Carl F. Ware, PhD - Sanford Burnham Prebys

Dr. Carl F. Ware received his PhD in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry from the University of California, Irvine in 1979. From 1979-81, while supported by a prestigious National Research Service Award from the NIH, Dr. Ware conducted research at the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio in membrane biochemistry and the complement system with Dr. W. Kolb. In 1981, Dr. Ware joined the research groups of Dr. Jack Strominger and Dr. Tim Springer at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, where he developed monoclonal antibodies to discover several membrane proteins associated with T cell function. Dr. Ware established his research laboratory in 1982, as an Assistant Professor of Immunology in the Biomedical Sciences Program at the University of California, Riverside, advancing to full professor before joining the La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology in 1996 as Head of the Division of Molecular Immunology. Dr. Ware also holds a joint appointment in the Department of Biology at the University of California, San Diego. In 2010, Dr. Ware was recruited to Sanford Burnham Prebys as Director of the Infectious and Inflammatory Diseases Center, where he continues his research in molecular immunology and virology. Dr. Ware also advises several biotechnology companies on approaches to drug development and most recently, he founded CoSignaling Pathway Research, Inc., to help translate his discoveries into new therapies for cancer, infectious and autoimmune diseases.

Paper: Tumor Necrosis Factor Superfamily in Innate Immunity and Inflammation

Faculty Position in Immunology

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