CBMP People
CBMP Faculty
Matthew Nicotra, Ph.D.
Title: Assistant Professor, Departments of Surgery and Immunology
Department: Immunology
Email: nicotraml@upmc.edu
PubMed: Link
Dept / Lab Webpage: http://www.immunology.pitt.edu/graduate/person/matthew-l-nicotra-phd
CBMP groups: Cell Communication, Signaling and Ion Channel Biology
Department: Immunology
Email: nicotraml@upmc.edu
PubMed: Link
Dept / Lab Webpage: http://www.immunology.pitt.edu/graduate/person/matthew-l-nicotra-phd
CBMP groups: Cell Communication, Signaling and Ion Channel Biology
Research Interests
We study allorecognition, which is the ability of most encrusting marine invertebrates - animals like corals and sponges - to distinguish between themselves and other members of their species via cell-cell contact. Our lab seeks to understand the molecular basis, evolutionary history, and medical relevance of invertebrate allorecognition using the colonial hydroid, Hydractinia symbiolongcarpus, as a model system.