Heath Lab

Institute for Systems Biology

Dr. James R. Heath

ISB President and Professor

"One thing that draws our research projects together is that we focus on the fundamental scientific bottlenecks that, if solved, can provide keys toward solving much larger problems. We believe in working hard, playing hard, and that our science should be fun."

About Dr. Heath

James R. Heath, PhD, is president and professor of Institute for Systems Biology in Seattle.

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Heath Group Members

The Heath group is made up of postdoctoral fellows, graduate students, research associates, and more.

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Career Opportunities

We are always looking for talented students and postdocs.

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Publications

Jim Heath and his lab members publish several papers in various journals each year.

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Facilities

The Heath Group uses an optical imaging lab, a clean room microfab facility, peptide/chemistry tools, and more.

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Research

The Heath Lab works on scientific bottlenecks that, if solved, can provide keys toward larger problems.

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Faculty Affiliations

Companies Founded

Latest News

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2024 Year in Review

Reflecting on the past year, ISB has a lot to celebrate: groundbreaking research published in leading scientific journals, well-earned promotions, widespread media coverage, and more. Enjoy our year-in-review roundup highlighting some of the important, interesting, and impactful highlights of 2024.

2024 Year in Review
2024 Year in Review
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Common Immune Response Protective Across Many Diseases

Infection, autoimmunity and cancer account for 40 percent of deaths worldwide. In a Cell Reports paper, ISB researchers detail how the human immune system works in common ways across diseases – findings that offer promising avenues for exploring multi-disease therapeutic strategies.

Common Immune Response Protective Across Many Diseases
Common Immune Response Protective Across Many Diseases
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Breakthrough T Cell Discovery Has Huge Potential for Engineering Custom Immune Responses

In a breakthrough discovery that changes how we understand T cells and with implications of how we can better engineer custom immune responses to fight disease, Institute for Systems Biology researchers showed that the different disease-fighting functions of different T cells are determined by the genetically encoded T-cell receptor sequence that are unique to those cells.

Breakthrough T Cell Discovery Has Huge Potential for Engineering Custom Immune Responses
Breakthrough T Cell Discovery Has Huge Potential for Engineering Custom Immune Responses