burroughs Wellcome Fund 2016 - 2021
  • Genetics Training Grant awarded by National Institutes of Health 1979 - 2020
  • Genetics Training Grant awarded by National Institutes of Health 1979 - 2020
  • Organization and Function of Cellular Structure awarded by National Institutes of Health 1975 - 2020
  • Organization and Function of Cellular Structure awarded by National Institutes of Health 1975 - 2020
  • Human GBPs in cell-autonomous immunity to intracellular bacterial pathogens awarded by National Institutes of Health 2018 - 2019
  • Basic Immunology Training Program awarded by National Institutes of Health 2014 - 2019
  • Interferon-driven ubiquitin response targets Chlamydia inclusions in human cells awarded by National Institutes of Health 2017 - 2019
  • Innate immune recognition of bacterial secretion systems by GBPs awarded by National Institutes of Health 2016 - 2018
  • Targeting of Interferon-induced host proteins to Legionella-containing vacuoles awarded by National Institutes of Health 2012 - 2015
• Publications & Artistic Works
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  Selected Publications

  • Academic Articles

    • Giebel, Amanda M., Shuai Hu, Krithika Rajaram, Ryan Finethy, Evelyn Toh, Julie A. Brothwell, Sandra G. Morrison, et al. “Genetic Screen in Chlamydia muridarum Reveals Role for an Interferon-Induced Host Cell Death Program in Antimicrobial Inclusion Rupture..” Mbio 10, no. 2 (April 9, 2019). https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.00385-19.
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    • Huston, Wilhelmina M., Jörn Coers, and Alfredo Garzino-Demo. “Fresh faces and new approaches at Pathogens and Disease..” Pathog Dis 77, no. 1 (February 1, 2019). https://doi.org/10.1093/femspd/ftz010.
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    • Ajayi, Teminioluwa A., Cynthia L. Innes, Sara A. Grimm, Prashant Rai, Ryan Finethy, Jörn Coers, Xuting Wang, et al. “Crohn's disease IRGM risk alleles are associated with altered gene expression in human tissues..” Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 316, no. 1 (January 1, 2019): G95–105. https://doi.org/10.1152/ajpgi.00196.2018.
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    • Coers, Jörn, Hailey M. Brown, Seungmin Hwang, and Gregory A. Taylor. “Partners in anti-crime: how interferon-inducible GTPases and autophagy proteins team up in cell-intrinsic host defense..” Curr Opin Immunol 54 (October 2018): 93–101. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coi.2018.06.008.
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    • Liu, Beiyun C., Joseph Sarhan, Alexander Panda, Hayley I. Muendlein, Vladimir Ilyukha, Jörn Coers, Masahiro Yamamoto, Ralph R. Isberg, and Alexander Poltorak. “Constitutive Interferon Maintains GBP Expression Required for Release of Bacterial Components Upstream of Pyroptosis and Anti-DNA Responses..” Cell Rep 24, no. 1 (July 3, 2018): 155-168.e5. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2018.06.012.
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    • Piro, Anthony S., Dulcemaria Hernandez, Sarah Luoma, Eric M. Feeley, Ryan Finethy, Azeb Yirga, Eva M. Frickel, Cammie F. Lesser, and Jörn Coers. “Detection of Cytosolic Shigella flexneri via a C-Terminal Triple-Arginine Motif of GBP1 Inhibits Actin-Based Motility..” Mbio 8, no. 6 (December 12, 2017). https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.01979-17.
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    • Coers, Jörn. “Sweet host revenge: Galectins and GBPs join forces at broken membranes..” Cell Microbiol 19, no. 12 (December 2017). https://doi.org/10.1111/cmi.12793.
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    • Finethy, Ryan, Sarah Luoma, Nichole Orench-Rivera, Eric M. Feeley, Arun K. Haldar, Masahiro Yamamoto, Thirumala-Devi Kanneganti, Meta J. Kuehn, and Jörn Coers. “Inflammasome Activation by Bacterial Outer Membrane Vesicles Requires Guanylate Binding Proteins..” Mbio 8, no. 5 (October 3, 2017). https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.01188-17.
