L Courtney Smith
George Washington University, USA
Biography
L Courtney Smith has been investigating invertebrate immune systems since 1980, during which she worked on allograft rejection in marine sponges and initiated a research program on the innate immune system of sea urchins. She is author of 60 publications on invertebrate immunity. She serves on the editorial board for Developmental and Comparative Immunology and is currently a special editor of that journal. She is a member of the International Society of Developmental and Comparative Immunology and was a member of the Executive Board from 2003-2012. She has participated in numerous review panels for the US National Science Foundation since 2000.
Abstract
Abstract : Innate immunity in the purple sea urchin; diversity of the sp185/333 system