Josep Bassaganya-Riera
Principal Investigator and Center Director
Nutritional Immunology and Molecular Medicine Laboratory
Virginia Bioinformatics Institute at Virginia Tech
540-231-7421
jbassaga@vbi.vt.edu
David Bevan
Education Lead
Virginia Tech
540-231-5040
drbevan@vt.edu
Keith Bisset
Modeling Expert
Virginia Bioinformatics Institute at Virginia Tech
540-231-3849
kbisset@vt.edu
David Bolick
Sr. Laboratory and Research Specialist
University of Virginia
434-924-9672
dtb5w@cms.mail.virginia.edu
Stephen Eubank
Modeling Expert
Virginia Bioinformatics Institute at Virginia Tech
540-231-2504
seubank@vbi.vt.edu
Eustache Paramithiotis
Proteomics Expert
Caprion Proteomics Inc
514-228-3627
eparamithiotis@caprion.com
Richard Guerrant
Infectious Disease Expert
University of Virginia
434-924-5242
RLG9A@hscmail.mcc.virginia.edu
Raquel Hontecillas
Immunology Lead
Nutritional Immunology and Molecular Medicine Laboratory
Virginia Bioinformatics Institute at Virginia Tech
540-231-7276
rmagarzo@vt.edu
Stefan Hoops
Bioinformatics Lead
Nutritional Immunology and Molecular Medicine Laboratory
Virginia Bioinformatics Institute at Virginia Tech
540-231-1799
shoops@vt.edu
Madhav Marathe
Modeling Lead
Virginia Bioinformatics Institute at Virginia Tech
540-231-8832
mmarathe@vbi.vt.edu
Yongguo Mei
Research Software Engineer
Nutritional Immunology and Molecular Medicine Laboratory
Virginia Bioinformatics Institute at Virginia Tech
540-231-1705
ymei@vbi.vt.edu
James Roche
Infectious Disease Expert
University of Virginia
434-924-9922
Jkr7m@hscmail.mcc.virginia.edu
Jim Walke
MIEP Project Manager
Nutritional Immunology and Molecular Medicine Laboratory
Virginia Bioinformatics Institute at Virginia Tech
540-231-3014
jwalke@vbi.vt.edu
Cirle A. Warren
Infectious Disease Expert
University of Virginia
434-924-9676
CA6T@hscmail.mcc.virginia.edu
Barbara Kronsteiner-Dobramysl
Immunology Post-Doc
Nutritional Immunology and Molecular Medicine Laboratory
Virginia Bioinformatics Institute at Virginia Tech
540-231-7254
bkrondo@vbi.vt.edu
Xia Wang
NIMML Laboratory Manager
Nutritional Immunology and Molecular Medicine Laboratory
Virginia Bioinformatics Institute at Virginia Tech
540-231-1989
xwang@vbi.vt.edu
Xiaoying Zhang
Immunology Post-Doc
Nutritional Immunology and Molecular Medicine Laboratory
Virginia Bioinformatics Institute at Virginia Tech
540-231-7831
xzhang@vbi.vt.edu
Pinyi Lu
Immunology and Modeling GRA
Nutritional Immunology and Molecular Medicine Laboratory
Virginia Bioinformatics Institute at Virginia Tech
540-231-1209
Katherine Wendelsdorf
Fellow
NIAID – Laboratory for Systems Biology
301-594-9813
Adria Carbo
Immunology and Modeling GRA
Nutritional Immunology and Molecular Medicine Laboratory
Virginia Bioinformatics Institute at Virginia Tech
540-231-1209
Kevin Muite
VT-PREP Scholar
Nutritional Immunology and Molecular Medicine Laboratory
Virginia Bioinformatics Institute at Virginia Tech
540-231-1209
Mireia Pedragosa
Immunology and Modeling GRA
Nutritional Immunology and Molecular Medicine Laboratory
Virginia Bioinformatics Institute at Virginia Tech
540-231-1209
Monica Viladomiu
Immunology and Modeling GRA
Nutritional Immunology and Molecular Medicine Laboratory
Virginia Bioinformatics Institute at Virginia Tech
540-231-1209
Lara Labarta
Immunology Visiting Student
Nutritional Immunology and Molecular Medicine Laboratory
Virginia Bioinformatics Institute at Virginia Tech
540-231-1209
Cassandra Washington
Immunology Laboratory Technician
Nutritional Immunology and Molecular Medicine Laboratory
Virginia Bioinformatics Institute at Virginia Tech
540-231-1209
Jacob Monroe
Immunology Laboratory Technician
Nutritional Immunology and Molecular Medicine Laboratory
Virginia Bioinformatics Institute at Virginia Tech
540-231-1209
Nikki Lewis
Modeling GRA
Nutritional Immunology and Molecular Medicine Laboratory
Virginia Bioinformatics Institute at Virginia Tech
540-231-1209
Patrick Heizer
Immunology Intern
Nutritional Immunology and Molecular Medicine Laboratory
Virginia Bioinformatics Institute at Virginia Tech
540-231-1209
MIEP Mission
The Center for Modeling Immunity to Enteric Pathogens (MIEP) at the Nutritional Immunology and Molecular Medicine Laboratory (NIMML) is a NIAID funded program with the mission of understanding the mechanisms of action underlying immune responses to enteric pathogens.Upcoming Events
MIEP team to present ENteric Immunity SImulator (ENISI) at IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedicine.
MIEP team to attend Annual Meeting of the Modeling Immunity for Biodefense Program, Bethesda, MD Nov 1-2.Research Highlights
PPARγ Modulates the Plasticity between Th17 and iTreg
The MIEP team has created a network model of CD4+ T cell differentiation that reveals how the transcription factor peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ (PPARγ) modulates differentiation from Th17 to iTreg. [more ...]