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    • Zwack, Erin E., Eric M. Feeley, Amanda R. Burton, Baofeng Hu, Masahiro Yamamoto, Thirumala-Devi Kanneganti, James B. Bliska, Jörn Coers, and Igor E. Brodsky. “Guanylate Binding Proteins Regulate Inflammasome Activation in Response to Hyperinjected Yersinia Translocon Components..” Infect Immun 85, no. 10 (October 2017). https://doi.org/10.1128/IAI.00778-16.
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    • Biering, Scott B., Jayoung Choi, Rachel A. Halstrom, Hailey M. Brown, Wandy L. Beatty, Sanghyun Lee, Broc T. McCune, et al. “Viral Replication Complexes Are Targeted by LC3-Guided Interferon-Inducible GTPases..” Cell Host Microbe 22, no. 1 (July 12, 2017): 74-85.e7. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chom.2017.06.005.
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    • Schmidt, Elyse A., Brian E. Fee, Stanley C. Henry, Amanda G. Nichols, Mari L. Shinohara, Jeffrey C. Rathmell, Nancie J. MacIver, et al. “Metabolic Alterations Contribute to Enhanced Inflammatory Cytokine Production in Irgm1-deficient Macrophages..” J Biol Chem 292, no. 11 (March 17, 2017): 4651–62. https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M116.770735.
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    • Feeley, Eric M., Danielle M. Pilla-Moffett, Erin E. Zwack, Anthony S. Piro, Ryan Finethy, Joseph P. Kolb, Jennifer Martinez, Igor E. Brodsky, and Jörn Coers. “Galectin-3 directs antimicrobial guanylate binding proteins to vacuoles furnished with bacterial secretion systems..” Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 114, no. 9 (February 28, 2017): E1698–1706. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1615771114.
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    • Sixt, Barbara S., Robert J. Bastidas, Ryan Finethy, Ryan M. Baxter, Victoria K. Carpenter, Guido Kroemer, Jörn Coers, and Raphael H. Valdivia. “The Chlamydia trachomatis Inclusion Membrane Protein CpoS Counteracts STING-Mediated Cellular Surveillance and Suicide Programs..” Cell Host Microbe 21, no. 1 (January 11, 2017): 113–21. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chom.2016.12.002.
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    • Haldar, Arun K., Anthony S. Piro, Ryan Finethy, Scott T. Espenschied, Hannah E. Brown, Amanda M. Giebel, Eva-Maria Frickel, David E. Nelson, and Jörn Coers. “Chlamydia trachomatis Is Resistant to Inclusion Ubiquitination and Associated Host Defense in Gamma Interferon-Primed Human Epithelial Cells..” Mbio 7, no. 6 (December 13, 2016). https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.01417-16.
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    • Finethy, Ryan, and Jörn Coers. “Sensing the enemy, containing the threat: cell-autonomous immunity to Chlamydia trachomatis..” Fems Microbiol Rev 40, no. 6 (November 1, 2016): 875–93. https://doi.org/10.1093/femsre/fuw027.
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    • Pensinger, Daniel A., Kyle M. Boldon, Grischa Y. Chen, William J. B. Vincent, Kyle Sherman, Meng Xiong, Adam J. Schaenzer, et al. “The Listeria monocytogenes PASTA Kinase PrkA and Its Substrate YvcK Are Required for Cell Wall Homeostasis, Metabolism, and Virulence..” Plos Pathog 12, no. 11 (November 2016). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1006001.
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    • Pilla-Moffett, Danielle, Matthew F. Barber, Gregory A. Taylor, and Jörn Coers. “Interferon-Inducible GTPases in Host Resistance, Inflammation and Disease..” J Mol Biol 428, no. 17 (August 28, 2016): 3495–3513. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmb.2016.04.032.
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    • Johnston, Ashleigh C., Anthony Piro, Barbara Clough, Malvin Siew, Sebastian Virreira Winter, Jörn Coers, and Eva-Maria Frickel. “Human GBP1 does not localize to pathogen vacuoles but restricts Toxoplasma gondii..” Cell Microbiol 18, no. 8 (August 2016): 1056–64. https://doi.org/10.1111/cmi.12579.
