Jose Cedano & Emily Chen

Jose Cedano (student)

"TB-H: Tuberculosis Pathology in Human Skin Organoids"

Yue, L., Liang, Y., Zhong, P. et al. Human pluripotent stem cell-derived skin organoids enabled pathophysiological model of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection. Nat Commun 16, 10831 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-65848-z

Coaches: Sara Suliman, PhD and Jonathan Budzik, MD, PhD

Emily Chen (student)

"Learning from the TCR: Rewiring proximal CAR signaling"

Rotiroti, M.C., Tousley, A.M., Chu, H. et al. Engineering T cells with a membrane-tethered version of SLP-76 overcomes antigen-low resistance to CAR T cell therapy. Nat Cancer 6, 1940–1954 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s43018-025-01056-4 

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

Moderators: Monet Yuan & Viva Vykunta