Immunome Research
Open Access
ISSN: 1745-7580
ISSN: 1745-7580
Bjoern Peters
La Jolla Institute of Allergy and Immunology
3030 Bunker Hill Street, Suite 326, San Diego
California, 92109, USA
Bjoern Peters is an Associate Professor in the Vaccine Discovery Division. Dr. Peters' research focuses on the analysis of immunological information using statistical and computational methods, with a particular interest in modeling the recognition of immune epitopes. In 2000, Dr. Peters received his Diploma degree in Physics at the University of Hamburg with a thesis on quantum noise-driven laser oscillations. In 2003, he earned his PhD in Theoretical Biophysics (summa cum laude), writing his thesis on modeling the MHC class I antigen processing and presentation pathway. In 2004, Dr. Peters came to LIAI for postdoctoral training in Dr. Alessandro Sette's lab, focusing on the initiation and development of the Immune Epitope Database project (http://www.iedb.org). In contrast to his original plans, he has been trapped in San Diego ever since. There are worse places to be trapped. He was appointed Assistant Professor at LIAI in 2008, and promoted to Associate Professor with tenure in 2014.
Development and validation of tools to analyze and predict which parts of a pathogen, allergen or cancer cell are targeted by immune responses.