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    • Finethy, Ryan, and Jörn Coers. “Sensing the enemy, containing the threat: cell-autonomous immunity to Chlamydia trachomatis..” Fems Microbiol Rev, July 29, 2016. https://doi.org/10.1093/femsre/fuw027.
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    • Klionsky, D. J., K. Abdelmohsen, A. Abe, M. J. Abedin, H. Abeliovich, A. A. Arozena, H. Adachi, et al. “Erratum to: Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition) (Autophagy, 12, 1, 1-222, 10.1080/15548627.2015.1100356.” Autophagy 12, no. 2 (January 1, 2016). https://doi.org/10.1080/15548627.2016.1147886.
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    • Finethy, Ryan, Ine Jorgensen, Arun K. Haldar, Marcel R. de Zoete, Till Strowig, Richard A. Flavell, Masahiro Yamamoto, Uma M. Nagarajan, Edward A. Miao, and Jörn Coers. “Guanylate binding proteins enable rapid activation of canonical and noncanonical inflammasomes in Chlamydia-infected macrophages..” Infect Immun 83, no. 12 (December 2015): 4740–49. https://doi.org/10.1128/IAI.00856-15.
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    • Coers, Jörn, and Arun K. Haldar. “Ubiquitination of pathogen-containing vacuoles promotes host defense to Chlamydia trachomatis and Toxoplasma gondii..” Commun Integr Biol 8, no. 6 (November 2015). https://doi.org/10.1080/19420889.2015.1115163.
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    • Aachoui, Youssef, Yuji Kajiwara, Irina A. Leaf, Dat Mao, Jenny P-Y Ting, Jörn Coers, Alan Aderem, Joseph D. Buxbaum, and Edward A. Miao. “Canonical Inflammasomes Drive IFN-γ to Prime Caspase-11 in Defense against a Cytosol-Invasive Bacterium..” Cell Host Microbe 18, no. 3 (September 9, 2015): 320–32. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chom.2015.07.016.
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    • Pilla, Danielle M., Jon A. Hagar, Arun K. Haldar, Ashley K. Mason, Daniel Degrandi, Klaus Pfeffer, Robert K. Ernst, Masahiro Yamamoto, Edward A. Miao, and Jörn Coers. “Guanylate binding proteins promote caspase-11-dependent pyroptosis in response to cytoplasmic LPS..” Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 111, no. 16 (April 22, 2014): 6046–51. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1321700111.
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    • Furuse, Yuki, Ryan Finethy, Hector A. Saka, Ana M. Xet-Mull, Dana M. Sisk, Kristen L Jurcic Smith, Sunhee Lee, et al. “Search for microRNAs expressed by intracellular bacterial pathogens in infected mammalian cells..” Plos One 9, no. 9 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0106434.
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    • Haldar, Arun K., Anthony S. Piro, Danielle M. Pilla, Masahiro Yamamoto, and Jörn Coers. “The E2-like conjugation enzyme Atg3 promotes binding of IRG and Gbp proteins to Chlamydia- and Toxoplasma-containing vacuoles and host resistance..” Plos One 9, no. 1 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0086684.
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    • Coers, Jörn. “Self and non-self discrimination of intracellular membranes by the innate immune system..” Plos Pathog 9, no. 9 (September 2013). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1003538.
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    • Traver, M. K., S. C. Henry, V. Cantillana, T. Oliver, J. P. Hunn, J. C. Howard, S. Beer, K. Pfeffer, J. Coers, and G. A. Taylor. “Immunity-related GTPase M (IRGM) proteins influence the localization of guanylate-binding protein 2 (GBP2) by modulating macroautophagy..” J Biol Chem 288, no. 16 (April 19, 2013). https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.A111.251967.
