Justin J. Taylor, PhD is an immunologist who focused on B cells, a type of white blood cell responsible for producing immune proteins called antibodies. Dr. Taylor received his BS from Rider University in 2002 and was introduced to immunological research there while working in the lab of Dr. Jim Riggs. Dr. Taylor went on complete his PhD in Immunology from the University of Pennsylvania in 2008 studying T cell responses to parasitic helminth infections in the lab of Dr. Edward J. Pearce. As a postdoctoral fellow in the lab of Dr. Marc K. Jenkins at the University of Minnesota beginning in 2009, Dr. Taylor built upon these experiences and helped develop innovative strategies to find rare B cells specific for antigens of interest. This work led Dr. Taylor to start a lab at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center in 2014 with the goal of dissecting B cell responses in both murine models and human infectious diseases and cancer. In parallel, Dr. Taylor’s lab developed a robust platform for engineering B cells to produce protective or therapeutic antibodies and other proteins and is working to bring these approaches to the clinic to prevent or treat disease. The Taylor lab built a robust program for interrogating and modifying B cells with the goal of improving human health and relocated to the Beirne B. Carter Center for Immunology Research and Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health in the Department of Medicine at the University of Virginia in 2023.