Assistant Specialist- Wilder LabNature Of ResearchThe research laboratory of Dr. Catera Wilder in the Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences of the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) is engaged in groundbreaking projects focused on understanding the complex, spatiotemporal regulation of immune defense and pro-inflammatory responses during respiratory illnesses.Immunopathogenic responses occur when host defense responses including inflammatory responses result in damaged tissue that is not quickly repaired. While the pathogenic effects of an exacerbated inflammatory response can be defined, the mechanisms that initiate and propagate such responses are less so. Misregulation of cytokine