Y2019
Brandon Holt presents at Gordon Research Seminar
Brandon gave a podium talk titled “Biological Bits for Computing Classical and Quantum-Inspired Algorithms” at the Complex Active and Adaptive Material Systems Gordon Research Seminar in Ventura, CA. This conference was focused on formulating new ways to inscribe the vital functions found in biological systems into synthetic materials and complex structures. Congrats Brandon and great to hear your talk was well-received!
Dr. Kwong highlights work on protease sensors for NASH at Keystone Symposium
The global prevalence of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) has risen precipitously over the past two decades in parallel with the worldwide obesity epidemic, and these diseases are associated with progressive fibrosis and an increased risk of liver cancer. The field lacks an integrated understanding of risk prediction, pathogenesis and validated biomarkers to predict or track disease progression without reliance on liver biopsies. Dr. Kwong presented work from our lab and Glympse Bio harnessing synthetic biomarkers as protease activity sensors for noninvasive monitoring of NASH.
Detecting antigen-specific T cells with DNA barcoded tetramers published in Analytical Chemistry
Our work on synthesizing DNA-barcoded pMHC tetramers to detect single antigen-specific T cells by ddPCR was published in Analytical Chemistry! Congrats to Shreyas and the team!
Read the full manuscript here.