The immune system represents a complex, interacting set of cells and molecules, controlled by defined genes and their products. Immunology provides the basis for a whole range of problems for other disciplines, including cell biology, structural biology, genetics, and medicine. Thus, immunology is a discipline that crosses through and integrates multiple disciplines of biology and medicine.
The scope of immunology at the Sloan-Kettering Institute incorporates a range of areas and expertise (both basic and translational science). A strength of the Immunology Program is the ability to translate laboratory findings into effective clinical applications. Research in the Immunology Program focuses on several areas:
- cell signaling
- development in the thymus
- T cell selection
- antigen processing and presentation
- genetic approaches to transplantation and active immunization
- cancer immunology
- infection and immunity
- transplantation immunology
- adoptive cellular therapies
