Chuanlin Ding, Ph.D.

Research Program
Tumor Immunobiology

Education
1981-1984
Laboratory Medicine, Nanjing Health School, PR China

1985-1989
Laboatory Medicine Jiangsu Staff Medical University, PR China

1990-1993
M.S., Immunology and Microbiology, Nanjing Medical University, PR China

2000-2003
Ph.D., Nanjing Medical University / Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, PR China

Research and Professional Experience
1984-1990
Teaching Assistant, Nanjing Health School, PR China

1993-2000
Lecturer, Jiangsu Staff Medical University, PR China

2004-2006
Post-doctoral Fellow, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY

2006-2010
Research Associate, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY

2011-present
Instructor, Department of Medicine, University of Louisville, KY

Selected Awards and Professional Honors
2002
Excellent Graduate Student Scholarship, Nanjing Medical University, PR China

2002
Excellent Paper of Symposium of Jiangsu Young Microbiologists (Society of Microbiology of Jiangsu Province), PR China

2007
Arthritis Foundation Post-doctoral Fellowship

2007
The Ralph Scott Post-doctoral Fellow Research Prize,  James Graham Brown Cancer Center Annual Retreat

Research Interest
Autoreactive B cells are typically thought of as sources of autoantibody; dysregulated autoreactive B cell activation is a hallmark in most autoimmune diseases.  My major research interest is focused on understanding the mechanisms of autoreactive B cell regulation and activation.  In addition, B cells also are potent antigen-presenting cells that can prime T-cell activation.  A second major interest involves the development of B-cell based tumor vaccines by targeting antigen to B cells through CD19.

Publications

Ding C, Yao K, Zhang T, Zhou F.  Effects of IL-4 on the production of IL-12 by dendritic cells.  Shanghai J Immunol 23:248-51, 2003

Ding C, Yao K, Zhang T, Peng G.  Transfection of retroviral-mediated hepatitis B virus core gene into bone marrow-derived dendritic cells.  J Cell Molec immunol 19:299-301, 2003