Harris Lab
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Neuron loss in toxo infected brain
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Tregs near vessels in CNS
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Astrocytes in infected brain
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Microglia near cyst
News
Tajie Harris, PhD was featured in Science Alert and Yahoo discussing her research into how brain immune cells prevent a common parasite from spreading. Toxoplasma gondii is a parasite that infects approximately one-third…
Research Led by Tajie Harris Reveals How Our Bodies Fight Common Brain Parasite
January 2026 - Researchers led by Tajie Harris, PhD, have determined how our immune systems fight back against the parasite when it makes it inside the CD8+ T cells meant…
March 2025 - Tajie Harris was interviewed for Research In Motion; about her lab's work, she says: "We’re tackling questions at the interface of how the nervous system interacts with…
Congratulations to Harris Lab graduate student Isaac Babcock, who was awarded a 2024 fellowship by The American Association of Immunologists!
Tajie Harris, PhD, Awarded $2.6 Million to Study How the Immune System Benefits the Brain
Congrats to Tajie Harris, who was awarded a five-year $2.6 million grant from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, titled “Caspase-8 mediated control of CNS infection.” Visit this…