University of California San Francisco

Richard Locksley, MD
Richard Locksley, MD

Sandler Distinguished Professor, Medicine
Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator

Address

513 Parnassus Avenue, MSB, #1032B
San Francisco, CA 94143
United States

Email: [email protected]
Phone: 415-476-1559
Fax: 415-502-5081

    Education

    Institution Degree Dept or School End Date
    University of Washington Infect Diseases Fellow 1980-83
    University of California, San Francisco Resident/Chief Resident 1976-80
    University of Rochester M.D. Medicine 06/1976
    Harvard College B.A. Biochemistry 06/1970

    Awards & Honors

    Award Conferred By Date
    Fellow, American Academy of Microbiology 2017
    Inaugural William Paul Award for Cytokine Research, International Cytokine & Interferon Society 2017
    National Academy of Sciences 2017
    Thomson Reuters ‘Top 1% highly cited researchers in immunology’ 2014
    R37 MERIT Award, NIAID/NIH 2006
    American Academy of Arts & Sciences 2005
    Distinguished Service Award, American Association of Immunologists 2003
    Inspirational Teacher Award, UCSF class of 2006 2003
    Sandler Distinguished Professorship 2003
    Ellison Medical Foundation Senior Scholar in Global Infectious Diseases 2001/2005
    Association of American Physicians 1994
    Bailey K Ashford Medal, American Society Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 1994
    Burroughs Wellcome Fund Scholar in Molecular Parasitology 1992/1997
    Fellow, Infectious Diseases Society of American 1992
    American Society for Clinical Investigation 1991

    Grants and Funding

    • Exploring the biology of persistent type 2 airway niches in asthma | NIH | 2012-08-15 - 2024-07-31 | Role: Co-Investigator
    • Parasite immunity orchestrated by type 2 immune cells | NIH | 1988-07-01 - 2023-04-30 | Role: Principal Investigator
    • Understanding Asthma Endotypes | NIH | 2008-04-01 - 2023-03-31 | Role: Co-Investigator
    • Biology of Infectious Diseases Training Program | NIH | 2000-08-01 - 2022-08-31 | Role: Co-Principal Investigator
    • Epithelial chitinase and lung homeostasis | NIH | 2015-07-01 - 2019-04-30 | Role: Principal Investigator
    • Initiation of allergic immunity by parasites | NIH | 1991-01-01 - 2018-05-31 | Role: Principal Investigator
    • Parasite Immunity Orchestrated by Th2 Cells | NIH | 1988-07-01 - 2017-03-31 | Role: Principal Investigator
    • Innate immune regulation of inflammation and adaptive immunity | NIH | 2008-07-15 - 2014-06-30 | Role: Co-Investigator
    • Interactions of Lymphocytes, Cytokines and Airway Cells | NIH | 1996-09-30 - 2006-08-31 | Role: Co-Principal Investigator
    • PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING OF LABORATORY-PAIRED PRIMATES | NIH | 1989-09-15 - 1993-06-30 | Role: Co-Investigator
    • HUMAN PHAGOCYTE FUNCTION IN HEALTH AND DISEASE | NIH | 1983-09-30 - 1986-08-31 | Role: Principal Investigator

    Publications

    MOST RECENT PUBLICATIONS FROM A TOTAL OF 282
    1. An ILC2-chitinase circuit restores lung homeostasis after epithelial injury.
      Jung H, Kim DH, Díaz RE, White JM, Rucknagel S, Mosby L, Wang Y, Reddy S, Winkler ES, Hassan AO, Ying B, Diamond MS, Locksley RM, Fraser JS, Van Dyken SJ| | PubMed
    2. Telocytes link epithelial nutrient sensing with amplification of the ILC2-tuft cell circuit.
      Liao C, Ji M, Wang ZE, Drucker DJ, Liang HE, Locksley RM| | PubMed
    3. Interleukin-33-activated basophils promote asthma by regulating Th2 cell entry into lung tissue.
      Schuijs MJ, Brenis Gomez CM, Bick F, Van Moorleghem J, Vanheerswynghels M, van Loo G, Beyaert R, Voehringer D, Locksley RM, Hammad H, Lambrecht BN| | PubMed
    4. Structural characterization of ligand binding and pH-specific enzymatic activity of mouse Acidic Mammalian Chitinase.
      Díaz RE, Ecker AK, Correy GJ, Asthana P, Young ID, Faust B, Thompson MC, Seiple IB, Van Dyken S, Locksley RM, Fraser JS| | PubMed
    5. Structural characterization of ligand binding and pH-specific enzymatic activity of mouse Acidic Mammalian Chitinase.
      Díaz RE, Ecker AK, Correy GJ, Asthana P, Young ID, Faust B, Thompson MC, Seiple IB, Van Dyken SJ, Locksley RM, Fraser JS| | PubMed
    6. Colostrum is required for the postnatal ontogeny of small intestine innate lymphoid type 2 cells and successful anti-helminth defences.
      Rekima A, van den Elsen L, Isnard C, Smyth DJ, Lynn MA, Yee T, Stevens NE, Machado S, Divakara N, Bhasin M, Tjiam MC, Rowel C, Servant F, Burcelin R, Locksley R, Maizels R, Lynn DJ, Egwang T, Verhasselt V| | PubMed
    7. Epithelial zonation along the mouse and human small intestine defines five discrete metabolic domains.
      Zwick RK, Kasparek P, Palikuqi B, Viragova S, Weichselbaum L, McGinnis CS, McKinley KL, Rathnayake A, Vaka D, Nguyen V, Trentesaux C, Reyes E, Gupta AR, Gartner ZJ, Locksley RM, Gardner JM, Itzkovitz S, Boffelli D, Klein OD| | PubMed
    8. A tuft cell - ILC2 signaling circuit provides therapeutic targets to inhibit gastric metaplasia and tumor development.
      O'Keefe RN, Carli ALE, Baloyan D, Chisanga D, Shi W, Afshar-Sterle S, Eissmann MF, Poh AR, Pal B, Seillet C, Locksley RM, Ernst M, Buchert M| | PubMed
    9. Retinoic acid drives intestine-specific adaptation of effector ILC2s originating from distant sites.
      Shaikh N, Waterhölter A, Gnirck AC, Becker M, Adamiak V, Henneken L, Wunderlich M, Hartmann W, Linnemann L, Huber TB, Krebs CF, Panzer U, Locksley RM, Wilhelm C, Breloer M, Turner JE| | PubMed
    10. Epithelial zonation along the mouse and human small intestine defines five discrete metabolic domains.
      Zwick RK, Kasparek P, Palikuqi B, Viragova S, Weichselbaum L, McGinnis CS, McKinley KL, Rathnayake A, Vaka D, Nguyen V, Trentesaux C, Reyes E, Gupta AR, Gartner ZJ, Locksley RM, Gardner JM, Itzkovitz S, Boffelli D, Klein OD| | PubMed