Welcome to the Laboratory of Dr. John T. Harty, Ph.D.

We are part of the University of Iowa's Department of Pathology. We are also associated with the Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Immunology, and the Cancer Center at the University of Iowa College of Medicine.

2019 research images

Career & Publication Notices

Congratulations to Dr. Stephanie van de Wall for her latest publication in Immunity:  Dynamic landscapes and protective immunity coordinated by influenza-specific lung resident memory CD8+ T cells revealed by intravital imaging. 

Congratulations to Dr. Harty for his selection as a 2024 Distinguished Fellow of AAI. This program annually recognizes members for distinguished careers and outstanding scientific contributions as well as their service to AAI and the immunology community. See the Pathology Department Announcement here.

Congratulations to Dr. Mariah Hassert for her latest publication in JEM: Regenerating murine CD8+ lung tissue resident memory T cells after targeted radiation exposure.

Cover of the Journal Brain for February 2024

Congratulations to Dr. Cori Fain, whose publication was selected for the February cover of Brain. The publication link is here: Discrete class I molecules on brain endothelium differentially regulate neuropathology in experimental cerebral malaria.

News

Stephanie van de Wall, Ph.D. has completed her postdoctoral studies in the Harty lab and returned to Europe.  We will miss her very much and wish her the best in her next career phase.

After many years as a research coordinator for the Harty lab, Cathryn Varga has relocated to Memphis, TE with her family.   Cathryn, we will miss you.  Best of luck in your future endeavors. 

Dr. John Harty received an R21 Research Grant from the NIH Investigating the Impact of Brain Residing T Cells on the Function of Brain Resident Microglia and Dendritic Cells

Cassie Sievers was awarded the prize for best poster at the 2024 Microbiology Undergraduate Poster Symposium

Here is her poster at the Spring Undergraduate Research Festival on 4/3/2024:

Cassie Sievers April 2024 Poster Session


Lisa Hancox, an integral part of the Harty Lab since 2009, is leaving us in April to join the Genome Editing Facility at the UIowa Oakdale Campus. We will miss her very much and wish her the best in her new endeavor!


For past news, career and publication announcements click here.