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Employment (2)

Emory University: Atlanta, GA, US

2009-07-01 to present | Technical Director, NIH Tetramer Core Facility (Emory Vaccine Center)
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Richard A Willis

National Jewish Health: Denver, CO, US

2002-07-01 to 2009-06-30 | Postdoctoral Fellow, Philippa Marrack Lab (Immunology)
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Education and qualifications (2)

University of Rochester Medical Center: Rochester, NY, US

1994-09-01 to 2002-05-30 | Ph.D. (Microbiology and Immunology)
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University of Rochester: Rochester, NY, US

1987-09-01 to 1991-05-30 | B.S. (Microbiology)
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Funding (1)

Visualization of T cell competition in vivo

2003 to 2006 | Award
Leukemia and Lymphoma Society (NY, NY, US)
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5367-04
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Works (26)

SARS-CoV-2 infection establishes a stable and age-independent CD8+ T cell response against a dominant nucleocapsid epitope using restricted T cell receptors

Nature Communications
2023-10-23 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-42430-z
Part of ISSN: 2041-1723
Contributors: Cecily Choy; Joseph Chen; Jiang-Yuan Li; D. Travis Gallagher; Jian Lu; Daichao Wu; Ainslee Zou; Humza Hemani; Beverly A. Baptiste; Emily Wichmann et al.
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Richard A Willis

Shortwave-infrared-light-emitting probes for the in vivo tracking of cancer vaccines and the elicited immune responses.

Nature biomedical engineering
2023-08-24 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1038/s41551-023-01083-5
PMID: 37620621
Contributors: Ren F; Wang F; Baghdasaryan A; Li Y; Liu H; Hsu R; Chuchu Wang; Jiachen Li; Yeteng Zhong; Salazar F et al.
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Spheromers reveal robust T cell responses to the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine and attenuated peripheral CD8<sup>+</sup> T cell responses post SARS-CoV-2 infection.

Immunity
2023-03-16 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2023.03.005
PMID: 36996809
PMC: PMC10017386
Contributors: Gao F; Mallajoysula V; Arunachalam PS; Kattria van der Ploeg; Manohar M; Katharina Röltgen; Yang F; Oliver Wirz; Hoh R; Haraguchi E et al.
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Minimal Information about MHC Multimers (MIAMM)

The Journal of Immunology
2022-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.2100961
Part of ISSN: 0022-1767
Contributors: Randi Vita; Apurva Mody; James A. Overton; Soren Buus; Stephen T. Haley; Alessandro Sette; Vamsee Mallajosyula; Mark M. Davis; Dale L. Long; Richard A. Willis et al.
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CD1a selectively captures endogenous cellular lipids that broadly block T cell response

Journal of Experimental Medicine
2021-07-05 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1084/jem.20202699
Contributors: Rachel N. Cotton; Marcin Wegrecki; Tan-Yun Cheng; Yi-Ling Chen; Natacha Veerapen; Jérôme Le Nours; Dennis P. Orgill; Bohdan Pomahac; Simon G. Talbot; Richard Willis et al.
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Production of Class II MHC Proteins in Lentiviral Vector‐Transduced HEK‐293T Cells for Tetramer Staining Reagents

Current Protocols
2021-02-04 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/cpz1.36
Part of ISSN: 2691-1299
Contributors: Richard A. Willis; Vasanthi Ramachandiran; John C. Shires; Ge Bai; Kelly Jeter; Donielle L. Bell; Lixia Han; Tamara Kazarian; Kyla C. Ugwu; Oskar Laur et al.
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Human skin is colonized by T cells that recognize CD1a independently of lipid

Journal of Clinical Investigation
2021-01-04 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1172/JCI140706
Contributors: Rachel N. Cotton; Tan-Yun Cheng; Marcin Wegrecki; Jérôme Le Nours; Dennis P. Orgill; Bohdan Pomahac; Simon G. Talbot; Richard A. Willis; John D. Altman; Annemieke de Jong et al.
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MHC-I peptide binding activity assessed by exchange after cleavage of peptide covalently linked to β2-microglobulin

Analytical Biochemistry
2019-11 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2019.05.017
Part of ISSN: 0003-2697
Contributors: Mollie M. Jurewicz; Richard A. Willis; Vasanthi Ramachandiran; John D. Altman; Lawrence J. Stern
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Synthesis, stabilization, and characterization of the MR1 ligand precursor 5-amino-6-D-ribitylaminouracil (5-A-RU)

PLOS ONE
2018-02-05 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0191837
Part of ISSN: 1932-6203
Contributors: Kelin Li; Charles K. Vorkas; Ashutosh Chaudhry; Donielle L. Bell; Richard A. Willis; Alexander Rudensky; John D. Altman; Michael S. Glickman; Jeffrey Aubé; Travis Beddoe
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A miRNA181a/NFAT5 axis links impaired T cell tolerance induction with autoimmune type 1 diabetes

Science Translational Medicine
2018-01-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.aag1782
Part of ISSN: 1946-6234
Contributors: Isabelle Serr; Martin G. Scherm; Adam M. Zahm; Jonathan Schug; Victoria K. Flynn; Markus Hippich; Stefanie Kälin; Maike Becker; Peter Achenbach; Alexei Nikolaev et al.
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miRNA92a targets KLF2 and the phosphatase PTEN signaling to promote human T follicular helper precursors in T1D islet autoimmunity

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2016-10-10 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1606646113
Part of ISSN: 0027-8424
Contributors: Isabelle Serr; Rainer W. Fürst; Verena B. Ott; Martin G. Scherm; Alexei Nikolaev; Füsun Gökmen; Stefanie Kälin; Stephanie Zillmer; Melanie Bunk; Benno Weigmann et al.
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Type 1 diabetes vaccine candidates promote human Foxp3+Treg induction in humanized mice

