Epernicus: Matthew L Nicotra, Ph.D.

Matthew L Nicotra, Ph.D.

Position:
Research Instructor

Starzl Transplantation Institute

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine (Pittsburgh, PA)
Advisor:
Fadi G Lakkis
Degrees:

Ph.D., Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Yale University (New Haven, CT)

B.S., Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Yale University (New Haven, CT)
Past Advisors:

Jack Strominger (as Post Doctoral Fellow)

Leo Buss (as Graduate Student - Ph.D.)

Stephen Dellaporta (as Graduate Student - Ph.D.)
Research:

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A hypervariable invertebrate allodeterminant.
Nicotra ML, Powell AE, Rosengarten RD, Moreno M, Grimwood J, Lakkis FG, Dellaporta SL, Buss LW

Current biology : CB. 2009 Apr 14;19(7):583-9
HLA-G homodimer-induced cytokine secretion through HLA-G receptors on human decidual macrophages and natural killer cells.
Li C, Houser BL, Nicotra ML, Strominger JL

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2009 Apr 7;106(14):5767-72
JNK MAP kinase activation is required for MTOC and granule polarization in NKG2D-mediated NK cell cytotoxicity.
Li C, Ge B, Nicotra M, Stern JN, Kopcow HD, Chen X, Strominger JL

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2008 Feb 26;105(8):3017-22
Differential effect of allorecognition loci on phenotype in Hydractinia symbiolongicarpus (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa).
Powell AE, Nicotra ML, Moreno MA, Lakkis FG, Dellaporta SL, Buss LW

Genetics. 2007 Dec;177(4):2101-7
A test for larval kin aggregations.
Nicotra ML, Buss LW

The Biological bulletin. 2005 Jun;208(3):157-8
An invertebrate histocompatibility complex.
Cadavid LF, Powell AE, Nicotra ML, Moreno M, Buss LW

Genetics. 2004 May;167(1):357-65

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