Martin Prlic, PhD
Assistant Member
Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center appointment
Assistant Member, Vaccine and Infectious Diseases Division

University of Washington appointment
In progress

Education
University of Minnesota, 2004, PhD (Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology)
University of Salzburg, 1999, MSc (Genetics)

Research interests:

• Studying and manipulating CD8 T cells and NK cells for therapeutic purposes
• Mechanisms driving differentiation of naive T cells into memory T cells
• Therapeutic potential of NK cells to mediate protection from opportunistic infections following transplantation

Current projects:

• CD8 T Cell Contraction and Memory Formation
• Enhancing the quantity and quality of NK cell response

Training opportunities for graduate students beginning early 2012.