Research Fellow
Education:
B.S., Arizona State University
Biography
Brendan Geesey is a postbaccalaureate researcher who joined the group in the summer of 2023. He completed his bachelor’s degree in genetics, cell, and developmental biology at Arizona State University (ASU). While at ASU, Brendan worked with Dr. Karen Anderson on a project exploring T-cell immunity to SARS-CoV-2. His current project is aimed at identifying novel regulators of pyroptosis, the pro-inflammatory lytic cell death that follows inflammasome formation. Brendan is broadly interested in how microbial recognition by the immune system maintains commensal relationships and, furthermore, how a pathogenic lifestyle shift results in pro-inflammatory outcomes.