Michiko Taniguchi, PhD
Assistant Professor, Pathology and Immunology
Contact
- Email: michiko.taniguchi@wustl.edu
Division: Laboratory and Genomic Medicine
Titles
Assistant Professor, Pathology and Immunology
Associate Director, Barnes-Jewish Hospital HLA Laboratory
Education
B.App.Sc., Medical Laboratory Sciences, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT University), Australia
MS, Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles CA
Ph.D, Medical Sciences, Kobe University, Japan
Boards
American Board of Histocompatibility Immunogenetics (ABHI)
Certified Histocompatibility Specialist (ABHI)
Recognition
Poster Distinction Award: American Transplant Congress (ATC), 2010
Young Innovator Award: American Society of Transplantation (AST), 2010
Best Visual Poster Award American Society for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics (ASHI) Annual Meeting, 2011
Poster Distinction Award, ASHI Annual Meeting, 2012
Best Visual Poster Award, ASHI Annual Meeting, 2012
Most Innovative Poster Award, ASHI Annual Meeting, 2015
Research Interests
- HLA epitope matching in transplantation
- Impact of HLA expression in transplantation
- Improving lab data management
Selected Publications
Antigen and eplet coverage by representative solid-phase immunoassays for anti-HLA antibody screen
Publication
Improved Graft Function following Desensitization of Anti-AT<sub>1</sub>R and Autoantibodies in a Heart Transplant Recipient Negative for Donor-Specific Antibodies with Antibody-Mediated Rejection: A Case Report
Publication
Specificity of HLA monoclonal antibodies and their use to determine HLA expression on lymphocytes and peripheral blood stem cells
Publication
Identification of the Novel HLA-A∗24:518N Null Allele and Evaluation of its Cell Surface Expression on Lymphocytes
Publication
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