Kafatos:Michel, Kristin

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Kristin Michel Division of Cell & Molecular Biology South Kensington Campus, SAF London, SW72AZ UK kmichel[at]ksu.edu

I was a research associate in the Kafatos/Christophides Lab from 2002 to 2007 at EMBL, Heidelberg and Imperial College, London.
I am now assistant professor in the Division of Biology at Kansas State University. KSU

Research Interests

My research interests are directed primarily toward the role of the innate immune system in the insect vector during host-parasite interactions in a variety of interrelated areas:

• Regulation of humoral innate immune responses in the insect vector by serine protease inhibitors
• The role of immune responsive organs, especially the insect blood cells (hemocytes), in the recognition, modulation and initiation of effector systems
• The interplay of immune responsive organs (midgut, fat body, and hemocytes) and the potential role of cytokines in this interplay
  

Other areas of interest include:

• Hematopoiesis in insects
• Evolution of immunity genes

Education

2002 PhD in Entomology, University of California Riverside, CA, USA

1995 MSc in Biology, Christian-Albrechts-University, Kiel, Germany

Publications

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1. Cohuet A, Osta MA, Morlais I, Awono-Ambene PH, Michel K, Simard F, Christophides GK, Fontenille D, and Kafatos FC. Anopheles and Plasmodium: from laboratory models to natural systems in the field. EMBO Rep. 2006 Dec;7(12):1285-9. DOI:10.1038/sj.embor.7400831 |
9. Christophides GK, Zdobnov E, Barillas-Mury C, Birney E, Blandin S, Blass C, Brey PT, Collins FH, Danielli A, Dimopoulos G, Hetru C, Hoa NT, Hoffmann JA, Kanzok SM, Letunic I, Levashina EA, Loukeris TG, Lycett G, Meister S, Michel K, Moita LF, Müller HM, Osta MA, Paskewitz SM, Reichhart JM, Rzhetsky A, Troxler L, Vernick KD, Vlachou D, Volz J, von Mering C, Xu J, Zheng L, Bork P, and Kafatos FC. Immunity-related genes and gene families in Anopheles gambiae. Science. 2002 Oct 4;298(5591):159-65. DOI:10.1126/science.1077136 |