Amal O. Amer

This researcher studies how immune cells and airway or gut tissues respond to bacterial and other microbial infections, with a focus on autophagy (a cellular recycling and defense process) and inflammasomes (protein complexes that trigger inflammation). Much of the work relates to cystic fibrosis, Legionella and other bacterial infections, allergic airway disease, and neuroinflammatory processes in Alzheimer's disease models. The lab combines cell biology, immunology, and microbiology approaches to understand how the body's innate immune defenses succeed or fail against pathogens.

Publication output has fluctuated over the last decade, rising to a peak around 2020-2021, dipping in 2022, and then stabilizing at a moderate, steady pace through 2023-2025.

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