Academic Title:
Research Associate
Primary Appointment:
Microbiology and Immunology
Additional Title:
Research Associate/Junior Faculty
Email:
Location:
685 W. Baltimore St. Baltimore, MD 21201
Phone (Primary):
410-706-3337
Fax:
410-706-0282
Education and Training
- Lise-Meitner School (Germany); BS in Chemistry and Chemical-Technical Assistant (CTA), 1997
- University of Applied Sciences (Germany); Graduate Engineer (Dipl.-Ing.), Biotechnology, 2002
- The Ohio State University (Ohio); PhD, Molecular Genetics, 2010
- The Ohio State University (Ohio); Post-Doctoral Fellow, Molecular Genetics, 2013
- National Institutes of Health, Visiting Fellow, Receptor Cell Biology, LIG, NIAID, 2017
Research/Clinical Keywords
Monocytes, Macrophages, Inflammasome, Apoptosis, Autophagy, Caspases, TLR signaling, Rickettsia infection and other infectious diseases
Highlighted Publications
Voss, O.H., Murakami, Y., Pena, M.Y., Lee, H.N., Tian, L., Margulies, D.H., Street, J.M., Yuen, P., Qi, C.F., Krzewski, K. and Coligan, J.E. Lipopolysaccharide-induced binding of CD300b to Toll-like receptor 4 alters signaling to drive lethal cytokine responses that enhance septic shock. Immunity. 2016 doi:10.1016/j.immuni.2016.05.005
Malavez Y.*, Voss, O.H.*, González-Mejia, E.M., Parihar, A., and Doseff, A.I. Distinct contribution of protein kinase Cδ and protein kinase Cε in the lifespan and immune response of human blood monocyte subpopulations. Immunology. 2015 144:611-20.
Voss, O.H., Tian, L., Murakami, Y., Coligan, J.E., and Krzewski, K. Emerging role of CD300 receptors in regulating myeloid cell efferocytosis. Molecular & Cellular Oncology. 2015 2:4, e964625.
Murakami, Y., Tian, L., Voss, O.H., Margulies, D.H., Krzewski, K., and Coligan, J.E. CD300b regulates the phagocytosis of apoptotic cells via phosphatidylserine recognition. Cell Death and Differentiation. 2014doi: 10.1038/cdd.2014.86.
Akhter, A., Caution, K., Abu Khweek, A., Tazi, M., Abdulrahman, B.A., Abdelaziz, D.H., Voss, O.H., Doseff, A.I., Hassan, H., Azad, A.K., Schlesinger, L.S., Wewers, M.D., Gavrilin, M.A., and Amer, A.O. Caspase-11 promotes the fusion of phagosomes harboring pathogenic bacteria with lysosomes by modulating actin polymerization. Immunity. 2012 37: 35-47.
González-Mejia, E.M.*, Voss, O.H.*, Murnan, E.J. and Doseff, A.I. Apigenin-induced apoptosis of leukemia cells is mediated by a bimodal and differentially regulated residue-specific phosphorylation of heat-shock protein-27. Cell Death and Disease.2010 1, e64, doi:10.1038/cddis.2010.41.
Wood, K.*, Voss, O.H.*, Huang, Q., Parihar, A., Metha, N., Batra S. and Doseff, A.I. The small heat shock protein 27 is a key regulator of CD8+CD57+-lymphocyte survival. J. Immunol. 2010 184: 5582–5588. Selected for “In this issue” special editor’s commentary.
Voss, O.H.*, Batra S.*, Kolattukudy S.J., Gonzalez-Mejia M.E., Smith J.B. and Doseff A.I. Binding of caspase-3 prodomain to heat shock protein 27 regulates monocyte apoptosis by inhibiting caspase-3 proteolytic activation. J. Biol. Chem. 2007 282: 25088-99.
Vargo, M.A., Voss, O.H., Cardounel, A.J., Grotewold, E. and Doseff, A.I. Apigenin-induced-apoptosis is mediated by the activation of PKCδ and caspases in leukemia cells. Biochem. Pharmacol. 2006 72: 681-692.
Voss, O.H.*, Kim, S.*, Wewers, M.D. and Doseff, A.I. Caspase-3 is a phosphoprotein and associates with PKCδ during spontaneous monocyte apoptosis. J. Biol. Chem. 2005 280: 17371-17379.
*Shared equal first authorship
Awards and Affiliations
Patents
2016, Oliver H. Voss, Konrad Krzewski, and John E. Coligan. Use of CD300b antagonists to treat sepsis and septic shock. Inventors: U.S. Patent Application No. 62/308,144.