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Benjamin A. Youngblood, PhD

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Benjamin A. Youngblood, PhD

Immunology

MS 351

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

262 Danny Thomas Place

Memphis,  TN 38105-3678

(901) 595-6749(phone)

(901) 595-3107(fax)

Affiliations

Department of Immunology

Comprehensive Cancer Center

St. Jude Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences

Developmental Biology and Solid Tumor Program

Education

RT-Assistant Professor – Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA Postdoctoral Fellow – Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA PhD – University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA BS – Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR

Research Interests

  • Viral Immunity
  • CD8 T-cell memory differentiation
  • CD8 T-cell exhaustion
  • Epigenetic regulation of T-cell functions
  • Therapeutic vaccination 

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