Nature Communications
2016-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms10991
Part of ISSN: 2041-1723
Contributors: Isabelle Serr; Rainer W. Fürst; Peter Achenbach; Martin G. Scherm; Füsun Gökmen; Florian Haupt; Eva-Maria Sedlmeier; Annette Knopff; Leonard Shultz; Richard A. Willis et al.
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Diversity of the CD4 T Cell Alloresponse: The Short and the Long of It

Cell Reports
2016-02 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2015.12.099
Part of ISSN: 2211-1247
Contributors: Jason M. Ali; Margaret C. Negus; Thomas M. Conlon; Ines G. Harper; M. Saeed Qureshi; Reza Motallebzadeh; Richard Willis; Kourosh Saeb-Parsy; Eleanor M. Bolton; J. Andrew Bradley et al.
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Helper virus-free herpesvirus amplicon particles and uses thereof

2012-02-21 | Patent
PAT: US8119118B2
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Richard A Willis

CD8 T cell competition for dendritic cells in vivo is an early event in activation

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2006-07 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0605130103
Part of ISSN: 0027-8424
Contributors: R. A. Willis; J. W. Kappler; P. C. Marrack
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Generation of monoclonal antibodies specific for human kallikrein 2 (hK2) using hK2-expressing tumors

The Prostate
2002-04 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/pros.10071
Part of ISSN: 0270-4137
Contributors: Terrence L. Fisher; MaryAnn Nocera; Richard A. Willis; Michael J. Turner; C. Siddiq Abdul Alim; Deborah M. Brown; Patricia A. Bourne; P. Anthony di Sant' Agnese; Edward M. Messing; Edith M. Lord et al.
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T-cell antigen discovery (T-CAD) assay: a novel technique for identifying T cell epitopes

Journal of Immunological Methods
2001-10 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/s0022-1759(01)00436-7
Part of ISSN: 0022-1759
Contributors: Michael J. Turner; C.Siddiq Abdul-Alim; Richard A. Willis; Terrence L. Fisher; Edith M. Lord; John G. Frelinger
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Dendritic Cells Transduced with HSV-1 Amplicons Expressing Prostate-Specific Antigen Generate Antitumor Immunity in Mice

Human Gene Therapy
2001-10-10 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1089/104303401753153929
Part of ISSN: 1043-0342
Contributors: Richard A. Willis; William J. Bowers; Michael J. Turner; Terrence L. Fisher; C. Siddiq Abdul-Alim; Darlene F. Howard; Howard J. Federoff; Edith M. Lord; John G. Frelinger
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Epitope mapping of human herpesvirus-7 gp65 using monoclonal antibodies

Archives of Virology
2001-09-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s007050170058
Part of ISSN: 0304-8608
Contributors: D. Skrincosky; R. A. Willis; P. K. Hocknell; J. G. Frelinger; P. Mirandola; X. Wang; S. Dewhurst
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Regulation of human prostate-specific antigen gene expression in transgenic mice: evidence for an enhancer between the PSA and human glandular kallikrein-1 genes.

International Journal of Molecular Medicine
1998-10-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3892/ijmm.2.4.487
Part of ISSN: 1107-3756
Contributors: C Wei; B P Callahan; M J Turner; R A Willis; E M Lord; R K Barth; J G Frelinger
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A transgenic strategy for analyzing the regulatory regions of the human prostate-specific antigen gene: potential applications for the treatment of prostate cancer (Review).

International Journal of Molecular Medicine
1998-02-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3892/ijmm.1.2.379
Part of ISSN: 1107-3756
Contributors: R A Willis; C Wei; M J Turner; B P Callahan; A E Pugh; R K Barth; E M Lord; J G Frelinger
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Tissue-specific expression of the human prostate-specific antigen gene in transgenic mice: Implications for tolerance and immunotherapy

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
1997-06-10 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.94.12.6369
Part of ISSN: 0027-8424
Contributors: C. Wei; R. A. Willis; B. R. Tilton; R. J. Looney; E. M. Lord; R. K. Barth; J. G. Frelinger
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Expression of human prostate-specific antigen (PSA) in a mouse tumor cell line reduces tumorigenicity and elicits PSA-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes

Cancer Immunology, Immunotherapy
1996-09-05 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s002620050295
Part of ISSN: 0340-7004
Contributors: Chungwen Wei; Eugene Storozynsky; A. J. McAdam; Kun-Yun Yeh; Brian R. Tilton; Richard A. Willis; Richard K. Barth; R. John Looney; Edith M. Lord; J. G. Frelinger
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Evidence of Fibroblast Heterogeneity and the Role of Fibroblast Subpopulations in Fibrosis

Clinical Immunology and Immunopathology
1994-09 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1006/clin.1994.1144
Part of ISSN: 0090-1229
Contributors: Kristin M. Fries; Timothy Blieden; Richard J. Looney; Gregory D. Sempowski; Maria R. Silvera; Richard A. Willis; Richard P. Phipps
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Induction of Nitric Oxide Synthase in Subsets of Murine Pulmonary Fibroblasts: Effect on Fibroblast Interleukin-6 Production

Clinical Immunology and Immunopathology
1994-05 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1006/clin.1994.1077
Part of ISSN: 0090-1229
Contributors: Richard A. Willis; Andreas K. Nussler; Kristin M. Fries; David A. Geller; Richard P. Phipps
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Expression of alpha 6 beta 1 integrin, the laminin receptor, on subsets of normal murine lung fibroblasts and its upregulation by the inflammatory cytokines IFN-gamma and TNF-alpha.

Regional immunology
1992-11-01 | Journal article
PMID: 1363627
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