Dr. Vipul Shukla

Biography

Vipul Shukla is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Cell and Developmental Biology at Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine. His research aims to elucidate the epigenetic and metabolic control of immune responses and how perturbations in these pathways can lead to immune cell-derived pathologies, including cancers and autoimmunity. Dr. Shukla completed his graduate work as a developmental immunologist under the mentorship of the late Dr. Runqing Lu, focusing on the transcriptional control of B cell development and function. He subsequently joined Dr. Anjana Rao's laboratory at the La Jolla Institute for Immunology as a post-doctoral fellow, where he studied the roles of TET DNA demethylases in regulating B cell immune responses. In January 2022, he established his lab at Northwestern, aiming to investigate mechanisms through which epigenetic and metabolic pathways shape adaptive immune responses, particularly humoral immunity. His lab has recently revealed the critical role of Arid1a-dependent nucleosomal remodeling in regulating germinal center homeostasis. Dr. Shukla is committed to mentoring the next generation of scientists with rigor and passion, and has successfully guided students to become clinical fellows and faculty members.

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