We study immunity in the epithelial tissues that line our body to understand how environmental stimuli collaborate with genetic factors to influence health and drive disease at these interfaces. Our work centers on four major areas of research:
Host-microbe interactions
Immune-tissue crosstalk
Inflammatory memory
Translational research
Featured Publication
Metabolic coordination between skin epithelium and type 17 immunity sustains chronic skin inflammation
Inflammatory epithelial diseases are spurred by the concomitant dysregulation of immune and epithelial cells. How these two dysregulated cellular compartments simultaneously sustain their heightened metabolic demands is unclear. [...]
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August 11, 2025
Daniel and Kate presented their ongoing work at the Kenneth Rainin Innovations Symposium.
July 10, 2025
Dr. Shruti Naik named Awardee of Team Science Leadership Scholars Program in AMP AIM
June 20, 2025
Welcome Postdoc Fellow Asma Farhat to the Naik Lab, Junior Fellow of the Simons Foundation
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