Brigitta Stockinger

Gitta Stockinger
Gitta Stockinger
Born	Brigitta Stockinger
Alma mater	University of Mainz (PhD)
Awards	FMedSci; FRS (2013); EMBO member (2008);
	Scientific career
Fields	Immunology; T helper 17 cells; effector T cell development; inflammation; autoimmunity; environmental influences on immunity;
Institutions	National Institute for Medical Research; University of London; University of Cambridge; Cancer Research Institute in Heidelberg;
Website	nimr.mrc.ac.uk/research/gitta-stockinger

Brigitta Stockinger, FMedSci, FRS, is a molecular immunologist in the Francis Crick Institute in London. Stockinger's lab focus on understanding how certain immune cells, called T cells, develop and function as well as investigating how diet and other environmental factors can affect the way the immune system works.

Stockinger focuses on a particular type of immune cell that helps to control immune responses to viruses, bacteria and other pathogens, called a CD4 T cell.

Stockinger's research has provided insights into a particular type of CD4 T cell, called a Th17 cell, looking at why some of these cells become inflammatory and cause damage in the body. Her lab identified a particular receptor, the aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR), which connects environmental stimuli and the immune system.