Simon Hirota
Associate Professor, Canada Research Chair
Snyder Institute for Chronic Diseases
Contact information
Location
Office
: HSC1845
Research
Research areas
- Inflammasome
- Innate immunity
- Necrotizing enterocolitis
- Inflammatory bowel diseases
- Crohn's disease
- Ulcerative colitis
- Microbiota
- Macrophage
- Dendritic cell
- Epithelium
Research Activities
My overall research program is focused on the regulation of innate immune signaling in the gastrointestinal tract in the context of acute and chronic inflammatory diseases. Some of the current projects in my lab include:
- the regulation of the innate immune system by antibiotics
- modulation of mucosal immune function in the gastrointestinal tract by environmental factors
Administrative Assistant
Barbara Chyz
chyz@ucalgary.ca
403-220-4555