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Microbiology & Immunology

Dwinell Laboratory

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Microbiology & Immunology
TBRC C3860

General Interests
Cancer Progression and the Tumor Immune Microenvironment

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Michael Dwinell Laboratory
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Research Areas

My research has been investigating the cellular, biochemical, molecular and pathophysiologic mechanisms controlling cellular movement in inflammation and cancer. The movement of cells within and between tissues is a fundamental property of biology. Cell movement / migration, may have beneficial effects, for example in wound healing or leukocyte trafficking, or deleterious effects, such as in the invasion and metastasis of tumor cells. My laboratory uses a spectrum of cellular, molecular, metabolomic and biochemical techniques, in combination with an array of cell culture and preclinical transgenic mouse models, to dissect the details of how cells move and the functional consequences of that movement. As chemokines are the archetype immune molecules directing cell movement, the investigative focus of my research program is to resolve the mechanisms of chemokine signaling in order to improve human health through the design of new chemokine-targeted or immune targeted therapies to disrupt or promote cellular movement in inflammation and cancer.

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Research Support

Research in the Dwinell laboratory is supported through grants from the National Institutes of Health, long standing support from the Bobby Nick Voss Charitable Foundation, the Medical College of Wisconsin Cancer Center and philanthropic donations.

Current Members

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Kathleen Boyle, PhD

Adjunct Assistant Professor

kboyle@mcw.edu

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Donovan Drouillard

G3 Student

ddrouillard@mcw.edu

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Donna McAllister

Lab Supervisor, Dwinell Lab

dmcallis@mcw.edu

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Maria Poimenidou

Graduate Student

mpoimenidou@mcw.edu

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Elisabeth Solis

Graduate Student

esolis@mcw.edu

Recent Publications

Publications of Michael B. Dwinell PhD from the Faculty Collaboration Database

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2017

Wearing purple for World Pancreatic Cancer Day
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2013

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2010

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Lab Alumni

Hong Guan, MS

Doctoral Candidate, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina

 

Ishan Roy, MD, PhD

Clinical Instructor & Chief Resident Physician; Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Northwestern University/Shirley Ryan Ability Lab

 

Natasha Moussouras, PhD

Research Fellow, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Medical College of Wisconsin

 

Emily Vonderhaar, PhD

Clinical Research Training Fellow, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Medical College of Wisconsin

 

Jonathan D. Van Wickle

Resident, Radiation Oncology, University of Iowa

 

Eric A. Luedke, MD

General Surgery, Sharp Memorial Hospital, Stanford Health Care-Stanford Hospital, San Diego, CA.

 

Yana Thaker, MD

General Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

 

Joanne P Boisvert (Hayes), MD

Family Medicine Practice, Madras, OR

 

Egal I. Gorse, MD

2018- Fellowship Hematology and Medical Oncology, Emory University School of Medicine 2020 Recipient Nell W. and William Simpson Elkin Fellowship

 

Kimberle A Agle. PhD

Scientist-II, Immucor, Inc, Waukesha, WI

 

Amanda N. Cooper, MD

Private Practice, Dermatology, Germantown, WI

 

Luke J. Drury, PhD

Human Molecular Geneticist, Prevention Genetics, Marshfield Clinic, Marshfield, WI

 

Sheena L. Faherty

Science Writer, National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD

 

Soonyean Hwang, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Cancer Center, Mentor: Martin E. Hemler, PhD

 

Priscilla A. Johanesen, PhD

Associate Professor (Tenured), Deputy Head of Department (Education), Department of Microbiology, Monash University, Melbourne, AUSTRALIA

 

Jennifer M. Boardman (Smith), PhD

Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs for the School of Graduate Studies, Associate Professor, Microbiology and Immunology, Department of Basic Sciences, Geisinger

 

Rebecca A. Vongsa, PhD

Scientist-III, Kimberly-Clark Corp., Skin Health and Infection Control Health Care Division, Appleton, WI

 

Michael K. Wendt, PhD

Associate Professor, Purdue University, Lafayette, IN

 

Noah P. Zimmerman, PhD

Research Manager, Arm and Hammer, Waukesha, WI

 

Mahmoud Abu Eid, PhD
Consultant, McKinsey & Company

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