- Education:BS in Biological Sciences with a Specialization in Immunology, University of Chicago 2014
PhD in Immunology, Stanford University, 2021 - Email:sebarnes@bu.edu
Scholarly, Research, and/or Practice Interests
My research has broadly focused on the role of the immune system in a variety of diseases including transplant rejection, cancer, and neurological disease. I am interested in the interactions between the immune system and other body systems in the context of both health and disease with a particular interest in neuroimmunology, mucosal immunology, and the gut-brain axis. As a lecturer, my interests lie in pedagogical approaches to teaching physiology from a function-focused, systems-wide perspective rather than an organ-specific perspective.
Courses Taught
SAR HS341: Physiology Across the Lifespan
SAR HS410: Field Experience: Human Physiology
SAR HS541: Physiology Across the Lifespan
SAR HS750: The Physiologist's Toolbox
Publications
Sarah E. Barnes, Kristy A. Zera, Geoffrey T. Ivison, Marion S. Buckwalter, Edgar G. Engleman. Brain profiling in murine colitis and human epilepsy reveals neutrophils and TNFα as mediators of neuronal hyperexcitability. J Neuroinflammation, 18(1): 199; (2021). DOI: 10.1186/s12974-021-02262-4
Sarah E. Barnes, May H. Han. CD317 puts the brakes on dendritic cell trafficking to the CNS. PNAS, 118(18): e2104740118; (2021). DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2104740118
César Evaristo, Stefani Spranger, Sarah E. Barnes, Michelle L. Miller, Luciana L. Molinero, Frederick Locke, Thomas F. Gajewski, Maria-Luisa Alegre. Cutting Edge: Engineering Active IKKβ in T Cells Promotes Tumor Rejection. Journal of Immunology, 196(7): 2933-2938 (2016). DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1501144
Melissa Hui Yen Chng, Michael N. Alonso, Sarah E. Barnes, Khoa D. Nguyen, Edgar G. Engleman. Adaptive Immunity and Antigen-Specific Activation in Obesity-Associated Insulin Resistance. Mediators of Inflammation, 2015: 593075 (2015). DOI: 10.1155/2015/593075
Sarah E. Barnes, Ying Wang, Luqiu Chen, Luciana L. Molinero, Thomas F. Gajewski, César Evaristo, Maria-Luisa Alegre. T Cell-NF-κB Activation is Required for Tumor Control in vivo. Journal for Immunotherapy of Cancer, 3(1): 1-11 (2015). DOI: 10.1186/s40425-014-0045-x
- Departments
- Health Sciences
- Positions
- Faculty and Lecturer