Prof. Kodi Ravichandran Carter Immunology Center, University of Virginia, USA

Dr. Kodi S. Ravichandran is a Professor of Microbiology. He is a nationally and internationally recognized immunologist, whose main research has been on the molecular understanding of signalling during engulfment of apoptotic cells and the signals regulating function of cells of the immune system. Dr. Ravichandran is one of the... read moreleaders in the field of engulfment of apoptotic cells, and his work on the identification and characterization of specific players involved in clearing corpses in mammals, has begun to provide the molecular understanding of this fundamentally important biological process.