Lauren Tabor & Clara Kochendoerfer

Lauren Tabor (student)

"MHC class II-restricted antigen presentation in brain tumors"

Kilian, M., et al. MHC class II-restricted antigen presentation is required to prevent dysfunction of cytotoxic T cells by blood-borne myeloids in brain tumors. Cancer cell, 41(2), 235–251.e9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ccell.2022.12.007

Coaches: Peter Bruno, PhD and Max Krummel, PhD

Clara Kochendoerfer (student)

"Beyond Chipotle Outbreaks: E. Coli displaying cytokines for enhanced antitumor immunity"

Yang S, et al. Non-pathogenic E. coli displaying decoy-resistant IL18 mutein boosts anti-tumor and CAR NK cell responses. Nat Biotechnol. 2024 Oct 4. doi: 10.1038/s41587-024-02418-6. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39367093.

Coaches: Greg Allen, MD, PhD and Kole Roybal, PhD

Moderator: Christina Ekstrand & Alvin Ha

Location: HSW-302, Parnassus & MH-1405, Mission Bay