Mathias G Lichtenheld

His interest in the control of host defense mechanisms also led him to work on multiple myeloma and to refine experimental conditions to enhance adoptive immunotherapy.

• Curriculum design, lecturing and small group conference discussions for MD/MPH, MD/PhD and MD students
• Teach core concepts of contemporary biomedical research in the context of disease pathogenesis
• Promote molecular immunology as it applies to allergy, autoimmunity, cancer, infection and transplantation

Cytotoxic Lymphocytes, Multiple Myeloma. The Litchenheld laboratory is interested in understanding how genes essential for the effector function of lymphocytes and their malignant transformation are turned on. The specific research focus is on cytotoxic lymphocytes and multiple myeloma.