Louisa Wu

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Louisa Wu

Cell Biology & Molecular Genetics Associate Professor
louisa@umd.edu 4112 Plant Sciences Bldg.
301 405 5151

Graduate Program Affiliations


Research Interests

Host defense against pathogens; signal transduction and cell-cell signaling in the innate immune response in insects


Education

  • Ph.D., University of California, San Diego, 1995

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BISI Concentration Areas

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Latest Papers

The NF-κB Factor Relish Regulates Atg1 Expression and Controls Autophagy.

| Cell Reports
Author(s): Nandy A, Lin L, Velentzas PD, et. al
UMD Author(s): Louisa Wu


The Splicing Factor RNA-Binding Fox Protein 1 Mediates the Cellular Immune Response in Drosophila melanogaster.

| Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950)
Author(s): Nazario-Toole AE, Robalino J, Okrah K, et. al
UMD Author(s): Louisa Wu


The splicing factor RNA-binding fox protein 1 mediates the cellular immune response in drosophila melanogaster

| Journal of Immunology
Author(s): Nazario-Toole, A.E., Robalino, J., Okrah, K., et. al
UMD Author(s): Louisa Wu


The NF-κB Factor Relish Regulates Atg1 Expression and Controls Autophagy

| Cell Reports
Author(s): Nandy, A., Lin, L., Velentzas, P.D., et. al
UMD Author(s): Louisa Wu


Phagocytosis in Insect Immunity

| Advances in Insect Physiology
Author(s): Nazario-Toole, A.E., Wu, L.P.
UMD Author(s): Louisa Wu


Gutsy Microbes Fly High in the Antiviral War

| Trends in Microbiology
Author(s): Robalino, J., Wu, L.
UMD Author(s): Louisa Wu


Gutsy Microbes Fly High in the Antiviral War.

| Trends in Microbiology
Author(s): Robalino J, Wu L
UMD Author(s): Louisa Wu


Drosophila Rab14 mediates phagocytosis in the immune response to staphylococcus aureus

| Cellular Microbiology
Author(s): Garg, A., Wu, L.P.
UMD Author(s): Louisa Wu


Drosophila Rab14 mediates phagocytosis in the immune response to Staphylococcus aureus.

| Cellular Microbiology
Author(s): Garg A, Wu LP
UMD Author(s): Louisa Wu


A glutamate-dependent redox system in blood cells is integral for phagocytosis in Drosophila melanogaster.

| Current biology : CB
Author(s): Gonzalez EA, Garg A, Tang J, et. al
UMD Author(s): Louisa Wu