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Assistant Professor
Immunology
Department of Biomedical Sciences & Pathobiology

e-mail: xinluo@vt.edu

2006	Ph.D., Immunology Pennsylvania State University-University Park
2001	M.S., Nutritional Sciences Pennsylvania State University-University Park
1998	B.S., Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Peking University, China

Regulatory mechanisms of Type I interferon response in plasmacytoid dendritic cells
Roles of Type I interferons and plasmacytoid dendritic cells in autoimmunity
Fundamental mechanisms of human B cell development
Genetic engineering of antigen-specific immunity against human pathogens

2012-present	Assistant Professor, Immunology Department of Biomedical Sciences and Pathobiology VA-MD Regional College of Veterinary Medicine Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
Sept-Dec 2011	Scientist II, Cell Signaling Technology
2010-2011	Research Scientist Division of Biology California Institute of Technology
2005-2010	Postdoctoral Fellow Division of Biology California Institute of Technology Mentor: David Baltimore (Nobel Laureate)

Luo XM, Lei MYY, Feidi RA, West AP, Balazs AB, Bjorkman PJ, Yang L, Baltimore D. (2010) Dimeric 2G12 as a potent protection against HIV-1. PLoS Pathogens 6(12): e1001225.
Luo XM, Maarschalk E, O'Connell RM, Wang P, Yang L, Baltimore D. (2009) Engineering human hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells to produce a broadly neutralizing anti-HIV antibody after in vitro maturation to human B lymphocytes. Blood 113(7): 1422-1431.
Luo XM, Ross AC. (2006) Retinoic acid exerts dual regulatory actions on the expression and nuclear localization of interferon regulatory factor-1. Experimental Biology and Medicine 231(5): 619-631.
Luo XM, Ross AC. (2005) Physiological and receptor-selective retinoids modulate interferon-γ signaling by increasing the expression, nuclear localization, and functional activity of interferon regulatory factor-1. Journal of Biological Chemistry 280(43): 36228-36236.
Luo XM, Fosmire GJ, Leach RM Jr. (2002) Chicken keel cartilage as a source of chondroitin sulfate. Poultry Science 81(7): 1086-1089.