Alexandria
Hoffman, PhD Postdoctoral Fellow |
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Alex is originally from St. Louis, Missouri but she
completed her undergraduate education at UCLA with a
Bachelor of Science in Molecular Biology and in
Anthropology. At UCLA, she worked in the lab of Dr. Rhonda
Voskuhl where she studied the effect of estrogens on
neuroregeneration in mouse models of relapsing and remitting
multiple sclerosis. She pursued a PhD at the University of
Chicago under Lev Becker where she investigated the pathway
of fatty acid-drive inflammatory signaling in adipose tissue
macrophages. In the Nizet lab, Alex is interested in the pathophysiology of sepsis. She works in close collaboration with the Zhang lab to evaluate new applications for their nanotechnology in the treatment of sepsis. She is particularly interested in polymicrobial sepsis-induced immunosuppression and the application of nanotechnology in maintaining the immune system for future pathogen insults. Alex is also interested in improving STEM teaching and mentorship at the undergraduate level. She is a San Diego Institutional and Academic Career Development Award (IRACDA) scholar. |
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