Associate Professor
Bioengineering
The de Alba lab focuses on the study of the molecular and mechanistic bases of the inflammatory response: an essential mechanism of the innate immune system. We are interested in investigating how pattern recognition receptors, which are protein sentinels that detect pathogenic molecules and stress cues, recognize these alarm signals and trigger a series of interactions with adaptor and effector proteins to alert the cell of the presence of danger. We apply the gained knowledge from these studies to design proteins and biological materials for different applications. Our studies combine insights from the Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Bioengineering disciplines.
