Ali and Anirudh graduate!
Congrats to Ali and Anirudh on getting hooded! We are so proud of you and excited to see what you accomplish next!
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LSI welcomes new technician Sisa Mandi
Sisa grew up in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe and graduated from Brown University with a B.S. in Biology with an Immunology specialization. After graduation, she worked as a research technician under Dr. Adam Sperling at Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School, where she studied the mechanisms of resistance to immunomodulatory drugs in Multiple Myeloma. Sisa is interested in developing safe, efficacious cancer therapies and believes immunotherapies are key in this endeavor. At LSI, she is working on early cancer detection and better immunotherapies. Outside of the lab Sisa enjoys reading, trying new recipes and hiking.
LSI members present at BMES 2024
Congratulations to these LSI members who presented their work at the 2024 BMES Annual Meeting in Baltimore, MD:
Gabe Kwong – “In Vivo T Cell Display of Masked Protease-Activatable Receptors for Deep Profiling of the Substrate Repertoire in Cancer”
Ali Zamat – “Image-Guided Sonogenetic Control of CAR T Cells to Produce NKG2D Bispecific T Cell Engagers Overcomes Brain Tumor Immunosuppression”
Anirudh Sivakumar – “Mathematical model of AND-gated protease sensors identifies strategies to achieve earlier detection of small tumors” and “Activity-based nanosensors that implement AND-gate logic for programmable detection of antitumor immunity”
Ali Zamat defends Ph.D. thesis
Congratulations to Ali Zamat for defending his Ph.D. thesis! Ali presented his exceptional thesis titled “Tumor-Localized Control of CAR T cells to Potentiate Solid Tumor Immunotherapy” to friends, family, and thesis committee. We are so excited to see what you do next!
LSI welcomes new lab members
This fall, LSI welcomes two new Ph.D. students, Claire Su and Jicheng You, who recently graduated from Carnegie Mellon University and Columbia University, respectively. We are excited to work with you and see everything you will accomplish! Read more about the new lab members here.
LSI celebrates 10 years!
Over the past ten years, LSI has worked at the interface of immunology and engineering to develop programmable cytometry technologies, synthetic biomarkers, targeted delivery systems, and T cell therapies to advance human disease diagnosis and treatment. Congratulations to Gabe and the lab for this milestone!
Anirudh Sivakumar defends Ph.D. thesis
Congratulations to Anirudh Sivakumar for defending his Ph.D. thesis! Anirudh presented his outstanding thesis titled “Logic-gated activity sensors for programmable detection of antitumor immunity” on June 27, 2024 to friends, family, and thesis committee. We look forward to your future success!
LSI welcomes new technician Tyler Hansen
Tyler grew up in Lyndhurst, New Jersey and graduated from Villanova University with a B.S. in Chemical Engineering. After graduation, he completed an M.S.E. degree in Bioengineering at the University of Pennsylvania. He is interested in improving the safety and efficacy of adoptive cell therapies through gene editing and combination therapies. Outside of the lab, he likes to cook, hike, and watch basketball or rugby with his friends. Welcome to LSI!
Five LSI members win NSF GRFP awards!
Congratulations to graduate students Eric Lee, Riya Sen, and Matthew Wang as well as undergraduate researchers Noah Campbell and Abbey Oliver for winning fellowships from the NSF GRFP! Noah and Abbey will be pursuing their PhD’s at Duke University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, respectively, starting this fall. The NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program is a prestigious program that recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students in NSF-supported science, technology, engineering, and mathematics disciplines, supporting their tuition and stipend for three years during a five-year fellowship period. Read more here.
Dr. Kwong elected to the AIMBE College of Fellows
Dr. Gabe Kwong is elected to the American Institute for Medical and Biological (AIMBE) College of Fellows for his work in clinically translating advancements in immunoengineering and early cancer detection. He joins 162 other fellows who represent the top 2% of medical and biological engineers and include numerous Nobel Prize laureates and Presidential Medal of Science winners.
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