L. Robert Peters
e-mail address: larryrob@umich.edu

Mentor: Malini Raghavan, PhD

Research Description

Currently, I am investigating the translocation of calreticulin from the ER to the cell surface in apoptotic cells, and calreticulin's role as an opsonin. I plan to expand these studies by examining the ability of calreticulin to enhance the cross-presentation of particulate antigens to CD8+ T cells. In past years, I investigated the interactions of MHC class I molecules with calreticulin and other ER chaperones in tapasin-deficient and sufficient cells, as well as other aspects of the classical MHC class I assembly pathway.

Publications

Malini Raghavan, Natasha Del Cid, Syed Monem Rizvi and Larry Robert Peters. 2008. MHC Class I Assembly: In and Out. Trends in Immunology. Accepted for publication.

Abstracts

L. Rob Peters, Vilasack Thammavongsa, and Malini Raghavan: Assembly, stability, and intracellular trafficking of HLA-B2705 in the presence and absence of tapasin. Autumn Immunology Conference, 2006

Awards

CBTP training grant fellowship