Professional Affiliations

Sigma XI Research Award 1983, UMMC; McCluskey Research Award 1983, South Central Branch Meeting of the ASM; Recipient of a James W. McLaughlin Postdoctoral Research Fellowship 1984, UTMB; James W. McLaughlin Postdoctoral Research Award 1985, UTMB; Medical Students Owl Club Award for excellence in teaching Medical Immunology, 1992, 1995 and 1997.

Editorial Board Memberships: Infection and Immunity 1995-2009; Associate Editor, Journal of Immunology, 1995-1996; Section Editor, Journal of Immunology 1996-1998; Managing Editor, Frontiers in Bioscience, 2004.  NIH Study Section Assignments: NIAID, "Molecular Immunology of Sexually Transmitted Diseases," 1993; NIAID, "Collaborative Mucosal Immunology Groups for AIDS Vaccines", 1993; NIH, Neurological Sciences 3 Study Section, 1995-1998; NIH, MIDRC, Ad Hoc, 1996; NIH, NLS-3 Special Emphasis Panel, 1997; NIH, NIDDK Site Visit, 1997; NIH, NIAID Special Emphasis Panel, 1998; NIH, Brain Disorders and Clinical Neuroscience-4 Study Section, 1998-2003; NIH, Clinical Neuroimmunology and Brain Tumors Study Section, 2003-2005; NIH, Vaccines against Microbial Diseases Study Section, 2006-2007; NIH, Clinical Neuroimmunology and Brain Tumors Study Section, 2007-present.

Memberships: American Association of Immunologists, Society for Mucosal Immunology

American Association of Immunologists

Society for Mucosal Immunology.

Professional Associations

American Association of Immunologists

Society for Mucosal Immunology.

Recent Publications

Pascual, D.W., and Bost, K.L. Neuropeptides for mucosal immunity. In:Handbook of Mucosal Immunology, 3rd edition (P.L. Ogra, M.E. Lamm, J. R. McGhee, J. Mestecky, W. Strober, and J. Bienenstock, eds), Academic Press, N.Y. 2005, Chapter 38.

Piller, K. J., T. E. Clemente, S.M Jun, C.C. Petty, S. Sato, D. W. Pascual, and K. L. Bost. Expression and immunogenicity of a K99 subunit antigen in soybean. Planta 222: 16-18, 2005.

Marriott, I., Gray, D.L., Rati, D.M., Fowler, V.G., Stryjewski, M.E., Levin, L.S., Hudson, M.C., and Bost, K.L. Osteoblasts produce monocyte chemotractant protein-1 in a murine model of Staphylococcus aureus osteomyelitis and infected human bone tissue. Bone 37: 504-512, 2005.

Nelson, D.A., and Bost, K.L. Quantification of hemokinin-1 peptide production and secretion from mouse B cells. Cell. Immunol. 237: 115-122, 2005.

Gasper-Smith, N., Singh, S., and Bost, K.L. Limited IL-6 production following infection with murine gammaherpesvirus 68. Arch. Virol. 151:1423-1430, 2006.

Marriott, I., Bost, K.L., and Huet-Hudson, Y.M. Sexual dimorphism in expression of receptors for bacterial lipopolysaccharide in murine macrophages: A possible mechanism for gender-based differences in endotoxic shock susceptibility. J. Reprod. Immunol. 71:12-27, 2006.

Research Grants

Project Period 04/01/2007?- 03/30/2011: "MDMA alters immunity to infections of the peripheral and central nervous systems" NIH RO1DA021833-01. Total Costs $1,008,000. Kenneth L. Bost, Principal Investigator, Dan Nelson, Co-Investigator.

Project Period 8/01/2005 - 7/31/2008: "Efficacy of soybean-based vaccines using a model antigen" NIH R01AI061123. Total costs $827,951. Kenneth J. Piller, Principal Investigator, Kenneth L. Bost, Co-Investigator.

Project Period 12/01/2007?- 06/30/2008: "Transgenic Soybeans Expressing a Vaccine for Swine", North Carolina Research Competitiveness Fund. Total direct costs $100,384. Kenneth L. Bost, Principal Investigator, Ken Piller, Jack Odle, and Chad Stahl, Co-Investigators.

Educational Background

Bachelor's in Zoology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1979)

Ph.D. in Microbiology and Immunology, University of Mississippi Medical Center (1984)