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    • Haldar, Arun K., Hector A. Saka, Anthony S. Piro, Joe Dan Dunn, Stanley C. Henry, Gregory A. Taylor, Eva M. Frickel, Raphael H. Valdivia, and Jörn Coers. “IRG and GBP host resistance factors target aberrant, "non-self" vacuoles characterized by the missing of "self" IRGM proteins..” Plos Pathog 9, no. 6 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1003414.
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    • Traver, Maria K., Stanley C. Henry, Viviana Cantillana, Tim Oliver, Julia P. Hunn, Jonathan C. Howard, Sandra Beer, Klaus Pfeffer, Jörn Coers, and Gregory A. Taylor. “Immunity-related GTPase M (IRGM) proteins influence the localization of guanylate-binding protein 2 (GBP2) by modulating macroautophagy..” J Biol Chem 286, no. 35 (September 2, 2011): 30471–80. https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M111.251967.
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    • Coers, Jörn, Dave C. Gondek, Andrew J. Olive, Amy Rohlfing, Gregory A. Taylor, and Michael N. Starnbach. “Compensatory T cell responses in IRG-deficient mice prevent sustained Chlamydia trachomatis infections..” Plos Pathog 7, no. 6 (June 2011). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1001346.
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    • Khaminets, Aliaksandr, Julia P. Hunn, Stephanie Könen-Waisman, Yang O. Zhao, Daniela Preukschat, Jörn Coers, Jon P. Boyle, et al. “Coordinated loading of IRG resistance GTPases on to the Toxoplasma gondii parasitophorous vacuole..” Cell Microbiol 12, no. 7 (July 2010): 939–61. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1462-5822.2010.01443.x.
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    • Coers, Jörn, Michael N. Starnbach, and Jonathan C. Howard. “Modeling infectious disease in mice: co-adaptation and the role of host-specific IFNgamma responses..” Plos Pathog 5, no. 5 (May 2009). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1000333.
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    • Henry, Stanley C., Xiaoju G. Daniell, Ashley R. Burroughs, Maanasa Indaram, David N. Howell, Jörn Coers, Michael N. Starnbach, et al. “Balance of Irgm protein activities determines IFN-gamma-induced host defense..” J Leukoc Biol 85, no. 5 (May 2009): 877–85. https://doi.org/10.1189/jlb.1008599.
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    • Tiedt, Ralph, Jörn Coers, Sandra Ziegler, Adrian Wiestner, Hui Hao-Shen, Caroline Bornmann, Johannes Schenkel, et al. “Pronounced thrombocytosis in transgenic mice expressing reduced levels of Mpl in platelets and terminally differentiated megakaryocytes..” Blood 113, no. 8 (February 19, 2009): 1768–77. https://doi.org/10.1182/blood-2008-03-146084.
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    • Coers, Jörn, Isaac Bernstein-Hanley, David Grotsky, Iana Parvanova, Jonathan C. Howard, Gregory A. Taylor, William F. Dietrich, and Michael N. Starnbach. “Chlamydia muridarum evades growth restriction by the IFN-gamma-inducible host resistance factor Irgb10..” J Immunol 180, no. 9 (May 1, 2008): 6237–45. https://doi.org/10.4049/jimmunol.180.9.6237.
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    • Coers, Jörn, Russell E. Vance, Mary F. Fontana, and William F. Dietrich. “Restriction of Legionella pneumophila growth in macrophages requires the concerted action of cytokine and Naip5/Ipaf signalling pathways..” Cell Microbiol 9, no. 10 (October 2007): 2344–57. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1462-5822.2007.00963.x.
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    • Bernstein-Hanley, Isaac, Jörn Coers, Zarine R. Balsara, Gregory A. Taylor, Michael N. Starnbach, and William F. Dietrich. “The p47 GTPases Igtp and Irgb10 map to the Chlamydia trachomatis susceptibility locus Ctrq-3 and mediate cellular resistance in mice..” Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 103, no. 38 (September 19, 2006): 14092–97. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0603338103.
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    • Bernstein-Hanley, I., Z. R. Balsara, W. Ulmer, J. Coers, M. N. Starnbach, and W. F. Dietrich. “Genetic analysis of susceptibility to Chlamydia trachomatis in mouse..” Genes Immun 7, no. 2 (March 2006): 122–29. https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.gene.6364285.
