Immunology Program

The Jayanta Chaudhuri Lab

Jayanta Chaudhuri, PhD

Professor

Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Immunology

Recombination, genomic integrity, and heterogeneity in B cells

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At Work: Immunologist Jayanta Chaudhuri

Immunologist Jayanta Chaudhuri has long been interested in biology, Mendelian genetics, and the story of how life evolved.

In the Community

Allysia Matthews, with Citymeals-on-Wheels staff donating reusable ice packs

Giving Supplies a Second Life, and Making an Environmental Impact in the Process

Tuesday, July 8, 2014

Memorial Sloan Kettering “green” committees focus on waste reduction and energy efficiency throughout the institution while donating useful supplies to New York–area nonprofits.

In the Lab

Pictured: Charles L. Sawyers, William Polkinghorn & Simon Powell

Molecular Studies Explain Effectiveness of Longtime Treatment for Prostate Cancer

Thursday, December 12, 2013

Laboratory studies have revealed an explanation for why androgen-deprivation therapy makes radiation therapy more effective in the treatment of high-risk prostate cancer.

Publications

William T. Yewdell, Youngjun Kim, Priyanka Chowdhury, Colleen M. Lau¹, Ryan M. Smolkin, Kalina T. Belcheva, Keith C. Fernandez, Montserrat Cols, Wei-Feng Yen, Bharat Vaidyanathan, Davide Angeletti, Adrian B. McDermott, Jonathan W. Yewdell, Joseph C. Sun, Jayanta Chaudhuri. (2020) A hyper-IgM syndrome mutation in AID disrupts G-quadruplex binding and chromatin localization. Immunity (In Press).

Angeletti, D., I. Kosik, J. J. S. Santos, W. T. Yewdell, C. M. Boudreau, V. V. A. Mallajosyula, M. C. Mankowski, M. Chambers, M. Prabhakaran, H. D. Hickman, A. B. McDermott, G. Alter, J. Chaudhuri, and J. W. Yewdell. (2019) Outflanking immunodominance to target subdominant broadly neutralizing epitopes. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 116: 13474-13479. PMCID: PMC6986270

Pucella JN, Cols M, Yen W-F, Xu S and Chaudhuri J. The B cell activation induced miR-183 cluster plays a minimal role in canonical primary humoral responses. (2019) J. Immunology; 202(5): 1383-1396. PMCID: PMC6986270

Nicolas L, Cols M, Smolkin R, Fernandez KC, Yewdell WT, Yen W-F, Zha S, Vuong B and Chaudhuri J. ATM influences germinal center integrity.(2019) Cutting Edge: Journal of Immunology; 202 (11): 3137-3142. PMCID: PMC6529280

Yen W-F, Sharma R, Cols M, Lau CM, Chaudhry A, Chowdhury P, Yewdell WT, Vaidyanathan B, Sun A, Coffre M, Pucella JN, Chen C-C, Jasin M, Sun JC, Rudensky AY, Koralob SB and Chaudhuri J. (2019). Distinct requirements of CHD4 during B cell development and antibody response. Cell Reports 27(5):1472-1486. PMCID: PMC6527137

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People

Jayanta Chaudhuri, PhD

Professor

Immunologist Jayanta Chaudhuri studies the mechanisms of immunoglobulin gene diversification.
PhD, Albert Einstein College of Medicine

[email protected]: Email Address
646-888-2357: Office Phone

Members

Jayanta Chaudhuri, PhD — Jayanta Chaudhuri
Lab Head

Veronica Shields
Administrative Assistant

Lab Alumni

Laura Nicolas, PhD — Laura Nicolas
Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Kayleigh-Herrick Reynolds
Research Technician

William Terry

Clinical Fellow n Pediatrics

Bao Q. Vuong

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Wei-Feng Yen
Postdoctoral Research Fellow

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Disclosures

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