Project Description Our lab focuses on the mechanobiology of lung injury, repair, and regeneration, investigating how biomechanical signals from the extracellular matrix (ECM) influence the progression and resolution of lung fibrosis. We have previously identified key roles of altered matrix mechanics in modulating gene expression and promoting the pro-fibrotic traits of lung fibroblasts and alveolar […]

Shigeki Saito, MD, Schol of Medicine Contact ssaito@tulane.edu

Derek Pociask, PhD, School of Medicine Lab Description Our lab is focused on immune responses in the lung during viral infections. We are particularly interested in how the immune system promotes specific epithelial cell types to help repair the lung after infection. We have a mix of undergraduate and graduate students and collaborate with PhD […]

Anil Mishra, PhD, School of Medicine Lab Description Dr. Mishra’s most important contribution was to establish that eosinophils are the resident cell that home prenatally in the gastrointestinal tract (Mishra et al. J. Clin. Invest. 1999, 103, 1719-27) and the gastrointestinal tract (esophagus to colon) constitutively expresses eotaxin-1(an eosinophil selective chemoattractant). Dr. Mishra developed a […]

Joseph A. Lasky, MD, School of Medicine Lab Description Dr. Lasky’s main clinical and research interest is the study of pulmonary fibrosis (lung scarring). Dr. Lasky is an author on over 125 publications pertaining to pulmonary fibrosis, which span basic molecular science to clinical trials. He has been engaged in designing, conducting, and monitoring clinical […]