ONGOING PROJECTS
- The role of macrophages in nutrient recycling and post-metamorphic maturation
- Metabolism of ketone bodies during bacterial infection
- Development of immune cell-specific delivery of RNA in vivo
- Analysis of immune response to natural pathogens in farming insect Tenebrio molitor
- Changes in immune response in diapauzing Pyrrhocoris apterus
- Interaction of immune cells and fat body during metamorphosis in Apis mellifera
- Infiltration of macrophages into adipose tissue during stress conditions
COMPLETED PROJECTS
- Development of antibody-free separation of phagocytes based on magnetic microparticles
- Macrophages secrete IMPL2/IGFBP7 to induce energy mobilization during bacterial infection
- Development of tools for macrophage-specific delivery of transcription factors and metabolic inhibitors
- Drosophila macrophages polarize toward aerobic glycolysis during bacterial infection
- The role of macrophage-derived IMPL2/IGFBP7 in obese individuals