{"id":2,"date":"2017-01-06T00:47:58","date_gmt":"2017-01-06T08:47:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/sun\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2026-06-01T09:23:54","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T16:23:54","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wsu-hero wsu-width--full wsu-pattern--wsu-light-radial-left  wsu-hero--size-small \">\n\t\n\t<div class=\"wsu-image-frame wsu-image-frame--fill\">\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/3582\/2019\/09\/48301922382_d5d05bd34d_k.jpg\"\n\t\tsrcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/3582\/2019\/09\/48301922382_d5d05bd34d_k.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/3582\/2019\/09\/48301922382_d5d05bd34d_k.jpg 396w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/3582\/2019\/09\/48301922382_d5d05bd34d_k.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/3582\/2019\/09\/48301922382_d5d05bd34d_k.jpg 792w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/3582\/2019\/09\/48301922382_d5d05bd34d_k.jpg 990w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/3582\/2019\/09\/48301922382_d5d05bd34d_k.jpg 1188w\"\n\t\tsizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\"\n\t\talt=\"Aerial view of the WSU Spokane Campus.\"\n\t\tstyle=\"object-position: 50% 50%\"\n\t\t\/>\n<\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"wsu-overlay wsu-pattern-after wsu-overlay--none wsu-pattern--none\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"wsu-hero__content\">\n\t\t<div class=\"wsu-hero__caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 id=\"title-id-6ad95431e68cc\" class=\"wsu-title wsu-hero__title\"><span>Sun Lab<\/span><\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wsu-row wsu-row--halves\" >\r\n    \n<div class=\"wsu-column\"  style=\"\">\r\n\t\n\n<p class=\"wsu-spacing-after--xsmall\">Our research focuses on understanding neural regulation of the innate immune response to pathogen infection and aging, two biological processes that were thought to be independent of neural activity but are now found to be modulated by the nervous system. 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