Our Faculty

Martina Damo, PhD

Yale University
New Haven, CT
Instructor
2023

Yale University
New Haven, CT
Postdoctoral fellowship
2022

Swiss federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL)
Switzerland
PhD
2016

Intestinal tuft cell immune privilege enables norovirus persistence.
Intestinal tuft cell immune privilege enables norovirus persistence. Sci Immunol. 2024 Mar 22; 9(93):eadi7038.
PMID: 38517952

PD-1 maintains CD8 T cell tolerance towards cutaneous neoantigens.
PD-1 maintains CD8 T cell tolerance towards cutaneous neoantigens. Nature. 2023 Jul; 619(7968):151-159.
PMID: 37344588

Clonal lineage tracing reveals mechanisms skewing CD8+ T cell fate decisions in chronic infection.
Clonal lineage tracing reveals mechanisms skewing CD8+ T cell fate decisions in chronic infection. J Exp Med. 2023 01 02; 220(1).
PMID: 36315049

Novel Mouse Models for Cancer Immunology.
Novel Mouse Models for Cancer Immunology. Annu Rev Cancer Biol. 2022 Apr; 6(1):269-291.
PMID: 36875867

Neoantigen-driven B cell and CD4 T follicular helper cell collaboration promotes anti-tumor CD8 T cell responses.
Neoantigen-driven B cell and CD4 T follicular helper cell collaboration promotes anti-tumor CD8 T cell responses. Cell. 2021 12 09; 184(25):6101-6118.e13.
PMID: 34852236

A reservoir of stem-like CD8+ T cells in the tumor-draining lymph node preserves the ongoing antitumor immune response.
A reservoir of stem-like CD8+ T cells in the tumor-draining lymph node preserves the ongoing antitumor immune response. Sci Immunol. 2021 Oct; 6(64):eabg7836.
PMID: 34597124

Soluble N-Acetylgalactosamine-Modified Antigens Enhance Hepatocyte-Dependent Antigen Cross-Presentation and Result in Antigen-Specific CD8+ T Cell Tolerance Development.
Soluble N-Acetylgalactosamine-Modified Antigens Enhance Hepatocyte-Dependent Antigen Cross-Presentation and Result in Antigen-Specific CD8+ T Cell Tolerance Development. Front Immunol. 2021; 12:555095.
PMID: 33746941

Inducible de novo expression of neoantigens in tumor cells and mice.
Inducible de novo expression of neoantigens in tumor cells and mice. Nat Biotechnol. 2021 01; 39(1):64-73.
PMID: 32719479

Synthetically glycosylated antigens induce antigen-specific tolerance and prevent the onset of diabetes.
Synthetically glycosylated antigens induce antigen-specific tolerance and prevent the onset of diabetes. Nat Biomed Eng. 2019 10; 3(10):817-829.
PMID: 31358881

Treg cell IL-10 and IL-35 exhaust CD8+ T cells in tumors.
Treg cell IL-10 and IL-35 exhaust CD8+ T cells in tumors. Nat Immunol. 2019 06; 20(6):674-675.
PMID: 31011189

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