Cody Kempen

M.S. in Pharmaceutical Sciences, Albany college of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
PhD. 2023, Stony Brook University
Advisor: Dr. Pawan Kumar
 

Research Interests

Cody earned his Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Pharmaceutical Sciences from Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences. His Master's thesis research, conducted in the laboratory of Dr. Timothy LaRocca, concerned the mechanism by which the protein toxin ricin synergizes with the cytokines TNF, TRAIL and RasL to induce cell death in lung epithelial cells.. 

Kempen, Cody. Young Investigator Award. Crohn's and Colitis Congress 2022. January 20-22, Las Vegas, NV.

Kempen, Cody. Stony Brook Scholars in Biomedical Science Program 2021 - 2022.

Outstanding Poster Award. 2021 Department of Microbiology and Immunology Retreat.

Publications

Gaudino, S.J., Singh, A., Huang, H., Padiadpu, J., Jean-Pierre, M., Kempen, C., Bahadur, T., Shiomitsu, K, Blumberg, R., Shroyer, K.R., Beyaz, S., Shulzhenko, N., Morgun, A., and Kumar, P. (2024). Intestinal IL-22RA1 signaling regulates intrinsic and systemic lipid and glucose metabolism to alleviate obesity-associated disorders. Nature Communications 15(1): 1597.

Lin, X., Gaudino, S.J., Jang, K.K., Bahadur, T., Singh, A., Banerjee, A., Beaupre, M., Chu, T., Wong, H.T., Kim, C.-K., Kempen, C., Axelrad, J., Huang, H, Khalid, S., Shah, Vyom, Eskiocak, O., Parks, O.B., Berisha, A., McAleer, J.P., Good, M., Hoshino, M., Blumberg, R., Bialkowska, A.B., Gaffen, S.L., Kolls, J.K., Yang, V.W., Beyaz, S., Cadwell, K., and Kumar, P. (2022). IL-17RA-signaling in Lgr5+ intestinal epithelial cells induces expression of transcription factor ATOH1 to promote secretory cell lineage commitment. Immunity 55(2): 237-253.

Guadino, S.J., Huang, H., Jean-Pierre, M., Joshi, P., Beaupre, M., Kempen, C., Wong, H.T., and Kumar, P. (2021). Cutting Edge: Intestinal IL-17A Receptor signaling specifically regulates high-fat diet-mediated, microbiota-driven metabolic disorders. Journal of Immunology, doi: 10.4049/jimmunol.2000986.

Gaudino, S.J., Beaupre, M., Lin, X., Joshi, P., Rathi, S., McLaughlin, P.A., Kempen, C., Mehta, N., Eskiocak, O., Yueh, B., Blumberg, R.S., van der Velden, A.W.M., Shroyer, K.R., Bialkowska, A.B., Beyaz, S., and Kumar, P. (2020). IL-22 receptor signaling in Paneth cells is critical for their maturation, microbiota colonization, Th17-related immune responses, and anti-Salmonella immunity. Mucosal Immunity, doi: 10.1038/s41385-020-00348-5.

Hodges, A.L., Kempen, C.G., McCaig, W.D., Parker, C.A., Mantis, N.J., and Larocca, T.J. (2019). TNF family cytokines induce distinct cell death modalities in the A549 human lung epithelial cell line when administered in combination with ricin toxin. Toxins 11: 450-465.

Presentations

Kempen, C.G., Gaudino, S., Bahadur, T., Singh, A., and Kumar, P. (2022). Interleukin-17 receptor signaling to Paneth cells helps maintain intestinal integrity after gamma irradiation-induced injury. Crohn's and Colitis Congress 2022. January 20-22, Las Vegas, NV.