About the Department

The Department of Immunology is comprised of 18 laboratories that interact in a variety of shared interest groups. There is a strong cancer theme in the Department.

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The future

The field of Immunology is coming of age. We are entering a time when fundamental understanding of the molecular mechanisms governing immune recognition, modulation of immune polarity, immunologic memory, recruitment of immune cells to sites of inflammation.

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History of research

The Department of Immunology is the oldest freestanding Immunology Department in the country, formed as a basic science department as part of the inception of Mayo Medical School in the early 1970's under the leadership of Dr. Thomas Tomasi.

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