Francesco Annunziato
Francesca Barone
Dirk Baumjohann
Andreas Beilhack
Barbara Bohle
Tobias Bopp
Ana Cumano
Ana de Sousa
Gerard Eberl
Matthias Edinger
Wilfried Ellmeier
Laura Elo
Nicolas Fazilleau
Luis Graca
Vigo Heissmeyer
Petra Hoffmann
Magdalena Huber
Jochen Huehn
Johannes Huppa
Matteo Iannacone
Lukas Jeker
Nicole Joller
Ludger Klein
Andreas Krueger
Michelle Linterman
Adrian Liston
Vera Martins
Eóin N. McNamee
Michael Meyer-Hermann
Anne Müller
Luigia Pace
Pärt Peterson
Esperanza Perucha
Anna Rudin
Benoit Salomon
Jannike Samson
Kilian Schober
Katrin Schumann
Tim Sparwasser
Ondrej Stepanek
Jessica Strid
Femke van Wijk
Marc Veldhoen
Lucy Walker
Thomas Wekerle
Dave Whithers
Christina Zielinski

Division of Immunology,
San Raffaele Scientific Institute
Via Olgettina 58
20132 Milano
Italy
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Our research program seeks to dissect the complex dynamics of T cell responses to pathogens and tumors. Since it is still beyond the reach of even the most sophisticated in vitro methodology to simulate the complex interplay of physical, cellular, biochemical, and other factors that influence cell behavior in microvessels and interstitial tissues, we make use of intravital microscopy. This technique is complemented by more traditional molecular, cellular and histological approaches, thus characterizing host-virus interactions at the molecular-, single cell- and whole animal-level. In ongoing studies we address the following research topics:
- Functional biology of hepatic CD8+ T cells
- Regulation of antiviral CD4+ T cell polarization
- Spatiotemporal dynamics of CD8+ T cells within liver tumors