Silvia Bolland
Chief
Autoimmunity and Functional Genomics
NIAID-laboratory of Immunogenetics
Greece
Biography
Dr. Bolland received her Ph.D. in molecular biology from the University of Cantabria, Spain, and received postdoctoral training at Harvard and The Rockefeller University. She joined the NIAID Laboratory of Immunogenetics in September 2001. She is the recipient of an S.L.E. Foundation Career Development Award and a Novel Research Grant Award from the Lupus Research Institute.
Research Interest
Identification of new genetic modifiers of systemic autoimmune disease Dose effect of Toll-like receptor genes and its role in autoimmune pathologies Inhibitory signaling pathways mediated by the IgG Fc receptor (Fc gamma RIIB) and the phosphoinositol 5-phosphatase (SHIP)
