Moir Research Group

Immunologic studies of human B cells in HIV and other infectious and non-infectious diseases.

Susan Moir, Ph.D.

Chief, B-Cell Immunology Section

Education:

Ph.D., 1996, University Laval, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada

Dr. Moir received her Ph.D. in immunology and microbiology from the University Laval, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, in 1996. Her Ph.D. studies were supported by a scholarship from the National Health Research and Development Program of Canada. In 1996, Dr. Moir came to the NIAID Laboratory of Immunoregulation (LIR) as a Visiting Fellow. Dr. Moir was appointed to the position of Staff Scientist in...

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Rebecca J. Baxter, B.S.

Postbaccalaureate Fellow, Intramural Research Training Awards Program

Education:

B.S. Johns Hopkins University

Rebecca uses flow cytometry and other molecular biology techniques to investigate the properties of B cells during HIV infection and treatment.

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Clarisa M. Buckner, Ph.D.

Biologist

Education:

Ph.D., Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Yeshiva University, Bronx, NY

Dr. Buckner uses novel technologies that combine confocal microscopy and flow cytometry to study B cells as well as other populations in lymphoid tissue sections of people living with HIV. Dr. Buckner is also investigating spatially and transcriptionally differences in individuals that do and do not develop broadly neutralizing antibodies during HIV infection using 10X Genomics technologies. She...

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Junseok Jang, B.S.

Postbaccalaureate Fellow, Intramural Research Training Awards Program

Education:

B.S. University of Texas at Dallas

Junseok uses functional assays and bioinformatics to investigate B cells in people with HIV.

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Lela Kardava, Ph.D.

Staff Scientist, B-Cell Immunology Section

Education:

Ph.D., Tbilisi State University, Tbilisi, Georgia

Dr. Kardava received her Ph.D. in Immunology from the Tbilisi State University, Georgia in 2002. She conducted her postdoctoral research at the Department of Immunology, University of Pittsburgh. In 2008, Dr. Kardava joined the Laboratory of Immunoregulation (LIR) at NIAID as a postdoctoral visiting fellow and in 2011, she became a research fellow. In 2016, she was appointed as a staff scientist in the B-Cell Immunology Section, LIR.

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Wei Wang, M.S.

Biologist

Education:

M.S., Fisk University, Nashville, TN

M.S., Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin, China

Languages Spoken: Chinese

Wei utilizes her background in molecular biology and microbiology to actively support research projects involved studying the role of B cells in the pathogenesis of HIV disease. She is currently working on B-cell responses to COVID-19 mRNA vaccines.

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Xiaozhen Zhang, M.S.

Biologist

Education:

M.S., University of California – Irvine at Irvine, CA

Languages Spoken: Mandarin

Xiaozhen Zhang is currently focused on investigating the molecular aspects of B cell receptor repertoires during HIV infection using single B cell cloning technology, BCR bulk sequencing, and 10x genomics technology. She also performs neutralization, binding, and competition assays to elucidate the mechanisms of neutralization activities of anti-HIV antibodies.

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