Hyemee Joo

Biography

HyeMee Joo is working as Assistant Investigator from Baylor University. She completed her PhD in Microbiology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, BS in Genetic Engineering, Hallym University, Chuncheon, Korea.

Research Interest

Solid organ transplantation and hematopoietic cell transplantation are radical therapies for fatal conditions. However, post-transplant immune complications including graft rejection limit the extended use of these therapies. Current treatment strategies in organ transplantation nonspecifically block the inflammatory immune response, leading to a wide range of adverse effects such as severe infections and cancer. To minimize these adverse effects, a new emerging approach is to induce the antigen-specific suppression of the immune response while leaving protective immunity intact.