Welcome to the Napier lab Website
at Portland State University in Portland, Oregon
TEM of Acinetobacter baumanii (taken by B Napier @ Emory University in David Weiss Lab)
Our research
Our laboratory is using a multifaceted approach to 1) uncover the role of diet in reprogramming the immune response to microbial products and 2) define cell intrinsic crosstalk between co-evolving antimicrobial signaling pathways. We use in vitro immuno-assays, ex vivo in-depth analysis of immune cell migration and function, and state of the art in vivo models of nutritional manipulation, sepsis, and bacterial infection together with in silico bioinformatic analysis to discover new insights into the regulation of innate immunity during homeostasis and disease.
Our people
We are all driven to create an empathetic, dynamic, inclusive, and equitable research space. Our lab is particularly interested in supporting diversity within the classroom and research lab, because diversity creates a vibrant research and learning environment. In doing so, we continually educate ourselves on inclusion and equity literature to ensure that each of our students are given the chance to do their best learning and create the highest quality of research, both because of and in spite of their diverse perspectives.
our mission
Do good science, Decolonize science, and DTFE
