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Welcome to the Levitz Lab in the Division of Infectious Diseases and Immunology

Our lab is a part of both the Division of Infectious Diseases and Immunology in the Department of Medicine and the Program In Innate Immunity, an interdisciplinary and interdepartmental group of investigators focused on discovering the underlying mechanisms that drive immune defenses and inflammation.

Our research focus: The immunology of fungal infections

Vaccine development in Cryptococcus neoformans
Eosinophil cytokine production in allergic aspergillosis
Identification of immunoreactive fungal proteins

Representative Publications

Wang R, Oliveira LVN, Lourenco D, Gomez CL, Lee CK, Hester MM, Mou Z, Ostroff GR, Specht CA, Levitz SM. Immunological correlates of protection following vaccination with glucan particles containing Cryptococcus neoformans chitin deacetylases. NPJ Vaccines. 2023 Feb 2;8(1):6.
Specht CA, Homan EJ, Lee CK, Mou Z, Gomez CL, Hester MM, Abraham A, Rus F, Ostroff GR, Levitz SM. 2022. Protection of Mice against Experimental Cryptococcosis by Synthesized Peptides Delivered in Glucan Particles. mBio 13:e03367-21.
Yadav B, Specht CA, Lee CK, Pokrovskii M, Huh JR, Littman DR, Levitz SM. Lung eosinophils elicited during allergic and acute aspergillosis express RORγt and IL-23R but do not require IL-23 for IL-17 production. PLoS Pathog. 2021 Aug 31;17(8):e1009891.

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Join our team

The Levitz Lab is currently recruiting a postdoctoral fellow. If you are interested in joining our team, please send a cover letter, CV, and contact information for three references to Dr. Stuart Levitz.

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