Jean-Pierre Kinet - F1000 Section Head (since 11 July 2001)
Beth Israel Medical Center, Department of Pathology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
BIOGRAPHY
EDUCATION:1978 University of Liège - Belgium MD
1981 University of Liège - Belgium Internal medicine
POSITIONS HELD:
1982 NIAMS - NIH Medical Staff Fellow
1987 NIAMS - NIH Senior Investigator
1989 NIAID - Section Head
1995 BIDMC - Department of Pathology Lab Chief
1995 HMS - Department of Pathology Professor
2000 BIDMC - Department of Pathology Division Head
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Professor Kinet's laboratory focuses on the mechanisms and biological consequences of calcium signaling in cells of the immune system, and on the role of mast cells and their receptors in inflammation.
Professor Kinet has authored over 170 publications, holds 13 issued patents, and is renowned for his discovery and characterization of the genes and proteins that encode the high affinity IgE receptor, a key to triggering allergic reactions.