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    • Coers, Jörn, Christina Ranft, and Radek C. Skoda. “A truncated isoform of c-Mpl with an essential C-terminal peptide targets the full-length receptor for degradation..” J Biol Chem 279, no. 35 (August 27, 2004): 36397–404. https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M401386200.
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    • Kralovics, Robert, Andreas S. Buser, Soon-Siong Teo, Jorn Coers, Andre Tichelli, Anthonie P. C. van der Maas, and Radek C. Skoda. “Comparison of molecular markers in a cohort of patients with chronic myeloproliferative disorders..” Blood 102, no. 5 (September 1, 2003): 1869–71. https://doi.org/10.1182/blood-2003-03-0744.
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    • Coers, J., J. C. Kagan, M. Matthews, H. Nagai, D. M. Zuckman, and C. R. Roy. “Identification of Icm protein complexes that play distinct roles in the biogenesis of an organelle permissive for Legionella pneumophila intracellular growth..” Mol Microbiol 38, no. 4 (November 2000): 719–36. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2958.2000.02176.x.
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    • Roy, C. R., and J. Coers. “Exploitation of macrophages as a replication niche by Legionella pneumophila: response..” Trends Microbiol 8, no. 2 (February 2000): 49–50.
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    • Coers, J., C. Monahan, and C. R. Roy. “Modulation of phagosome biogenesis by Legionella pneumophila creates an organelle permissive for intracellular growth..” Nat Cell Biol 1, no. 7 (November 1999): 451–53. https://doi.org/10.1038/15687.
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  • Other Articles

    • Klionsky, Daniel J., Kotb Abdelmohsen, Akihisa Abe, Md Joynal Abedin, Hagai Abeliovich, Abraham Acevedo Arozena, Hiroaki Adachi, et al. “Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)..” Autophagy, 2016. https://doi.org/10.1080/15548627.2015.1100356.
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  • Conference Papers

    • Feeley, E. M., D. Pilla-Moffett, A. Piro, R. Finethy, and J. Coers. “GALECTIN 3 FACILITATES RECRUITMENT OF THE GUANYLATE BINDING PROTEINS TO THE PATHOGEN CONTAINING VACUOLE.” In Cytokine, 87:87–87. ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD, 2016.
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    • Finethy, R., A. Piro, A. Haldar, G. Taylor, and J. Coers. “IMMUNITY RELATED GTPASES CONTROL CASPASE-11 ACTIVITY TO PROTECT AGAINST SEPTIC SHOCK.” In Cytokine, 87:122–122. ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD, 2016.
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    • Coers, Jörn. “ID: 260.” In Cytokine, 76:112–112. Elsevier BV, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cyto.2015.08.256.
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    • Haldar, Arun K., Clémence Foltz, Ryan Finethy, Anthony S. Piro, Eric M. Feeley, Danielle M. Pilla-Moffett, Masaki Komatsu, Eva-Maria Frickel, and Jörn Coers. “Ubiquitin systems mark pathogen-containing vacuoles as targets for host defense by guanylate binding proteins..” In Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 112:E5628–37, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1515966112.
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    • Coers, Joern, Isaac Berstein-Hanley, Zarine R. Balsara, Michael N. Starnbach, and William F. Dietrich. “Intracellular host defense to Chlamydia trachomatis infections is mediated by IFNgamma-inducible p47 (IRG) GTPases in mice.” In Journal of Immunology, 176:S108–S108. AMER ASSOC IMMUNOLOGISTS, 2006.
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    • Coers, J., C. Ranft, S. Ziegler, and R. Skoda. “Inhibitory effect of a truncated form of c-MPL on TPO-dependent cell survival and proliferation.” In Experimental Hematology, 31:79–79. ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC, 2003.
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• Teaching & Mentoring
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  Recent Courses

  • MGM 293: Research Independent Study I 2019
  • MGM 593: Research Independent Study 2019

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